Example sentences of "[noun sg] be for it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Bangles wanted to emphasise the rock'n'roll side of the band and in doing so thought regalia and kind of hippyish , Hendrix-style clothing was gon na put that image across , but it ended up looking very glamorous , it ended up looking glammier and glammier even though the intention was for it not to be glamour … |
| 2 | When the Fates and the mood are for it no entity on earth can move with greater elephantine pondorosity than official Washington . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | For instance , what it is for there to be a red rose in this darkened room is for it to be the case that if I were to turn the light on , I would make a certain observation , and if I were then to move to another place , I would make an observation rather different , and if you were to come in , you would observe such and such , and so on . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You have n't got one y know , quite cheap just mats that they they ah I 've got forgotten what the word is for it they make the mouse improves the performance of the mouse see |
| 7 | Er , there is this curious erm , not quite sure what the right word is for it . |
| 8 | By contrast , the norm for curriculum change is for it to occur piecemeal and gradually over long periods . |
| 9 | This sense of a future and a past for homosexuality contrasts unfavourably with the British sense of history — it would be unfortunate if the only way for a society to learn from its own history was for it to be occupied by fascists ! |
| 10 | So our involvement was for it to be presented to us before it came to this meeting . |
| 11 | The whole design of the system was for it to look factory fit . |
| 12 | ‘ The argument against a one-party state is shared by many intellectuals , including those in the party and who work for the state , but those in power are for it . |
| 13 | If the new mall is to be covered , probably the best option is for it to be glazed in the manner of the arcades which cut through many nineteenth-century blocks . |