Example sentences of "[be] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best preliminary plan may be for the reader to open the book upright at ( the illustration ) and then go to the other side of the room , to be imposed on from a distance : it is the nearest the book can offer to the proper first encounter with the figure . |
| 2 | In the days before glasnost — which his fictions may be thought to have rehearsed and predicted , but which could well mean that his fictions will no longer be for the West what they have been so far , when the thing that they deplore was still there in its entirety to be deplored — Kundera was forced into exile in the ‘ free world ’ of the time . |
| 3 | I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day . |
| 4 | I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best . |
| 5 | He confirmed that he did think it would be for the best if I dropped out of family life , and in my heart , I knew he was right . |
| 6 | Under the community charge rules , the normal payment plan will be for the charge to be paid in 10 monthly instalments . |
| 7 | Although some lectures appear to be for the committed DIY enthusiast such as ‘ Mortar mixing and brick laying ’ , the organiser Steven Parissien , insists that the course is more about ‘ making people aware of which things are structurally disastrous and visually awful . ’ |
| 8 | One option for GM would be for the American company to convert its cash investment into equity through an issue of new shares after the Government 's veto on takeover expires . |
| 9 | From personal experience , the greater hazard may be for the bride . |
| 10 | The prediction would be for the ownership of cars to rise by 52,000 in 2 years , and so total market demand for cars in Panaragua in this period would be about 52,000 ( or slightly more , allowing for old cars being scrapped ) . |
| 11 | You ca n't be for the audition , said Malcolm . |
| 12 | Initially it was assumed that the objective would be for the villages to farm on a communal basis . |
| 13 | ‘ You think it would be for the best then ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I know it 'll be for the best . |
| 15 | Just how tough it could be for the independent producer is evident from the history of Minerva Films . |
| 16 | He needs to be for the next four days in Hong Kong , because he will be hard at work cutting ribbons and laying foundation stones . |
| 17 | The best thing that could happen now would be for the scheme to be killed by another backbench Tory revolt , like the rebellion which quashed Sir Keith Joseph 's 1985 effort to make student fees income-related . |
| 18 | The best thing that could happen now would be for the scheme to be killed by another backbench Tory revolt , like the rebellion which quashed Sir Keith Joseph 's 1985 effort to make student fees income-related . |
| 19 | Today , America 's Thanksgiving Day , it is certainly the place to be for the world 's best technical and all-round skiers . |
| 20 | ‘ The worst possible scenario would be for the civilian government to remain in a weak and powerless state , forcing us to maintain a military occupation in the city , ’ said Mr Roberts , who is dean of the law school at DePaul University in Chicago . |
| 21 | The common response to predator attack appears to be for the cetaceans to flee , often silently , having first formed a tight group if they can . |
| 22 | One answer would be for the judges ruling on applications for chapter 11 to get tough in backing creditors ' claims against the firm . |
| 23 | Neither father nor mother can deprive themselves of their rights , except in the case of a separation agreement between husband and wife ; and even such an agreement will not be enforced by the court if the court considers it not to be for the child 's benefit . |
| 24 | The only way to avoid that would be for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to give the health service an open-ended budget . |
| 25 | One is said to be for the Lord and the other for Azazel . |
| 26 | This gentle admonition did little to still the clamour of unilateralists in the churches ; yet there must surely be many Christians who have retained enough faith in divine Providence to believe that the world will not end unless God wills it and that , if He does , it will be for the best . |
| 27 | In that event , the conviction will be for the offence of causing grievous bodily harm , but both offences carry the same maximum punishment — life imprisonment . |
| 28 | The mistake would be for the one to cancel out the other . |
| 29 | If by working with Roirbak it meant she had to leave Star Eye , it might be for the best . |
| 30 | The appointment was to be for the life of his father , Richard Earl of Cornwall , the king 's brother , with reversion to the Crown . |