Example sentences of "[noun sg] for [noun] it is " in BNC.

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1 If this all seems like another blow for bureaucracy it is not intended to be so .
2 Since registration is only compulsory on a purchase for value it is n't necessary to register the devolution of unregistered property on a death .
3 Weight for weight it is far more effective than salts in depressing freezing point , and physiologically far less intrusive on cellular activities .
4 Chilperic was not the only son of Chlothar to be affected by his mother 's position : in considering Chramn 's bid for power it is important to remember that his mother was neither Ingund nor Aregund , but Chunsina .
5 Gram for gram it is up to 200 times sweeter than sugar and on average three times sweeter than aspartame .
6 In a cleaning kit for instance it is quite possible to provide one product in a squeeze pack , another in a powder shaker and a third in a spray bottle .
7 As a result of this all pervading desire for reticence it is possible to suggest that the presentation of research papers in seminars , the creation of an undirected thesis , not to mention the production of a book , could easily have placed me in breach of Regulation 6 , which outlines the disciplinary offence of
8 If anyone is a replacement for Wallace it is he ( due to him making Strach look TALL ) .
9 We do the same for the submatrix bordered by the first row and column , and so on , so that finally we reach the unit matrix as the canonical form for A. It is to be observed that , since in using elementary operations I ( i , j ) , I(k) , I(l) on A we are effectively at each stage multiplying together determinants neither of which vanishes , the reduction of A to I must be possible when A is on-singular .
10 Although Palace have accepted a bid of £1m from City for Thomas it is understood that Sheffield Wednesday have made an identical offer .
11 In so far as meaning is a problem for semiotics it is not a question of discovering ‘ hidden meanings ’ but one of the structure of signifiers that communicate a meaning accepted by participants .
12 For example : ‘ We have done a careful costing of the advantages and disadvantages of choosing product A or B and the returns for A are 15 per cent better than our best estimate for B. It is a clear-cut case : choose A. ’
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