Example sentences of "[modal v] be for the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If by working with Roirbak it meant she had to leave Star Eye , it might be for the best . |
| 2 | ‘ I know it 'll be for the best . |
| 3 | After all , it may be for the best . |
| 4 | ‘ It may be for the best , man , ’ Agnew was saying , ‘ though God knows I know how you must feel . |
| 5 | I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day . |
| 6 | I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best . |
| 7 | ‘ You think it would be for the best then ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I truly feel it would 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 . |