Example sentences of "it [modal v] be for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | After all , it may be for the best . |
| 3 | ‘ It may be for the best , man , ’ Agnew was saying , ‘ though God knows I know how you must feel . |
| 4 | 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 " . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It must be for the local authorities , which have the statutory responsibilities , to take those responsibilities extremely seriously and I would not want to divorce them from the primary responsibility for undertaking those tasks . |
| 7 | It might be for a certain amount of time while they do so and so and then , what can he do ? |
| 8 | Every Buddhist boy became a monk for a period , it might be for a lent , or a year or two , it might continue for a lifetime or be as short as a week . |
| 9 | If by working with Roirbak it meant she had to leave Star Eye , it might be for the best . |
| 10 | It might be for the last time . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I know it 'll be for the best . |
| 12 | If any one of his rules was broken — and he had a number — he would put a notice on his front door which said that the offender was scartata , rejected ; it could be for a few days or anything up to a fortnight . |
| 13 | Just how tough it could be for the independent producer is evident from the history of Minerva Films . |
| 14 | Well it 'd be for the this angle if you extended it so it 'd be eight divided by the three sixty is n't it ? |
| 15 | If he ever left Everton now it would be for a modest fee . |
| 16 | That incident illustrated how easy it would be for an atomic war to develop , so a hot-line was set up by means of a permanent telephone link between Washington in the U.S.A. and Moscow in the U.S.S.R. |
| 17 | 1791 The Gentlemen of the Parish of Kildaltan represent that the Church is much Injured by the Schools being kept therein and that it would be for the General benifit of the Parish to have a School House Built seperate from the Church … appoint a Committee for fixing the Stance of the School House and getting the same Built . |
| 18 | I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day . |
| 19 | I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best . |
| 20 | ‘ You think it would be for the best then ? ’ |
| 21 | For a brief moment , she actually thought he would defy the old man , but then her heart sank when he sheepishly replied , ‘ Perhaps it would be for the best , dear . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I truly feel it would be for the best . ’ |
| 23 | In practice the Crown would now be unlikely to dismiss a judge without an Address , and it would be for the two Houses to decide whether the misbehaviour justified dismissal . |
| 24 | Tonight , if the bombers came , it would be for the seventh night in a row ; a whole week without sleep . |
| 25 | The council agreed to object to the pylons , but said if they had to have a preferred option , it would be for the western , or red route . |
| 26 | Contrary to such a view , black kids believe that , for them , being successful is more difficult than it would be for the white person of comparable proficiency . |
| 27 | But , in general , it would be for the third party surety to satisfy itself whether or not it should enter into the bond and to satisfy itself about the accuracy of representations made by the debtor . |
| 28 | There could however be a tribunal which had jurisdiction to determine whether the preliminary state of facts existed ; here it would be for the inferior tribunal to decide upon all the facts . |
| 29 | She knew that if she were whirled down again it would be for the last time . |
| 30 | As making the parliamentary channel available in Members ' rooms would be tantamount to supplying a clean feed direct from the Chamber , it would be for the Select Committee on Broadcasting , Etc. in the first instance , to approve such a proposal . |