Example sentences of "it [vb -s] a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have little doubt that it represents a future for coal-fired power generation in the next decade . |
| 2 | Mytho-history of this kind provides a cosmological setting for the time and space of ordinary experience but , in addition , by exhibiting the contrast of possibilities , it offers a rationale for the complex rules and conventions which characterize " our " particular way of doing things . |
| 3 | Korg 's A4 is n't claiming to be the last word in processors , but still it offers a lot for the money . |
| 4 | It offers a shoe for every foot and every pocket , with not shortage of technology at any point . |
| 5 | Like all university subjects , it offers a training for the mind , but it is also one of the small number of disciplines which attempt to understand the creative impulse . |
| 6 | Environmentalists oppose the deep burial method for dealing with radioactive waste , claiming that it constitutes a hazard for many thousands of years and should thus be stored above ground where it can easily be monitored for leakages . |
| 7 | When it does decide to rouse from its slumbers and join in the fun , it has a flair for the unexpected . |
| 8 | Like most Border counties in the Irish Republic , it has a name for harbouring gunmen . |
| 9 | S.schall will tolerate a wide range of water conditions and is easy to keep , although it has a reputation for aggression . |
| 10 | It has a preference for acidic conditions , hence peat with sand is ideal . |
| 11 | A governing party is apt to claim that it has a mandate for doing something which it said it would do in its election manifesto , or which it simply said it would do some time before being elected . |
| 12 | If it goes ahead with the project , it will find that it has a reward for the investment that exceeds its wildest dreams . |
| 13 | Most sociological writing on the underclass has suggested that it has a potential for what Giddens calls ‘ hostile outbursts ’ — that is , riots or mass violence and public disorder . |
| 14 | For one reason or another , you have a need for nature as great as it has a need for you . |
| 15 | The reciprocity is asymmetrical and in consequence it has a proclivity for extending outwards into a network . |
| 16 | It contains a summary for mortgage purposes and statistics and can be used by the society instead of a report and mortgage valuation . |
| 17 | Linda brings along her box of tricks to every session — it holds a tool for most jobs , from opening oysters to piping cream . |
| 18 | It establishes a mechanism for self management , the reward is personal success . |
| 19 | It says a lot for me , it really does . ’ |
| 20 | It says a lot for our common social perceptions that various observers can agree in their assessments of an individual seen with different people , in different places at different times , but only a detailed inventory , as Robert Cairns and James Green at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , have pointed out , can tell us how actual forms of behaviour are elicited , maintained and organised . |
| 21 | It says a lot for the quality of the football when Vinnie Jones , inevitably booked against his old club for backchat after 29 minutes , looks the best player on view . |
| 22 | And it says a lot for our low expectations that most people automatically go for the salt as soon as their plate arrives at the table . |
| 23 | IT says a lot for the African National Congress in South Africa that , after their supporters were gunned down in cold blood at the beginning of the week , they are still prepared to talk peace . |
| 24 | It says a lot for the authors ' efficiency in organising this cast subject that the only bit I ca n't pass without comment concerns the conservative backlash against the feminism of the Thatcher years . |
| 25 | Now I think it says a lot for teachers as a profession that I think many of them are in fact prepared to have a go at this . |
| 26 | When it meets a Tit for Two Tats player , on the other hand , Tit for Two Tats 's greater forgivingness nips this recrimination in the bud . |
| 27 | Winning the world championship is one of the main ambitions of the season , but being No 1 is more important to me ; it shows a player for his performances over a year , as opposed to two weeks . ’ |
| 28 | And in fact it shows a lot for human nature because he was chuckling away at the end of it all and he even gave the lads who did the job a tip . |
| 29 | It shows a desire for an orderly and methodical way of examining the world , and a dislike of detached contemplation or philosophical and intuitive ways of understanding reality . |
| 30 | It will be the first time bosses have been allowed to officially join in the celebrations and it marks a victory for Lawrie McMenemy , who has conducted a 15-year campaign on behalf of fellow managers . |