Example sentences of "would be for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I suspect that for many young Germans it might be pretty meaningless , as it would be for their British or French contemporaries , who simply want to get on with their lives without having to attend to the doings of another generation . |
2 | Women factory inspectors agreed that the less work women did in factories the better it would be for their home life and children 's welfare , but they were also forced to admit that working women usually needed their earnings . |
3 | A writer should suffer and all that — it would be for her own good in the long run . |
4 | The best she could hope for now was that they could form some sort of working relationship , even though every minute they spent together would be for her sweet agony . |
5 | She 'd had no chance even to tell David that her family would be at OBEX the following day , so it could be as much a shock for him seeing Jennifer as it would be for her sister . |
6 | The alternative , if three of the commoners continued to hold out , would be for them all to claim compensation for lost rights from the Lands Tribunal . |
7 | The further west Allied aircraft could be stationed , the easier it would be for them to protect the sea lanes which were vulnerable to enemy air power based in Sicily and Crete . |
8 | This is the relevance of rules ; for the courts to embrace such an issue would be for them to breach the long-standing settlement with regard to the boundaries of parliamentary privilege ( see below , pp.113–19 ) and they would not do it . |
9 | But a better answer would be for them to be prohibited from driving cars above 1.3 litres — a common engine capacity — until they are 25 . |
10 | It would be for them to decide what to do with our report . |
11 | Another option would be for her to negotiate some ‘ good quality ’ time for them to spend together , when they give each other the best of their attention . |
12 | Betsy suggested that the best solution to the problem would be for her to take over command of Clytus and continue trading . |
13 | It would be for her a retreat , a spiritual renewal . |
14 | And it struck Shiona , not for the first time , as she looked into those blue , accusing eyes , how easy it would be for her to clear her name . |
15 | he said to me one day , and I do n't remember the day he said the best thing would be for her to go on casual , then she can keep her thingy thingy . |
16 | It was only after I had mentioned Miss Kenton that I suddenly realized how entirely inappropriate it would be for me to continue . |
17 | I thought what a good idea it would be for me to do the same and I kept this in mind . |
18 | Ron and I thought that the best way to arrange this would be for me to interview the Prince about his uncle , and to tack the result on to the end of the obituary programme . |
19 | I think if you were to use another sheet altogether it would be for me at least unnecessary work . |
20 | " It 's just that it 's all very well to talk about his responsibility and all that — nobody thinks how awful it would be for me to go crawling to him wailing , I 'm in tro-uble ? |
21 | I have kept my half of the bargain , though I never guessed how costly it would be for me . |
22 | ‘ It would be for me , ’ he said quietly . |
23 | Think back to Jem Higgins and ask yourself of what use it would be for me to preach your message to him . ’ |
24 | " THE simplest thing , I think , " Matthew Preston said to Sara , " would be for me to buy you out — your share of the house , I mean . |
25 | Asked by Hot Press magazine if he would be prepared to kill or die for Ulster , Mr Wilson said : ‘ I certainly would not allow terrorists to dictate the future that would be for me , my family and my community . |
26 | She could have called his bluff and told him to drop dead , but there was just a chance he might ditch her : and then all that spade work would be for nothing . |
27 | He probably would get a sort of wages out of it but er running I would imagine would be for nothing . |
28 | But erm , that would be for its , for its er , defence , I suppose . |
29 | A natural follow-up would be for him to make a model van , perhaps like one of his dad 's . |
30 | I 'm afraid sir , I have no knowledge , I have n't certainly myself spoken to anybody with regard to that , I would of thought the normal procedure would be for him to be committed to Preston Crown Court and for the Crown Courts thereafter to sort out the final venue . |