Example sentences of "[noun sg] might [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been a distressing upheaval indeed — I think Elizabeth found ‘ Braemar ’ so depressing that she did not enter as deeply as I into Ivy 's sufferings ; she could not help hoping that a change might be for the better . |
| 2 | An appropriate response might be for four strong women to hold him down while a fifth administers a local anaesthetic and removes his balls . |
| 3 | However important this battle might be for future power at sea , the decisive point for the current war had been that the blockade made it impossible for the French to reinforce their West Indian or North American possessions . |
| 4 | However well placed the site might be for access to trade routes , it had an unhealthy climate and was in Spanish territory . |
| 5 | Perhaps you would prefer a walking holiday in beautiful surroundings ; and , if so , the Country-wide Holiday Association or Holiday Fellowship might be for you . |
| 6 | An alternative strategy might be for the archivist to get in early in the life of information systems , probably even at the design stage , to imbed selection criteria of some sort into them . |
| 7 | It was further suggested that the principal value of the new statement might be for reference purposes rather than for wide circulation . |
| 8 | One answer might be for the EC to agree rules for the recycling of packaging that would reduce such disruption . |
| 9 | The ultimate food for the display of cultural capital today is the nouvelle cuisine , which refuses any suggestion that food might be for sustenance , a minimalist food which emphasizes the aesthetic of presentation , an austere but cultivated pleasure . |
| 10 | If this is the case , an incentive to improved health might be for the counsellor to talk to them about ways and means of increasing their social contacts and involvement when they get better . |
| 11 | An alternative form might be for the corporation to sell a proportion of its products at strictly cost price to those sections of the community who are under-privileged and in need of these occasional subsidies . |
| 12 | A better way might be for house officers to take collective action through their trade union representatives , and the BMA should take the lead in providing this service . |
| 13 | The idea that reading might be for pleasure had not occurred to him . |
| 14 | A more realistic solution might be for Jordan to give the Palestinians some of its land — especially as a large number of Palestinians already live there . |
| 15 | If , for example , the reasons described seem unfair or conflict with what was said to you at the time of your dismissal , and you are eligible for unfair dismissal rights , the next step might be for you to make a complaint to the industrial tribunal . |