Example sentences of "would be for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day . |
| 3 | I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best . |
| 4 | ‘ You think it would be for the best then ? ’ |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I truly feel it would be for the best . ’ |
| 7 | She knew that her uncle 's death would radically change her position but did she , as she said , believe that the change would be for the worse ? |
| 8 | ‘ The worst possible scenario would be for the civilian government to remain in a weak and powerless state , forcing us to maintain a military occupation in the city , ’ said Mr Roberts , who is dean of the law school at DePaul University in Chicago . |
| 9 | But these would be for the general benefit , not for the worse . |
| 10 | 1791 The Gentlemen of the Parish of Kildaltan represent that the Church is much Injured by the Schools being kept therein and that it would be for the General benifit of the Parish to have a School House Built seperate from the Church … appoint a Committee for fixing the Stance of the School House and getting the same Built . |
| 11 | Leaving aside the problem of time order in the research , and whether their findings do indeed reveal genuine causal effects of coping behaviour , it is unclear how relevant such strategies would be for the general run of threatening events . |
| 12 | Tonight , if the bombers came , it would be for the seventh night in a row ; a whole week without sleep . |
| 13 | Front seats would be for the Black , |
| 14 | The council agreed to object to the pylons , but said if they had to have a preferred option , it would be for the western , or red route . |
| 15 | For 30 per cent this would be for the first time , yet almost half our sample are installing an additional or replacement shower . |
| 16 | and of course if you want to include a small element this year a greater element would be for the new open plan . |
| 17 | Clearly the most drastic punishment for a firm that has reneged on the collusive agreement would be for the other firms to force it to its security level , either forever or for some specified number of time periods . |
| 18 | In practice the Crown would now be unlikely to dismiss a judge without an Address , and it would be for the two Houses to decide whether the misbehaviour justified dismissal . |
| 19 | Even though the problem shows that the full crime was consummated , the culprits may be convicted of attempt or incitement , so that it may be relevant to mention these crimes — though normally , of course , the indictment would be for the completed crime , not for a mere attempt or incitement . |
| 20 | One option for GM would be for the American company to convert its cash investment into equity through an issue of new shares after the Government 's veto on takeover expires . |
| 21 | In these circumstances we accept that it is reasonable that some trustees may feel that in the new situation produced by the tax the right course would be for the settled property to cease to be held on discretionary trust . |
| 22 | She knew that if she were whirled down again it would be for the last time . |
| 23 | I had always imagined that when I finally lost my virginity , it would be for the same reason I smoked and drank , because it would have seemed unsophisticated not to . |
| 24 | But , in general , it would be for the third party surety to satisfy itself whether or not it should enter into the bond and to satisfy itself about the accuracy of representations made by the debtor . |
| 25 | Contrary to such a view , black kids believe that , for them , being successful is more difficult than it would be for the white person of comparable proficiency . |
| 26 | As making the parliamentary channel available in Members ' rooms would be tantamount to supplying a clean feed direct from the Chamber , it would be for the Select Committee on Broadcasting , Etc. in the first instance , to approve such a proposal . |
| 27 | Among the challengers , excellent boxers from the Army who were stationed nearby often took a chance to make an extra pound or two , although if caught , would be for the high jump , as this sort of contest was strictly against regulations . |
| 28 | One way would be for the Common Open Software Environment firms , HP , IBM , Sun Microsystems Inc , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Unix System Labs and OSF — plus arbiter X/Open Co Ltd — to endorse an API that Tivoli has already offered up for their use ( UX No 429 ) . |
| 29 | One way would be for the Common Open Software Environment firms , Hewlett-Packard , IBM , Sun Microsystems Inc , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Unix System Laboratories Inc and the Open Software Foundation — plus arbiter X/Open Co Ltd — to endorse an Application Programming Interface that Tivoli has already offered up for their use . |
| 30 | I insisted that the Unit must be responsible for its own training and operational planning and that , therefore , the Commander of the Unit must come directly under the C in C. I emphasised how fatal it would be for the proposed unit to be put under any existing branch or formation for administration . |