Example sentences of "[adv] be it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as a crisis point for conventional families is the point at which children leave home , so also is it for communes . |
| 2 | But far be it for us to shed crocodile tears over the bruised egos of our male counterparts . |
| 3 | ‘ Far be it for me to be lofty about such things , but some of us dry our clothing . ’ |
| 4 | That would be a good move — but far be it for me to advise the Prime Minister on that point . |
| 5 | Only problem was , and far be it for me to dampen any thrashing of another team , was that Wimbledon were allowed to play for a good bit in the second half and could have come back . |
| 6 | I think , Bill , really you far be it for me to try and teach you your job , but you ought to have perhaps gone back a little bit and wondered why we were all in this position , because you have us in year after year talking about budgets that are made and budgets which improve services , and and we need to be absolutely clear that this budget does not improve services at all , that this budget does very severe damage to services , that the budget that has gone through the Council identifies nearly eight million pounds taken off service provision erm and that can not be done under the Conservatives by making erm a budget with the Liberal Democrats have proved that it ca n't be done , in spite of their previous comments , without pain to services . |
| 7 | Far be it for me to mention Huntingdon district council but that is one which |
| 8 | Far be it for me to say that this is the sort of budget that conservatives ought to applaud because it is after all , a budget that is guided by a feeling that councils should provide services and they should orientate their services to the least communities , to be guided by equal opportunities and by egalitarians and that 's what this group has always stood for , this is the budget that we present tonight and I would hope that it would get a far better and far larger measure of support than perhaps of course been the case in the past . |
| 9 | No life that though is it for a younger person ? |
| 10 | Each field is given a use , ie is it for text or numbers , and a length . |
| 11 | Nuisances and abominations of all sorts are without scruple committed to the streets at any hour of the day of night , to await the morning visit of the scavenger to remove them : and happy indeed is it for the humble pedestrian if his eye and nose alone suffer from these ejectments ; happy indeed if he comes not in contact with them , as they make their unceremonious exit from window or door … |
| 12 | Only secondarily was it for export to other classes . |
| 13 | Each field is given a use , i.e. is it for text or numbers , and a length . |