Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to remember that there are risks attached to being kind to people in this state , and important also not to underestimate how difficult it may be for such people to reach out on their own . |
| 2 | In many of the large catchments to which the DoE refers , impact of nitrate may now be over the limit for only a week each year , but in future it may be for two weeks , then three , then a month or more : when does the UK propose to take action ? |
| 3 | It is there , and it will not go away , however hard the authors of the Gospels have tried to disguise it — and however embarrassing it may be for later Christian tradition . |
| 4 | It may be for this reason that Yugoslav official statistics of trade are frequently expressed in terms of dollars or , strictly speaking , in ‘ statistical ’ dollars . |
| 5 | It may be for this reason that governments committed to full employment are likely to allow the money supply to rise when faced with excessive wage claims or with rising import prices in the economy . |
| 6 | ( It may be for this reason that all South Met. |
| 7 | So — hard as it may be for some people to believe — we disinfected the whole place , sloshing the stuff everywhere . |
| 8 | I tend to think that it should really be left outside the development plan process and it should be for individual developers to prove exceptional needs . |
| 9 | It should be for free . |
| 10 | He recognised that the metrication of these properties had to be constructed , that measuring devices , or units of measurement , had to be devised , and so it should be for social and psychological phenomena . |
| 11 | However , when you tack it should be for tactical reasons . |
| 12 | It just came to me and I knew it must be for one of you . ’ |
| 13 | If a species is to be excepted , it must be for good particular reasons . |
| 14 | How much worse it must be for those who have n't been as fortunate as I in recovering from such trauma . |
| 15 | erm I mean as I said before , I do n't have relatives out in the Gulf , but I feel immensely for these men that are out there , men and women , and also for the news reporters , I mean nobody 's actually said what an awful job it must be for these news reporters and sort of camera crews that are actually erm doing this sort of wonderful job of bringing us back here all this information . |
| 16 | The emotional response shows how upsetting it must be for some , but private nursing homes provide good quality care , better than we can provide and cheaper than we can provide . |
| 17 | ‘ The longer they take to find Newley , the better it 'll be for both of us . ’ |
| 18 | If you can not find the card , it could be for one of two reasons : that the library does not hold a copy of the book ; or that the book is of a special kind and is listed under one of the special catalogues . |
| 19 | As to why he has contacted you after all this time , it could be for one of three reasons . |
| 20 | His debt did not have to be less than £20 ; it could be for any amount . |
| 21 | It could be for starving Romanian baby whales with AIDS for all I care . |
| 22 | The prestige and repute connected to sporting success at school made it a viable , intriguing and challenging venture for her , as it would be for many otherwise nondescript black kids already faced with the adversity of being black in what is perceived to be a hostile environment . |
| 23 | We will also be showing why continued research should be permitted , and how disastrous it would be for all women if the policy advocated by the Pro-Life lobby were to be adopted . |
| 24 | ‘ She sat there wearing her cat-at-the-cream expression and saying how lovely it would be for all three of us to be together again ! ’ |
| 25 | Then they felt that the most effective way of dealing with it would be for each main committee to look at the various aspects in detail , rather than take the and miss everything , best for each of the main committees to look in detail at each part . |
| 26 | all yo , if the clients had to pay for anything it would be for one newspaper and one telephone call home that was all . |
| 27 | War had been declared , and the fate of Czechoslovakia , Austria and Poland was sealed , as it would be for several other countries . |
| 28 | Throughout human history , disabled people have constantly confounded the low expectations of others , and how much better it would be for special educators to raise the expectations of disabled children and their families by giving them an understanding of this , by helping them to accept their disabled identities with pride , by helping them to understand their place in the world and their rights as well as giving them the practical skills to deal with these issues . |
| 29 | It was smaller than I thought it would be for two-and-a-half grand 's worth , but then what do I know ? |
| 30 | The only way to get rid of it would be for enough Tory MPs to join with the Opposition parties to throw it out . |