Example sentences of "for [adj] that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | We knew for definite that it was only a two bedroomed flat and that is one of the reasons we went in at the time we did , hoping that everyb e every person in that flat would be asleep . |
| 2 | Moreover , MDC 's relatively modest housing programme for the initial area , its mixture of public and private provision and the fact that it has not displaced existing residents prevented housing becoming the political minefield for MDC that it was for LDDC . |
| 3 | Experience may help you take some of these into account but if you went for a fixed fee you may have to pitch it at such a level to allow for these that it 's perhaps twice what it might be and you could lose the client . |
| 4 | Such an innocent river , for all that it knew a secret , for all that one of its stones had put a man out of sight of the sunset ! |
| 5 | If such a working model of haemoglobin could be made , it would prove once and for all that it is the iron and not the porphyrin that 's ultimately responsible for the properties of haemoglobin . |
| 6 | For all that it remains an object which can not move itself or save itself from destruction . |
| 7 | J. R. R. Tolkien ( 1892–1973 ) , a Catholic by upbringing , wrote in praise of the remembered virtues of the British Tommy in the trenches during the First World War , and the enormous and highly improbable success of The Lord of the Rings ( 1954–5 ) , for all that it began as a cult in the United States rather than at home , struck a chord that was ultimately insular , tribal and boldly British . |
| 8 | For all that it was a truly wonderful job . ’ |
| 9 | For all that it sold for $46,200 ( £30,800 ) ( est. $30–50,000 ) . |
| 10 | Without it , psychoanalytic theory could not account for all that it had been observed human beings could do to themselves and to one another . |
| 11 | First , wind velocity is measured at a given observation point and refers solely to that point , for all that it may be convenient to show it on a chart as an arrow apparently extending for a long distance . |
| 12 | ‘ We do n't know for sure that it 'll strike , ’ said Duvall . |
| 13 | Only then would he know for certain that it had really happened , and that he would have to take some action . |
| 14 | In fact I ca n't say for certain that it ever arrived . |
| 15 | And , when you bought it , you knew for certain that it would only work on one specific piece of typesetting equipment . |