Example sentences of "may be for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It may be for everyone who comes to buy a ticket , but those who do choose to go are a small minority of the population .
2 The ultimate sanction may be for them to sack the person whom they regard as being mainly to blame .
3 They build up in your tank , unless replaced by regular water changes , and while fish seem able to stand a steady build -up , however unpleasant it may be for them , new fish will die when introduced to higher levels .
4 New breed : from The Blue Lily Strip Search : Cleveland Art Gallery , Middlesbrough COMICS may be for me a closed book .
5 ‘ Actually , hard as it may be for you to believe , I did come for a reason . ’
6 ‘ Now it is a general rule , that no court of limited jurisdiction can give itself jurisdiction by a wrong decision on a point collateral to the merits of the case upon which the limit to its jurisdiction depends ; and however its decision may be final on all particulars , making up together that subject-matter which , if true , is within its jurisdiction , and , however necessary in many cases it may be for it to make a preliminary inquiry , whether some collateral matter be or be not within the limits , yet , upon this preliminary question , its decision must always be open to inquiry in the superior Court . ’
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