Example sentences of "[conj] [pos pn] [noun sg] for it " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is not to say that it involves no notion of a lawlike statement , or , to speak of reality rather than our language for it , no notion of lawlike connection . |
| 2 | Typical of these is the Invective against France which survives in several manuscripts : it depicts the French as effeminate , combining the characteristics of the lynx , viper and wolf ; King Philip 's fraudulent claims to the French throne and his unworthiness for it are elaborately exposed with biblical and legal references ; by contrast Edward 's victories , secured by his virtuousness , serve only to prove that God was on his side . |
| 3 | Galileo talked much of money and his need for it . |
| 4 | While the unweaned child must remain preoccupied by the absence of the breast and his hunger for it , the successfully weaned individual is free to turn his attention to other means of satisfying his hunter , and will probably find that , as in the instructive case of agriculture , a judicious control of his appetite results in the long run in a lessened likelihood of hunger . |
| 5 | But with the passage of time , particularly with the popularity of convenience and ‘ junk ’ foods , our consumption of salt — and our taste for it — has increased beyond what most experts consider healthy . |
| 6 | Erin talks about the joy the mindless child brings her — well , so it may , but her love for it has been most destructive for others . |