Example sentences of "[be] for the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lay with her for a little while as if all had been for the best and when , with a sudden , slithering movement , she was off the bed and into her dress , he thanked her , wished her good night . |
| 2 | Well , I had done what I could to protect the new catapult and , while I was sorry that what had happened at the Rabbit Grounds had cost me a trusted weapon with many battle honours to its name ( not to mention a significant sum out of the Defence budget ) , I thought that maybe what had happened had been for the best . |
| 3 | And that would undoubtedly have been for the best . |
| 4 | Some changes are for the worst , however . |
| 5 | This could be expressed in encouraging schoolchildren to think that careers in ‘ science ’ and ‘ maths ’ are for the brightest pupils while ‘ arts ’ and ‘ vocational training ’ are for others . |
| 6 | I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day . |
| 7 | I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best . |
| 8 | ‘ You think it would be for the best then ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I know it 'll be for the best . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If by working with Roirbak it meant she had to leave Star Eye , it might be for the best . |
| 12 | As I shall say to her , it might all be for the best — now that he is king , I expect Edward will decide for himself whom to marry . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Far more pupils are taken on than can hope to succeed in practice , and if you have not been able to impress any barrister sufficiently with your qualities to be taken on , it may perhaps be for the best that you are forced to look to a different career at this juncture . |
| 15 | In the end , however , this turned out to be for the best . |
| 16 | After all , it may be for the best . |
| 17 | ‘ It may be for the best , man , ’ Agnew was saying , ‘ though God knows I know how you must feel . |
| 18 | ‘ I truly feel it would be for the best . ’ |
| 19 | Secretly , under layers and wads of protest , was her admission that he was right , that these things were for the best . |
| 20 | ‘ If you think it 's for the best , Daddy . ’ |
| 21 | We hope it 's for the best , ’ said Mr Gennady Gerasimov , the chief spokesman , in pithy words which encapsulate the bold leap towards the Common European Home that Mr Egon Krenz , with Moscow 's backing , has made . |
| 22 | ‘ perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh well , maybe it 's for the best . ’ |
| 24 | Naaah , it 's for the best … d' you wan na talk to these two ? |
| 25 | But as one passenger said : ‘ Perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 26 | But happen it 's for the best ; you had to know some time . |
| 27 | Well , I think it 's for the best , Kate . |
| 28 | ‘ I think it 's for the best , ’ she said . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's for the best . ’ |
| 30 | It 's for the best , trust me . ’ |