Example sentences of "it [be] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A royal charter , read aloud by a villager on horseback , proclaims Seamer Fair to be open for business for the next seven days ; but it is not , nor has it been for the last fifty years . |
| 2 | " She wo n't change , " he said finally , " unless it 's for the worse . |
| 3 | And I and not sure it 's Well I am sure that it 's for the worse . |
| 4 | ‘ If you think it 's for the best , Daddy . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh well , maybe it 's for the best . ’ |
| 8 | Naaah , it 's for the best … d' you wan na talk to these two ? |
| 9 | But as one passenger said : ‘ Perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 10 | But happen it 's for the best ; you had to know some time . |
| 11 | Well , I think it 's for the best , Kate . |
| 12 | ‘ I think it 's for the best , ’ she said . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's for the best . ’ |
| 14 | It 's for the best , trust me . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've set my face towards it , and it 's for the best . |
| 16 | Then with a sigh , ‘ Perhaps it 's for the best . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're right , it was n't , but something has changed and I 'm not at all sure it 's for the best . ’ |
| 18 | I had visions it 's for the thirty |
| 19 | It 's for the bigger lady and |
| 20 | ‘ It 's for the new stewards ’ training day . ’ |
| 21 | We do have a death penalty , but it 's for the vulnerable , the young , the old and disabled . |
| 22 | I ca n't really go into details I 'm afraid , but , yes , it 's for the final push . ’ |
| 23 | it 's for the first three |
| 24 | It 's for the first christening . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's for the back door . |
| 26 | right so it 's for the half year sorry , beg your pardon five million half year |
| 27 | it 's , it 's for the previous years accounts , yeah |
| 28 | ‘ It 's for the starving multitudes , ’ he whined through his matted beard , holding out the crock of gold in his blood-stained fingers . |
| 29 | One should not expect to obtain a detailed contract , but once a commitment is made it is for the long term . |
| 30 | The Government believes that it is for the professional bodies and other organizations whose members provide legal services to satisfy the courts and the public that their members are competent to undertake representation . |