Example sentences of "it for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As a result , we now have a very detailed picture of the lifestyle of the cuckoo and can recognise it for what it is : not a case of divine creation , but a superb example of the complex adaptations that occur in the intricate interrelationship . |
| 32 | Generally , with education , I did n't recognize it for what it was . |
| 33 | Still , taking it for what it is , I can report that it is on the whole satisfactorily performed , due mainly to the merits of the soloists : Barbara Schlick 's soprano rings out finely in the wonderful air with cello , ‘ What passion can not Music raise or quell ’ ( I give titles in the familiar English rather than the German used here , of course ) , and again in her paean of the organ , though in the final chorus the sense and the noble simplicity of the solo soprano in turn with the choir , a real piece of English eccentricity , somehow becomes merely odd in German . |
| 34 | Although the butler had never said or intimated anything untoward , Michael had grown up with prejudice long enough to recognize it for what it was . |
| 35 | With the " novel " element displacing to a greater or lesser extent the " detective " element , you will probably find that you need a less complicated murder to be the subject of the logical deduction which will eventually reveal it for what it is . |
| 36 | There was a coldness about the house that showed it for what it was — a rental for two people whose life together had hardly begun . |
| 37 | But now they knew it for what it was . |
| 38 | For , through that form of criticism , students can be freed from dependence on their own discipline , being able to see it for what it is , warts and all . |
| 39 | They have enough inner strength not to feel threatened by the demand for child-like dependency implicit in tears ; they will recognize it for what it is , a temporary rather than a permanent threat to their autonomy . |
| 40 | Only if it is made strange or different do we see it for what it really is . |
| 41 | Then she knew it for what it was . |
| 42 | Example 44 is from ‘ Vissi d'arte ’ in Tosca at a point where the orchestra plays the melody ( small notes ) while the singer weaves a web of narration in different ways — reciting , joining the orchestral melody , forming a decorative counter-melody , etc. — all within the space of a few bars : There is great skill here , yet nobody seems to have recognized it for what it really is — the solution for preserving melodic and formal unity while at the same time using words with freedom and flexibility . |
| 43 | She 'd be able to view the whole episode in perspective : see it for what it was , a brief flirtation brought about by proximity , boredom , and lack of alternative company . |
| 44 | They had accepted it for what it was , and never bothered to probe deeper , and she had followed suit . |
| 45 | You 're resilient and intelligent enough to be able to see it for what it was . |
| 46 | The smile he gave her was familiar , full of charm , and yet she was now able to see it for what it was ; totally false and lacking in warmth . |
| 47 | We have to recognise it for what it is ; to see it as a way of generating understanding and knowledge , yielding ideas and theories which are accepted for as long as they help our understanding of evidence , but which are constantly superseded and changed when new evidence is obtained which conflicts with them . |
| 48 | We have to recognise it for what it is ; to see it as a way of generating understanding and knowledge , yielding ideas and theories which are accepted for as long as they help our understanding of evidence , but which are constantly superseded and changed when new evidence is obtained which conflicts with them . |
| 49 | I had been polishing it for what seemed hours and you could now see your face in it perfectly . |
| 50 | She had never been afraid to look straightly at whatever fortune sent her , to map its every feature , and acknowledge it for what it was . |
| 51 | Had he understood it for what it was ? |
| 52 | He had time only to recognise it for what it was — a signal flare gun — before it belched a tongue of green flame at him . |
| 53 | Experience in Northern Ireland enabled him to recognise it for what it was . |
| 54 | i pulled this of rec.sport.soccer ( see last part of mail ) — the post was rather mingled so i have tried to fix it up a little : take it for what it is — a post from memory from a guy somewhere and no mentioning of what year/what cup/ etc. i think the poster has messed up or something — my guess is that the home match is the first mentioned : meaning that G has beaten some respectable teams like PSV , Roma and Frankfurt at home and beating Roma and Frankfurt at aggregate . |
| 55 | It means that you can not use it for what it was intended . |
| 56 | Yes , you do n't need it for what we 're going to do now |
| 57 | She knew it , and they knew it too — even the women in the audience responded well to her brand of flirting , recognising it for what it was . |
| 58 | I expect he is going to die in prison and he deserves it for what he has done . ’ |
| 59 | I think , I think we should see it for what it is , which is a power struggle inside a ruling elite in the Soviet Union for which we do n't really have an interest in taking sides . |
| 60 | Now of course what happened is that we claimed , we w went to the insurance and then they took they got a list of what was damaged and we replaced it for what he 'd lost er exactly . |