Example sentences of "[coord] it be the [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is why butterflies warm up before flight , either by exposing their wings to the sun 's heat or by generating heat internally by vibrating them ; it is why lizards bask in the morning sun ; and it is the explanation for the saying : ‘ fast runs the ant as the mercury rises ’ . |
| 2 | It is an application of the program for determining the sequence of steps in the process and it is the process for which protection is sought . |
| 3 | Lyricism is inexperience , and it is the desire for glory . |
| 4 | This was used in 1955 to enforce the ‘ Fourteen-Days rule ’ , which the BBC wanted to abandon , about broadcasting matters due for debate in Par-liament ; and it was the authority for the general ban on BBC ‘ editorializing ’ and on party political broadcasts outside the annual series agreed with the BBC . |
| 5 | But it was the call for investment that aroused the most plain fears , and these have been compounded in recent days by a clutch of investments in Eastern Europe by big western manufacturers . |
| 6 | Now that oil is the main fuel for ships and other transport , the export of coal has almost ended but it was the reason for the early growth of Cardiff and for the long ribbons of terraced houses in the valleys of the coalfield . |
| 7 | The idea of being nice to someone because they were going to leave you their money was not pleasant ; Tom often told himself this , but it was the reason for his going to see his grandmother . |