Example sentences of "[vb mod] be for it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there is no fundamental objection to life-long medication — many diabetics rely on daily injections of insulin with no prospect of stopping — no drug is without hazard , and the longer the treatment continues , the stronger the case should be for it . |
| 2 | It is always possible , though unlikely , that a random sample will , by chance , include a higher proportion of one group of people than there should be for it to be truly representative . |
| 3 | One way for Novell to increase its current minority position in USL might be for it convert its shares in Univel , where it controls 51% , into USL stock . |
| 4 | ‘ If that gal gets to the keeper 's cottage he 'll phone the police an' we 'll be for it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll be for it , my girl ! |
| 6 | ‘ So you 'd better hurry please , or we 'll be for it . ’ |
| 7 | " They 've gone to turn out the Owsla , and then we 'll be for it right enough . " |
| 8 | Now he 'd be for it . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |