Example sentences of "it [be] for the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you think it 's for the best , Daddy . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh well , maybe it 's for the best . ’ |
| 5 | Naaah , it 's for the best … d' you wan na talk to these two ? |
| 6 | But as one passenger said : ‘ Perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 7 | But happen it 's for the best ; you had to know some time . |
| 8 | Well , I think it 's for the best , Kate . |
| 9 | ‘ I think it 's for the best , ’ she said . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's for the best . ’ |
| 11 | It 's for the best , trust me . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've set my face towards it , and it 's for the best . |
| 13 | Then with a sigh , ‘ Perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're right , it was n't , but something has changed and I 'm not at all sure it 's for the best . ’ |
| 15 | It was not easy but I think it is for the best , in the long run . |
| 16 | This is a decision by the Natural Environment Research Council and it is for the best scientific reasons . |
| 17 | Whatever lay ahead , maybe it was for the best . |
| 18 | ‘ They said it was for the best , ’ said Gloria . |
| 19 | We were both sad , but it was for the best . |
| 20 | ‘ Father O'Neill has gone — it was for the best , ’ he told her . |
| 21 | Despite his brotherly teasing and criticisms , he was devoted to her and would not be speaking in this fashion unless he felt it was for the best . |
| 22 | ‘ But it was for the best that it did n't survive , ’ Cynthia said quickly . |
| 23 | I thought it was for the best . |
| 24 | I decided to decide that it was for the best . |
| 25 | Perhaps it was for the best . |
| 26 | All I can say is that it was for the best of reasons . ’ |
| 27 | As it happened , it was for the best . |
| 28 | Her soul , God rest it , it has left — People say " it was for the best " . |
| 29 | Well , maybe it was for the best . |