Example sentences of "it [modal v] be for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tempting as it may be for the harassed mother to jump at the chance of sending her three year old to playschool every morning , imagine the devastating effect this can have when it coincides with the arrival in the home of a brand new baby . |
| 2 | After all , it may be for the best . |
| 3 | ‘ It may be for the best , man , ’ Agnew was saying , ‘ though God knows I know how you must feel . |
| 4 | Before I call the proposer and the seconder of the motion on the Loyal Address , it may be for the convenience of hon. Members if I inform the House that the proposed subjects for debate for the rest of this week and for next week are as follows : |
| 5 | We are all familiar with that quaint parliamentary phrase , ’ It may be for the convenience of Members ’ , and then some information is imparted that is often for anything but the convenience of hon. Members . |
| 6 | The hearer is being trusted to take a large share of the responsibility in imagining what it may be for the speaker to be past his youth , and the result is a wide range of weak implicatures . |
| 7 | Even where targets are met , it may be for the ‘ wrong ’ reasons ; for example , where an enterprise has considerable monopoly power , it can achieve its targets by manipulation of prices or a reduction in the quality of service . |
| 8 | It should then be for the official aircraft accident investigating authority to establish the cause of the accident and to make recommendations for avoiding similar accidents in the future , and it should be for the civil courts to decide who is liable to pay damages and to whom . |
| 9 | The chairman of the education committee said ‘ If boys are to be turned into fairies and girls into butch young maids , it should be for the parent to decide and not the education authorities ’ ( TES 13.10.78 ) . |
| 10 | Regular males invite regular females into their nest to spawn , and the regular male swims round with the regular female , as she disperses her eggs , he disperses his , his er sperm and er that 's the way it should be for the benefit of the species . |
| 11 | As with any other policy the insurers will commonly require exclusions against the following : ( 1 ) The adequacy of insurance arrangements The view of the insurers is that it should be for the purchaser to determine whether existing insurance cover for the business is adequate and if it is not to increase the level of cover with effect from completion . |
| 12 | It must be for the lender to take the responsible decision . |
| 13 | So at the end of the day it must be for the courts to decide how to classify particular functions , and this can only be done on the basis of some normative judgment about the desirable scope of judicial review . |
| 14 | In view of the conclusion which their Lordships have reached , namely , that the defendant 's conviction should be quashed and that it must be for the Court of Appeal in Jamaica to say whether a new trial should be ordered , their Lordships consider that it is unnecessary , and indeed undesirable in the interests of justice , to examine the rival contentions and the facts to which they relate with the same particularity as their Lordships would have felt bound to do if their recommendation had been in favour of dismissing the appeal . |
| 15 | If the contract is not for the sale of specific goods then it must be for the sale of unascertained goods . |
| 16 | It must be for the local authorities , which have the statutory responsibilities , to take those responsibilities extremely seriously and I would not want to divorce them from the primary responsibility for undertaking those tasks . |
| 17 | If by working with Roirbak it meant she had to leave Star Eye , it might be for the best . |
| 18 | It might be for the last time . ’ |
| 19 | If this was jewellery , she could not possibly accept it , no matter how appropriate it might be for the gown she was wearing . |
| 20 | ‘ I know it 'll be for the best . |
| 21 | Just how tough it could be for the independent producer is evident from the history of Minerva Films . |
| 22 | It was stressed to parents that the questions were being asked with the full co-operation of the headteacher and staff and with the express aim of making the experience in this particular nursery the best it could be for the children . |
| 23 | Well it 'd be for the this angle if you extended it so it 'd be eight divided by the three sixty is n't it ? |
| 24 | ‘ When you reap your harvest in your field , and have forgotten a sheaf in the field , you shall not go back to get it ; it shall be for the sojourner , the fatherless and the widow ; that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands . |
| 25 | When you beat your olive trees , you shall not go over the boughs again ; it shall be for the sojourner , the fatherless and the widow . |
| 26 | When you gather the grapes of your vineyard , you shall not glean it afterward ; it shall be for the sojourner , the fatherless , and the widow ’ ( Deut. 24 : 19–21 ) . |
| 27 | In the event that a person previously expelled should apply for readmission and fulfil the basic admission criteria , it shall be for the Council , on the advice of the Board of Fellow , at its next meeting to decide whether the applicant may be readmitted and on what terms . |
| 28 | I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day . |
| 29 | I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best . |
| 30 | He confirmed that he did think it would be for the best if I dropped out of family life , and in my heart , I knew he was right . |