Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So — hard as it may be for some people to believe — we disinfected the whole place , sloshing the stuff everywhere . |
| 2 | Among the free churches there is no set system of redundancy procedure as there is for the Anglican Church , so that it may be for officials from the local congregation to decide if and how to dispose of vacant church property . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 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 | Tempting as it may be for the harassed mother to jump at the chance of sending her three year old to playschool every morning , imagine the devastating effect this can have when it coincides with the arrival in the home of a brand new baby . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It may be for a perfectly simple reason , for example a partner may have found a job which entails moving out of the area . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ( It may be for this reason that all South Met. |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | After all , it may be for the best . |
| 15 | ‘ It may be for the best , man , ’ Agnew was saying , ‘ though God knows I know how you must feel . |
| 16 | ‘ Actually , hard as it may be for you to believe , I did come for a reason . ’ |
| 17 | Before I call the proposer and the seconder of the motion on the Loyal Address , it may be for the convenience of hon. Members if I inform the House that the proposed subjects for debate for the rest of this week and for next week are as follows : |
| 18 | We are all familiar with that quaint parliamentary phrase , ’ It may be for the convenience of Members ’ , and then some information is imparted that is often for anything but the convenience of hon. Members . |
| 19 | Or it may be for rule breach , such as a late delivery under the LIFFE Bund contract . |
| 20 | The hearer is being trusted to take a large share of the responsibility in imagining what it may be for the speaker to be past his youth , and the result is a wide range of weak implicatures . |
| 21 | Even where targets are met , it may be for the ‘ wrong ’ reasons ; for example , where an enterprise has considerable monopoly power , it can achieve its targets by manipulation of prices or a reduction in the quality of service . |
| 22 | But it should be for work done each day or week — not a promise that hangs on results . |
| 23 | However , when you tack it should be for tactical reasons . |
| 24 | Both strategies have their place and it should be for teachers to determine the balance appropriate to their situation and the needs of their pupils . |
| 25 | It should then be for the official aircraft accident investigating authority to establish the cause of the accident and to make recommendations for avoiding similar accidents in the future , and it should be for the civil courts to decide who is liable to pay damages and to whom . |
| 26 | Where the power is exercised , it should be for achieving the ends of justice and fairness . |
| 27 | So how a so write that one out again s with the the way it should be for weight . |
| 28 | The chairman of the education committee said ‘ If boys are to be turned into fairies and girls into butch young maids , it should be for the parent to decide and not the education authorities ’ ( TES 13.10.78 ) . |
| 29 | It was decided in the spring of 1892 to repair and rebuild the tower and as the Vicar in his letter puts it " To rebuild as an ornament to the village with a good clock in it , to make the fabric itself what it should be for a wealthy parish such as ours " . |
| 30 | Although written testing is still in common use , ( and it is appropriate that it should be for outcomes which are knowledge-based ) , other instruments such as projects , case studies and assignments were commonly used too . |