Example sentences of "[noun] for itself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judge each case for itself . |
| 2 | Still , the linguistic approach is peculiar enough to have to offer rationalisations for itself . |
| 3 | But , rightly , ICI is acting as if a bid is imminent , preparing its defences and making plans for itself in a way that guarantees that much will change at the firm . |
| 4 | So action has been taken , both in terms of our membership and N C V O for itself . |
| 5 | The Carrier contracts for itself and as agent of and trustee for its servants and agents and all other carriers referred to in ( 2 ) above and such other carrier 's servants and agents and every reference in Conditions 3–17 inclusive hereof to ‘ The Carrier ’ shall be deemed to include every such other carrier , servant and agent with the intention that they shall have the benefit of the Contract and collectively and together with the Carrier be under no greater liability to the Trader or any other party than is the Carrier hereunder . |
| 6 | POSH gifts group Aspreys is thought to have lined up a late Christmas present for itself . |
| 7 | The adrenalin-pumping thrill of the experience for itself alone , was good enough for us . |
| 8 | While Raima 's database — now called the Raima Data Manager , but previously known as Db-Vista — is one of the least widely publicised of PC and Unix databases , it has carved out a niche for itself amongst C programmers . |
| 9 | 10-year old Danish company SuperUsers , which has its headquarters in a 16th century castle overlooking the sea North of Copenhagen , is carving out a niche for itself as a Unix ‘ knowledge house ’ for Scandinavian and European countries . |
| 10 | Under this system of economic production , even though a merchant class was able to find a niche for itself by providing loans and commodities for kings , princes and noble landowners , this class was largely excluded from control over the state , which was dominated by increasingly absolutist kings and their royal entourage of lords and nobles . |
| 11 | Last year Dillons got John Mortimer on a holiday weekend , which was not good timing , but it has since made a niche for itself with local books . |
| 12 | Nor do I think the bank had any idea of the effect its action would have : that it would potentially create a loss for itself and other creditors . ’ |
| 13 | Norway 's prospects of joining the EC might be harmed by its decision , if the EC were successful in demanding a seat for itself on the IWC . |
| 14 | Signifying nothing but the search for itself . |
| 15 | ‘ . The transformation of the industry would undoubtedly be both costly and painful but it was the only means by which it could ensure a future for itself . |
| 16 | If Greece is to shape a coherent future for itself , it has to do three hard things . |
| 17 | In spite of the talk of the End of History , Italy is even now forging a whole new future for itself . |
| 18 | Once you have sold an idea to an editor you can then discuss how much material you will supply and how much the magazine will want to write or photograph for itself . |
| 19 | Novell 's relationship with Unix Systems Labs and their Univel Inc/Destiny joint venture for the desktop market has been a sore point for Sun , which wanted a Novell/Solaris-on-Intel distribution pact for itself . |
| 20 | The danger of course is that sponsorship for itself , in itself becomes more important than the actual regattas . |
| 21 | The octopus has no trace of a shell within the flesh of its body , but one species , the argonaut , secretes from one of its arms a marvellous paper-thin version shaped very like a nautilus shell but without chambers , which it uses not as a home for itself but as a delicate floating chalice in which to lay its eggs . |
| 22 | China is using every negotiating device , and it is master of them all , to carve out as big a place for itself as it can in pre-1997 Hong Kong . |
| 23 | The firm badly needs this market share to buy time , so it can fully adapt to the new Windows world and carve out a place for itself in the growing groupware market . |
| 24 | In these cases the society not only fixes and receives the fee payable for the report but it retains the fee for itself . |
| 25 | Djilas did not at this stage of his analysis refer to bureaucracy as a class , though he recognized that it had exclusive control of production and distribution and that it expropriated the economic surplus for itself at the expense of the ‘ direct producers ’ . |
| 26 | Since the beginning of 1987 , SAP has been in business for itself , with its own field sales , distribution , marketing and manufacturing operations . |
| 27 | It still sleeps with its mother in the rudimentary nest she builds for the night but practises building nests for itself . |
| 28 | In many ways , these additional protocols reinforced the impression that for France the EDC was designed as a guarantee for itself against possible German aggression as much as it was to be an anti-Soviet organisation . |
| 29 | The Fontana Cocktail Bar is also making a name for itself as one of the smartest new places in town . |
| 30 | Greenpeace , the environmental pressure group which had already made a name for itself by chasing whalers on the high seas , sent its own vessel , the Rainbow Warrior , to shadow the nuclear ship out into the Atlantic . |