Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] be for them " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We appreciate just what a disaster this decision must be for them … |
| 2 | This is the relevance of rules ; for the courts to embrace such an issue would be for them to breach the long-standing settlement with regard to the boundaries of parliamentary privilege ( see below , pp.113–19 ) and they would not do it . |
| 3 | They feel that the more control they can exercise over their surroundings , the safer life will be for them . |
| 4 | But a better answer would be for them to be prohibited from driving cars above 1.3 litres — a common engine capacity — until they are 25 . |
| 5 | The ultimate sanction may be for them to sack the person whom they regard as being mainly to blame . |