Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Jan. 1 , 1990 , it became illegal for European industries to dump fly ash ( the residue from coal-fired power stations ) in the North Sea . |
| 2 | Italian and other styles were ripped out of their European context when , during the 1980s , it became permissible for young people in Britain , and most significantly young men , to be interested in fashion on a scale undreamed of in the 60s and the 70s . |
| 3 | The government , which had reportedly paid US$120,000,000 in debt interest arrears to the two multilateral agencies in the previous six months , had still to repay a further $540,000,000 in further interest payments before it became eligible for new loans . |
| 4 | Scales said , ‘ It looks bad for young Choak ; in his case there 's a double motive , the money which he stole and has to pay back and what he could reasonably have expected under his uncle 's will . ’ |
| 5 | It says much for good project management and the company management , which kept production going while the extension work was going on . |
| 6 | Indeed , it seems usual for bisexual groups with sedentary females to evolve dwarf males . |
| 7 | It substituted Spanish for Austrian influence in southern Italy . |
| 8 | This discussion will be even more urgent if it becomes common for criminal proceedings to arise from road traffic accidents . |
| 9 | As well as a sideswipe at the DTI 's failure to spend all the money it had available for industrial-academic arrangements such as the Link scheme , the spokesmen promised various schemes to improve public understanding of science . |