Example sentences of "[noun pl] for it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You hate me because I have the cash , you hate me because I 'm not tied to a counter in a shop or slaving down the mines for it . |
| 2 | ‘ Suppose I say I sent Puddephat something — an outline for a book , or some notes for it — and now I 'm worried about getting them back . |
| 3 | And do you know what , I transcribed some notes for it , me and Miss Sandie or Sandra . |
| 4 | Suicide tends now to command sympathy , even when the reasons for it are hard to understand . |
| 5 | The press apparently had expected Steffi 's invincible reign to last for several years — when last year Graf had a bad year ( by her standards ) the men and women of the press understandably searched for reasons for it — and voiced them . |
| 6 | But they are not interested in the reasons for it , in the sort of alienation which Asian women feel at these groups . |
| 7 | It would be possible to absorb provocation into a wider notion of ‘ extreme emotional disturbance ’ , as the American Model Penal Code does , so that the key to mitigation would be the extent of the defendant 's psychological disturbance at the time of the killing rather than the reasons for it . |
| 8 | However , punishment must be appropriate , immediate , and the reasons for it quite clear to the horse . |
| 9 | Scientists interested in biological diversity , and the evolutionary reasons for it , already see it in that light . |
| 10 | In certain cases the head teacher is obliged to inform the LEA of his decision and the reasons for it . |
| 11 | This belief , expressed in the legal doctrine of novus actus interruptus , is that a person is responsible for his own actions , and others are not responsible even if they induced his action by suggesting that there are reasons for it , or by behaving in ways which led him to form such a belief . |
| 12 | The liability of the agent may be the same in both cases , but the reasons for it differ in detail . |
| 13 | The reasons for it were several — the overthrow of world capitalism depended upon an English proletarian revolution which , it was now argued , could only be initiated at Britain 's weakest point , Ireland . |
| 14 | This , very briefly , gives the background to the proposed recommendation and the reasons for it . |
| 15 | What is required … is , firstly , that there should be a fair review by the employer of the attendance record and the reasons for it ; and , secondly , appropriate warnings , after the employee has been given an opportunity to make representations . |
| 16 | [ There were ] several reasons for it : one of them was I thought they were too much alike . |
| 17 | The patient is then far more likely to respond favourably to the proposal than if the reasons for it are left vague . |
| 18 | Incontinence can be managed and often cured if the reasons for it are known . |
| 19 | There may be special reasons for it . |
| 20 | I wrote again , nevertheless , disputing his decision and his reasons for it . |
| 21 | It seems odd , in retrospect , to see governments delegating so passively their most important educational function , but there were two main reasons for it at the time . |
| 22 | those necessarily coming into effect before being laid ( e.g. , where publicity would nullify their effect ) if due notice of the fact and the reasons for it has not been given to the Speaker , ; |
| 23 | When there is failure to establish this good relationship there can be many reasons for it , which the wife , who loves them both , and is the best person to act as intermediary , should try to understand . |
| 24 | Social scientists who have considered the phenomenon have all agreed that there are more important reasons for it than the attitudes of administrators . |
| 25 | Where this true and fair view override is used the Act requires that ‘ particulars of any such departure , the reasons for it and its effect shall be given in a note to the accounts . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ the reasons for it ’ — a statement as to why the treatment prescribed would not give a true and fair view ; |
| 27 | The disclosures required by this abstract should either be included , or cross-referenced , in the note required under paragraph 36A of Schedule 4 ( re compliance with accounting standards and particulars of any material departure from those standards and the reasons for it . ) |
| 28 | The expression ‘ particulars of any such departure , the reasons for it and its effect ’ is also used in paragraph 15 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 22 of Schedule 9 ( both relating to departure from the specified statutory accounting principles ) and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 4A ( use of inconsistent accounting rules for an undertaking included in group accounts ) . |
| 29 | However it ought to be possible to bring the reasons for it out into the light , and by doing so to show that whatever may be said of Tolkien 's view of reality , it was neither escapist nor thoughtless . |
| 30 | The reasons for it remain to be fully understood but it will certainly reopen the debate about this aspect of dependency — chosen or enforced ? |