Example sentences of "[pron] [is] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can smell nothing , which is for the best . |
| 2 | A purpose which is for the direct benefit of a particular class of persons ( other than a State institution ) is not charitable , although it results in an indirect benefit to the community . |
| 3 | And it 's all about : Who is for the high jump in Rome ? |
| 4 | He set forth an idealistic view of a society in which all privilege would be done away with , and in which wealth and power would be fairly shared , on the basis of competitive public examinations with General Essay papers on EITHER Natural Justice OR ‘ Everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds . ’ |
| 5 | One of the most distressing factors is the ‘ jollying up ’ attitude of staff and their expectations that the patients and their families will collude with the ritual pretence that everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds . |
| 6 | If everything is for the best in Castlereagh , why are there so many out-of-court settlements in actions for damages brought by former detainees ? |
| 7 | Mind you , I 'm not saying everything 's for the worse . |
| 8 | Among the free churches there is no set system of redundancy procedure as there is for the Anglican Church , so that it may be for officials from the local congregation to decide if and how to dispose of vacant church property . |
| 9 | There is no surviving detailed assessment of income for the eleventh-century papacy as there is for the English kings in the great Domesday Book of 1086 . |
| 10 | The evidence produced by the major enquiries which took place between 1816 and the 1840s has been variously treated by historians , but what little evidence there is for the earlier mills seems uniformly bleak . |
| 11 | " She wo n't change , " he said finally , " unless it 's for the worse . |
| 12 | And I and not sure it 's Well I am sure that it 's for the worse . |
| 13 | ‘ If you think it 's for the best , Daddy . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh well , maybe it 's for the best . ’ |
| 17 | Naaah , it 's for the best … d' you wan na talk to these two ? |
| 18 | But as one passenger said : ‘ Perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 19 | But happen it 's for the best ; you had to know some time . |
| 20 | Well , I think it 's for the best , Kate . |
| 21 | ‘ I think it 's for the best , ’ she said . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's for the best . ’ |
| 23 | It 's for the best , trust me . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 've set my face towards it , and it 's for the best . |
| 25 | Then with a sigh , ‘ Perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're right , it was n't , but something has changed and I 'm not at all sure it 's for the best . ’ |
| 27 | I had visions it 's for the thirty |
| 28 | It 's for the bigger lady and |
| 29 | ‘ It 's for the new stewards ’ training day . ’ |
| 30 | We do have a death penalty , but it 's for the vulnerable , the young , the old and disabled . |