Example sentences of "be all [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is tinged sometimes with a blinkered nostalgia , a belief that there really was a Golden Age in the countryside when humans and nature were in harmony ; at others with an ugly neo-colonialism , a conviction that wilderness are all right for the Third World , but not for us civilised folk . |
| 2 | ‘ This 'll be all right for the Ancient Britons as well , ’ he said brandishing ‘ The Stein Song ’ , 'I 'll give it to Mike when we go over . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll be all right for the night . ’ |
| 4 | Although it may be all right for the spokesman for the Opposition to talk about taking no measures , surely from all parts of the Province there is a cry for a security policy now to carry out what his own colleagues said would have to be done : to extirpate the IRA ? |
| 5 | ‘ He 'll be all right for the pageant , I promise you . ’ |
| 6 | It was pretty old and too small now , making me look skinnier than I was , but it would be all right for the trip . |
| 7 | But okay you 're going to be all right for the concert a week on Friday ? |
| 8 | It is all right for the hero and heroine to go to bed together , although if they actually make love before they are married , a wedding should follow immediately . |
| 9 | It is all over for the present . ’ |
| 10 | But apparently he 's all right for the weekend because Saturday is a courting-free day ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ That 's all right for the moment , but I hope , Jane , that you 'll look higher than domestic activity , and think about a better way of using your energy and intelligence in the service of God . ’ |
| 12 | It 's all right for the first years now cos they 're never even gon na know about it . |
| 13 | He had thought it was all over for the Bookman and that the acid had not worked . |
| 14 | But I was trained in an era when we were told that continental drift was all right for the unscientific geologists , but the " real " scientists — the physicists — said it was impossible . |
| 15 | It was all right for the likes of May and Izzy , always shouting and laughing and making her cry . |
| 16 | I filed that away and asked if it was all right for the girls to stay until the doctors had done their rounds . |
| 17 | It was all right for the active partner , but how did the other fellow get his satisfaction . |
| 18 | He said it was all right for the pot to come off and for him to walk on the injured foot . |