Example sentences of "[modal v] be for the good " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I know it 'll be for the best . |
| 4 | After all , it may be for the best . |
| 5 | ‘ It may be for the best , man , ’ Agnew was saying , ‘ though God knows I know how you must feel . |
| 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I truly feel it would be for the best . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The county council say their changes will be for the better for most passengers and will provide improvements in services in the Alton area . |
| 13 | I know people say well oh it 's , of course it 's changed ownership , well things change ownership and it can be for the better as well for the worst ca n't it ? |