Example sentences of "[be] for it [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the DUP to embrace this accord and attempt to make it work would be for it to abandon its opposition to anything which presages a united Ireland . |
| 2 | The first was that the abrogation of responsibility by a nation for its coinage would be for it to surrender the essence of its own statehood . |
| 3 | ‘ Now it is a general rule , that no court of limited jurisdiction can give itself jurisdiction by a wrong decision on a point collateral to the merits of the case upon which the limit to its jurisdiction depends ; and however its decision may be final on all particulars , making up together that subject-matter which , if true , is within its jurisdiction , and , however necessary in many cases it may be for it to make a preliminary inquiry , whether some collateral matter be or be not within the limits , yet , upon this preliminary question , its decision must always be open to inquiry in the superior Court . ’ |
| 4 | It can do all there is for it to do , which is to discover regularities among our God-given ideas , and to systematize these in the most useful way . |
| 5 | The country 's only hope for economic recovery , he claims , is for it to turn to the highly skilled , ‘ sunrise industries ’ that will generate wealth and cope with an expanding welfare bill . |
| 6 | We need to reflect , however , on what has just been said : in brief , that for something to be or to have a power in the primary sense is for it to enter into a possible causal circumstance . |
| 7 | By contrast , the norm for curriculum change is for it to occur piecemeal and gradually over long periods . |
| 8 | It seems to be a facet of nature that the lower a creature is on the scale of consciousness , the less there is for it to learn , and the more slavishly bound it is to its instincts . |
| 9 | I am sorry to hear of the job losses to which the hon. Gentleman refers , but the only secure future for the coal industry or , indeed , for any other industry , is for it to produce something that people want at a price that people can afford . |
| 10 | Thus , the more mobile a dipolar group , the easier it is for it to follow the electric field up to higher frequencies , whereas the less mobile groups can only orient at lower frequencies . |
| 11 | Feeling a twinge of guilt because she 'd inadvertently brought it all up when all they wanted was for it to remain buried , and pushing aside for the moment the whys and wherefores of her grandfather 's involvement , Ellie apologised quietly , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 12 | In early August the plan was for it to stop at Didcot for servicing on Friday , September 11 , prior to leaving for Bournemouth that evening . |
| 13 | The whole design of the system was for it to look factory fit . |