Example sentences of "be [adv] for the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And with Robert Jones — another triumphant Lion of '89 — the ace in the Welsh scheme , Australia are in for the biggest examination of their status since they acquired it at Twickenham last year . |
| 2 | Whatever the precise date , she knew she had been here for the best part of a month , confined in this tumbledown shepherd 's dwelling among the mountains . |
| 3 | ‘ … she 's been here for the best part of a week and you 're no further forward . ’ |
| 4 | In looking for the answers , let us begin with those citizens who have been around for the longest time — the elderly and those in later middle age . |
| 5 | They demanded that everybody get out of their way so they could launch their boat , while people who 'd been there for the best of the tide were already bringing their craft out . |
| 6 | We were in for the worst . |
| 7 | Now the search is on for the best container display in Britain . |
| 8 | The search is on for the best pancake tosser in the North . |
| 9 | ‘ But perhaps that 's not for the best , ’ replied Mr Crangle . |
| 10 | And everyone in Maple Drive , as they cooked , consoled , took out their best suits and thought of even nicer things to say about Donald than the last nice thing that had been said about him , were privately so astonished , so relieved , so savagely glad to be alive that if someone had proposed to bury him upside down in a bucket of horse manure they would probably have agreed it was all for the best . |
| 11 | In only one respect were my original living arrangements altered , and it was all for the best . |
| 12 | Hari 's face was pale and Emily told herself sternly that it was all for the best , together she and Hari would prosper . |
| 13 | ‘ He realized I 'd be knocked out and did his utmost to persuade me it was all for the best . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps it was all for the best you lost the baby , Helen , ’ her mother said when Helen went to visit her . |
| 15 | Although SHe suffered a disquieting disappointment when Jahsaxa told hir Malamute would not be coming back ( not even a goodbye ! ) , it was probably for the best . |