Example sentences of "[conj] it be for us " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as the RAF was concerned , they had this nice little lull when losses fell substantially , so it was for us a calm period in the storm . |
| 2 | Each image is like a candle and it is for us to embroider our minds so that they are like the constellations of the heavens — Rumi 's harvest of stars . |
| 3 | And it is for us surely to open ourselves without prejudice to the shape that it will take in the future . |
| 4 | Discipline was rigid and we respected it , but resented it too , because of a particular juvenile arrogance that must have been founded on the knowledge that the world was changing a lot more than they realised , and it was for us that it was changing . |
| 5 | In their original context both stories had a different significance , but it was as impossible for fourteenth century Christians to experience the Christian revelation in the same way as the first Christians as it is for us today . |
| 6 | ‘ And I think she would find it equally credible for her as it is for us . ’ |
| 7 | It 's as difficult for the stewards as it is for us , ’ he said . |
| 8 | The process is much more serious for primitive society , however , for getting older in this sort of world is not just a question of securing certain basic legal rights as it is for us , but is fundamentally concerned with acquiring prestige . |
| 9 | The demob was as slow for them as it was for us . |
| 10 | It reminded me yet again that our captivity was as much of a strain for them as it was for us , here in Lebanon . |