Example sentences of "it would be [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I dare not spend another farthing , and it would be suicide for me to go to the bank , even if Richard agreed , which he wo n't . ’ |
| 2 | At a time when the world 's largest nuclear power is in the process of disintegration into separate republics , if not worse , and when 27,000 nuclear weapons exist there , the vast majority of which are capable of inflicting considerable damage on this and other countries , it would be lunacy for us to undermine our nuclear deterrent . |
| 3 | A quick mile round the town , a shower and it would be time for the evening reading . |
| 4 | ‘ What are you drinking ? ’ he asked , going on to apologise that he would have to leave them shortly since it would be time for his surgery . |
| 5 | Soon it would be time for the ceremony to begin : for him to walk into the darkened woods and connect his mind to that of the Whale . |
| 6 | For the Mensheviks this implied that state power must pass to bourgeois parties , and although the proletariat must play a major , even leading role in overturning autocracy , it would be madness for the Social Democrats to take part in government . |
| 7 | It would be madness for me to refuse you through hurt pride when all I want to do is be with you , as I have just found out . ’ |
| 8 | I mean , i it would be zilch for the Labour Party to try and swap candidates now . |
| 9 | It might be a sullen grey sky but it would be daylight for hours yet … |