Example sentences of "for it [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In CDI mode the desired course to steer can quickly and easily be adjusted by means of the ‘ frequency change ’ knob on top of the set — a much more practical use for it than its primary job of actually changing frequencies , in my opinion ! |
| 2 | New mothers in Czechoslovakia can look forward to three years ' maternity leave and the health service has a lot more going for it than ours , she says . |
| 3 | Donald Davie , in a dispirited essay called ‘ Criticism and the Academy ’ , ruefully acknowledges that the belletrist criticism of men of letters such as Edmund Wilson and Cyril Connolly ( unequal figures , these , one has to remark ) might have more to be said for it than he , as a lifelong academic , would be happy to acknowledge : |
| 4 | Now it had arrived and still Sally knew she was no more prepared for it than she had ever been . |
| 5 | Does n't it ever strike you as faintly ludicrous — the pursuit of happiness by a species that is less equipped for it than anything in nature ? ’ |
| 6 | You 've got more use for it than I have . ’ |
| 7 | This , in most cases , is all the protection the company needs , but it will pay much less for it than it would for a standard policy . |
| 8 | One might argue that Montini , who had more ‘ on-the-job ’ training for the office of pope and was intellectually better prepared for it than anyone since Benedict XIV in the eighteenth century , became pope too late to give of his best . |
| 9 | He 's the one who gets the wages for it while I have n't a lira to myself not even to buy a pair of stockings , stuck here in this gloomy hole day after day — and he goes out working , he goes out to work when according to the contract he 's not allowed , I should be allowed but not him . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ I feel I am ready for it although it has only come along because Stuart is injured . |
| 11 | I 'll give a look for it before you go . |
| 12 | This creates a personal link between those issuing and those receiving the product , and makes it clear to those issuing the product who is responsible for it once it has been received by the client . |
| 13 | This creates a personal link between those issuing and those receiving the product , and makes it clear to those issuing the product who is responsible for it once it has been received by the client . |
| 14 | Well I heard what that bloke said to you last time when I went before , do n't worry , once you 've paid for it once you 've paid it they 'll sort it out from there . |
| 15 | I 'll need a survey , but I 'm not going to pay good money for it unless they bring the price down . ’ |
| 16 | A solicitor must not only disclose to you any commission over £10 that he or she receives but must also account to you for it unless you have agreed that he or she should keep it . |
| 17 | So do n't let's moan about , I mean thank you for your point , I 'm not putting you down , but let , let's sort of get up there and , and go for it if we , if we feel we can contribute . |
| 18 | Twenty thousand rupees it would cost , but the extension worker said the government would pay for it if they could register a co-operative . |
| 19 | ‘ I am all for it if it stops the bombings , ’ he said . |
| 20 | If a window has to be tailor-made , you must expect to pay for it if it does n't fit ! |
| 21 | Okay , well we can put it back in for it if it likes . |
| 22 | ‘ I could almost admire you for it if it 's the latter . ’ |
| 23 | I 'd go for it if I were you , ’ he said , and he gave me a little peck on the cheek . |
| 24 | ‘ I would n't stand for it If I were you , ’ Peggy was saying indignantly . |
| 25 | O.K. , I know it 's a miracle , yes , I 'd be grateful for it if I were dead . |
| 26 | ‘ They seemed rather laden to me , but I 'll take your word for it if you tell me that it 's all general interest in my private life . ’ |
| 27 | You do n't really need to , but it 's , there usually is n't time to cover it , cos you 've got other things , but it gives you a much better feel for it if you , if you see the other side of the picture all the time . |
| 28 | You 'll have to sign back up for it if you 're gon na use it . |
| 29 | definitely justification for it if you 're a , a poor peasant . |
| 30 | So at least they wo n't get done for it cos they 'd probably go up to disciplinary and stuff would n't they ? |