Example sentences of "[modal v] be for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well ’ — he pursed his lips — ‘ I sometimes think you should be for your own good . |
| 2 | I 've , yeah I know , but it 's just some days you , I know , I see what you mean , talking about that , but at the end it is for your children anyway , cos you know , that money should be for your children and if you have worked and you put the money away for them anyway , you 've paid your taxes and things . |
| 3 | So what I 'm suggesting is that A is in fact your address and telephone section , B should be for your goals , and strategic plans , C , D , E , and F , er , would be for your specific functional areas . |
| 4 | And so it must be for your test , you see ? |
| 5 | I suspect that for many young Germans it might be pretty meaningless , as it would be for their British or French contemporaries , who simply want to get on with their lives without having to attend to the doings of another generation . |
| 6 | Women factory inspectors agreed that the less work women did in factories the better it would be for their home life and children 's welfare , but they were also forced to admit that working women usually needed their earnings . |
| 7 | A writer should suffer and all that — it would be for her own good in the long run . |
| 8 | The best she could hope for now was that they could form some sort of working relationship , even though every minute they spent together would be for her sweet agony . |
| 9 | She 'd had no chance even to tell David that her family would be at OBEX the following day , so it could be as much a shock for him seeing Jennifer as it would be for her sister . |
| 10 | But erm , that would be for its , for its er , defence , I suppose . |
| 11 | While I am the last to recommend such surgery unnecessarily , there 's no doubt that in Sombro 's case it would be for his own good . |
| 12 | Now what 's happened the problem would be for your children , who are faced with erm building societies and banks who are red hot to sell endowments because of the better commission value to the company , and the , the endowments to make them competitive have actually been structured so that it 's the minimum premium , the minimum possible premium . |
| 13 | ‘ I was just saying that it 's easier for me than it would be for your average Englishman . |
| 14 | So what I 'm suggesting is that A is in fact your address and telephone section , B should be for your goals , and strategic plans , C , D , E , and F , er , would be for your specific functional areas . |
| 15 | If they do not , it will be for their auditors to discuss the matter with the Task Force , on a no-names basis , if they have misgivings about the acceptability of a treatment proposed by a client which hovers in the often grey border area between good and bad practice , and which might set a precedent for other companies . |
| 16 | If you are caring for an elderly parent who is at some stage of grieving for a lost partner , whether she is experiencing the shattering despair that follows soon after bereavement , or the long sad loneliness and feeling of deprivation characteristic of its later stages , her deepest need will be for your practical and emotional support during her period of sorrow and adjustment . |
| 17 | The sooner you can encourage a taste for healthier drink and food , the better it will be for your baby . |
| 18 | If , for whatever reason , you do find that you have a problem with your borrowing , it will be for your benefit and ours to establish the most appropriate way of resolving it . |
| 19 | If I need to explain anything at all , it will be for his benefit , not yours . ’ |