Example sentences of "be for [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The ideal thing would have been for them to keep to their offer of a two-year deal and I would have signed it before the final . |
| 2 | he said to me one day , and I do n't remember the day he said the best thing would be for her to go on casual , then she can keep her thingy thingy . |
| 3 | So you 've got ta go away , think like burglars , and think how easy is it , would it be for me to break into my own home ? |
| 4 | It must be for him to decide on the disposition of his force and the concentration of his resources on any particular crime or area . |
| 5 | It must be for him to decide on the disposition of his force and the concentration of his resources on any particular crime or area . |
| 6 | Maman 's perception had probably told how impossible it would be for him to part with any of her things in his lifetime . |
| 7 | ‘ He had asked the country for a mandate for Tariff Reform , this had been refused , and the honourable thing would be for him to resign at once . ’ |
| 8 | but in the very unlikely , very unlikely er position whereby Norfolk are absolutely adamantly oppose our proposals then as Mr said it 's very difficult for us to build in , in neighbouring authority , there is however one procedure left to us and that of course will be for us to meet in private act of Parliament , well that is er almost unthinkable , but we do have a final resort to that with a , in many ways the problems in Brandon have to be resolved by , by doing a bypass and if in the end we have to do that I 'm sure that |
| 9 | Each case is different , and it will be for you to decide upon what action you should take to try to improve your parent 's situation in the light of your knowledge of her circumstances . |
| 10 | A good starting-point would be for you to get in touch with The National Council for the Single Woman and her Dependants , 29 , Chilworth Mews , London W2 3RG , by writing ( with a stamped addressed envelope enclosed ) for one of their information leaflets . |
| 11 | ‘ The simplest thing would be for you to write to STG and say you no longer wish them to represent you . |
| 12 | So of course the bike , the car 's for me to use in the evening , but last |
| 13 | Well I er do n't agree that there has been er understaffing and in the statement which I made to the House today I was able to point out what a very big increase in er the total complement of the prison officers has taken place during recent years , but it 's up to Lord Justice Woolf to look in to whatever evidence is put before him , it 's for him to look at the terms of reference and he will no doubt decide what is relevant and what is not . |
| 14 | ‘ We need the supporters and all I ask is for them to stay with us for the 90 minutes . ’ |
| 15 | Under the Electricity Act 1989 , it is for him to decide on the methodology for developing renewable energy in Scotland . |
| 16 | By now , however , the biggest pressure Kylie is facing is for her to move towards live appearances and a major world tour to capitalise on the success of ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ and all that has followed it . |
| 17 | So I will make a personal attack on you the day after to-morrow , when the House will be full , and I will tell you beforehand what I 'm going to say and what the right come-back is for you to score off me . |
| 18 | You are only fifteen , and if your parents will not take responsibility for you , and you will not tell us what you are up at night , the only alternative is for you to go into care . |
| 19 | For example : " It is for you to choose between clinical or disciplinary action " . |
| 20 | As well as using this guide and learning from practical experience , an important way of improving our service is for us to continue to be knowledgeable about the broader theory and practice of our work . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The policy was for them to remain around the fringes of a raid and try and pick off stragglers , leaving the ‘ infighting ’ to the Hurricanes . |
| 24 | Although the loss of the transports assembled or under construction at Le Havre delivered a serious blow to the French plans , others were still being built or collected at ports all along the Bay of Biscay , from Lorient [ or L'Orient ] to Bayonne , including Nantes , La Rochelle and Bordeaux , and the plan , as the English government knew , was for them to assemble at Brest , where the Commander-in-Chief of the naval side of the invasion , Admiral Conflans [ Hubert de Brienne , Comte de Conflans ] had arrived in early July . |
| 25 | And he went and told them how necessary it was for him to go to Canada , in the interests of the firm . |
| 26 | He avoided her glance , and she saw how difficult it was for him to admit to weakness . |
| 27 | The idea was for me to go on the high-wire sixty feet above ground — on the shoulders of a Czechoslovakian circus performer . |
| 28 | The fact that I should think this , and thought this at the time when I was one of the leaders of the movement campaigning for the ordination of women , brings it home to me how difficult it was for me to work within that movement . |
| 29 | 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 . |