Example sentences of "it [modal v] be for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 : |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | Regular males invite regular females into their nest to spawn , and the regular male swims round with the regular female , as she disperses her eggs , he disperses his , his er sperm and er that 's the way it should be for the benefit of the species . |
| 6 | As with any other policy the insurers will commonly require exclusions against the following : ( 1 ) The adequacy of insurance arrangements The view of the insurers is that it should be for the purchaser to determine whether existing insurance cover for the business is adequate and if it is not to increase the level of cover with effect from completion . |
| 7 | ‘ So that when this activity is called for it must be for a party of sixteen with the four chalets free to accommodate them . |
| 8 | It must be for the lender to take the responsible decision . |
| 9 | In view of the conclusion which their Lordships have reached , namely , that the defendant 's conviction should be quashed and that it must be for the Court of Appeal in Jamaica to say whether a new trial should be ordered , their Lordships consider that it is unnecessary , and indeed undesirable in the interests of justice , to examine the rival contentions and the facts to which they relate with the same particularity as their Lordships would have felt bound to do if their recommendation had been in favour of dismissing the appeal . |
| 10 | If the contract is not for the sale of specific goods then it must be for the sale of unascertained goods . |
| 11 | If this was jewellery , she could not possibly accept it , no matter how appropriate it might be for the gown she was wearing . |
| 12 | I think it could be for every day . |
| 13 | It could be for a night , or a day , or longer — for example , a week or two weeks . |
| 14 | ‘ I do set my bow in the cloud , and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth . |
| 15 | In the event that a person previously expelled should apply for readmission and fulfil the basic admission criteria , it shall be for the Council , on the advice of the Board of Fellow , at its next meeting to decide whether the applicant may be readmitted and on what terms . |
| 16 | ‘ When you reap your harvest in your field , and have forgotten a sheaf in the field , you shall not go back to get it ; it shall be for the sojourner , the fatherless and the widow ; that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands . |
| 17 | When you beat your olive trees , you shall not go over the boughs again ; it shall be for the sojourner , the fatherless and the widow . |
| 18 | When you gather the grapes of your vineyard , you shall not glean it afterward ; it shall be for the sojourner , the fatherless , and the widow ’ ( Deut. 24 : 19–21 ) . |
| 19 | What a conquest you have made , McAllister , and think what a triumph it would be for a maid-of-all-work to become a curate 's wife . |
| 20 | Estimate how difficult it would be for a compiler to generate efficient code for these three architectures . |
| 21 | I think life is easier for me than it would be for a lot of working women because of the university creche , which enables me to go to work and sort of see my daughter at lunch time , that sort of thing . |
| 22 | ‘ If there was selective internment it would be for every section of the community , ’ he said . |
| 23 | It would be for the jury to decide whether consent was present , applying its ‘ combined good sense , experience and knowledge of human nature and modern behaviour to all the relevant facts . ’ |
| 24 | It would be for the court to determine whether or not the accommodation was in fact suitable . |
| 25 | If a prosecution were brought it would be for the court to decide what the statements meant . |
| 26 | You might think it would be for the prestige , the culture or simply because enough people are interested that all three performances are sold out . |
| 27 | It would be for the benefit of every member of the community in the country ’ . |
| 28 | There would still be the difference between the two sections that , whereas section 5 plainly places the probative burden on the defendant , under section 4 , the defendant would have no more than an evidentiary burden to raise the issue , in which case it would be for the prosecutor to establish that he knew that witnesses were present . |
| 29 | At most , therefore , there is in evidential burden on the defendant , and it would be for the prosecutor to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the report was unfair or inaccurate , or that the proceedings were not before a tribunal exercising judicial authority . |
| 30 | If therefore we were to interfere , it would be for the purpose of controlling his judgment . |