Example sentences of "they [modal v] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may be for longer periods of time , for various investment purposes . |
| 2 | They are closely interrelated , separated though they must be for the purpose of analysis — and they are all questionable . |
| 3 | But they must be for ever content to owe to the English that elegance and culture , which , if they had been vigilant and active , perhaps the English might have owed to them . ’ |
| 4 | Teams have 2 speakers and they must be for or against whichever motion is on the table . |
| 5 | for the German audience , they must be for the British . |
| 6 | Struggling peasants they 'd be for the most part , trying to keep body and soul together in difficult times . |
| 7 | If D set out to trick V into having sex , realising that she probably would not consent otherwise , are not his intention and his method sufficient to condemn him for rape , as they would be for obtaining property by deception ? |
| 8 | On the front of the astrolabe there was a thin plate ( the tympan ) on which was engraved a stereographic projection of the lines of altitude and azimuth ( angular distance along the horizon ) as they would be for an observer at a given latitude . |
| 9 | If I 'm not very much mistaken , they would be for packing up the Presley hoard in . ’ |