Example sentences of "it [be] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A royal charter , read aloud by a villager on horseback , proclaims Seamer Fair to be open for business for the next seven days ; but it is not , nor has it been for the last fifty years . |
| 2 | I wonder , therefore , if I could ask you to take only one copy — would it be for the IBM/CMS or the Sun/3 with UNIX configuration ? |
| 3 | The more continuous and lasting a direct interpersonal encounter , the harder will it be for the encounter to assume a purely instrumental quality . |
| 4 | Sometimes she dared to wonder at the causes for this way of life , for she could see that it did not represent a normal attitude towards society , though it was so deeply bred in her that all aberrations from it were for the rest of her life to seem to her perverse : but when , occasionally , she glimpsed some faint light of causation , she recoiled from it and shut her eyes in horror , preferring the darkness to such bitter illumination . |
| 5 | And after it being for the money , I thought being an elf would please my son . ’ |
| 6 | It 's for the Berlin Dance Company . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's for the new stewards ’ training day . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's for the kids , ’ she says to Freda Leader , our next door neighbour . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's for the mail van . |
| 10 | ‘ If you think it 's for the best , Daddy . ’ |
| 11 | It 's for the people . |
| 12 | We hope it 's for the best , ’ said Mr Gennady Gerasimov , the chief spokesman , in pithy words which encapsulate the bold leap towards the Common European Home that Mr Egon Krenz , with Moscow 's backing , has made . |
| 13 | That 's what it 's for the country . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's for the starving multitudes , ’ he whined through his matted beard , holding out the crock of gold in his blood-stained fingers . |
| 15 | ‘ perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 16 | I ca n't really go into details I 'm afraid , but , yes , it 's for the final push . ’ |
| 17 | City Diary : Boom or bustmdash ; it 's for the pew |
| 18 | ‘ I wo n't say that it 's for the school , Gowie , ’ he says , ‘ for I know that interests you not at all . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ No , no , well yes , she would like to meet you , but it 's for the medicine , ’ said Endill . |
| 20 | Say it 's for the snapper . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Oh well , maybe it 's for the best . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It 's for the job , ’ he says proudly , ‘ I get promotion if I speak good English . ’ |
| 23 | But you have to admit , it 's for the dog 's own protection to wear muzzle , as they can pick up all sorts of things in the street which can poison them . |
| 24 | Naaah , it 's for the best … d' you wan na talk to these two ? |
| 25 | But as one passenger said : ‘ Perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 26 | When you begin to feel guilty , remind yourself that it 's for the child 's sake . |
| 27 | ‘ But if it 's for the good of the club , then I 'll pull on a shirt and get stuck in . ’ |
| 28 | It 's for the people who are n't happy with the weight they 're at , or if it 's unhealthy — if it 's endangering your health and you have to do something about it ; if you 've been told by your doctor to lose weight . |
| 29 | And , come to that , can we any longer rely on the received doctrine that it 's for the Chief Constable to decide on the allocation of resources ? ’ |
| 30 | Perhaps it 's for the best if he did take an early retirement . ’ |