Example sentences of "for it [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Encore Computer Corp , Fort Lauderdale , Florida has teamed with New Straits Times Technologies Pvt Ltd of Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia to establish Asia Pacific Encore Pvt Ltd , and looks for it to generate $55m of business over the next five years . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's nowhere for it to curve to . ’ |
| 3 | He knew , as well , that Tree Spirits cling tenaciously to their homes until those homes become untenable because of the Tree dying and drying and he thought that Miach 's spell must have been stronger than any of them had thought for it to draw the Spirits so filly and so firmly into the open . |
| 4 | But she had no milk to give it — so there was no reason for it to suck the teat , which would have helped the flow . |
| 5 | If I interpreted it correctly — ‘ Nothing is definite , you must interpret the words ’ , Liese said — I had only to keep lying on my bed of North Shore nails for it to turn ultimately into a pillow of foam . |
| 6 | The country 's only hope for economic recovery , he claims , is for it to turn to the highly skilled , ‘ sunrise industries ’ that will generate wealth and cope with an expanding welfare bill . |
| 7 | The two situations complement each other , although there was no intention originally for it to turn out that way … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Thought you was being too good for it to last , ’ Tom said as Sammy tugged at his trouser leg . |
| 9 | If you 've got long hair and the bald patch is n't too noticeable , then perhaps you can wait for it to re-grow . |
| 10 | Two of them look at their leader , waiting for it to say something suitable for this historic occasion . |
| 11 | For the DUP to embrace this accord and attempt to make it work would be for it to abandon its opposition to anything which presages a united Ireland . |
| 12 | Probably you do not care enough for it to create a liking and a need , which we shall never be able to satisfy nevertheless , avoid it unless principle and pleasure and interest all advise it . |
| 13 | The shape of a tapir makes it possible for it to push its way through the thick undergrowth at considerable speed . |
| 14 | This month its old-guard steering committee decided a better constitution would include annual meetings by the assembly , and powers for it to initiate laws and to veto bills from the legislature . |
| 15 | The new scheme involves the widening of a minor road through the Aspe Valley — home to a colony of 10 bears — in order for it to serve as a major access highway to a new tunnel under the Somport Pass , across the Spanish frontier . |
| 16 | But you 're just waiting for it to happen . ’ |
| 17 | The authorities do not have to wait for it to happen , however . |
| 18 | I am convinced that this is because the barbel are so conditioned to seeing this plastic larder pop through the surface and spread good things to eat along the bottom , they are waiting for it to happen . |
| 19 | It soon became evident that the orchestra was fractionally behind on several entries — not enough to unsettle the soloist-aware listener , but after a while I was just waiting for it to happen . |
| 20 | Willing to take responsibility for the church to grow , and not wait for it to happen . |
| 21 | The instructions about practising will have been given while he was under hypnosis ( although he will , of course , have heard and understood every word ) and so , because he is willing for it to happen , they will be firmly planted in his subconscious mind . |
| 22 | You just had to wait longer for it to happen . |
| 23 | My own belief is that tunnels are very emotive places and if one is susceptible to paranormal events a tunnel is just the sort of place for it to happen . |
| 24 | A group action may not turn out exactly as the individuals involved intended ; but in order for it to happen at all there must be individuals acting on the basis of various desires , beliefs and intentions . |
| 25 | Some learning theories ( differential association was an example ) moved away from the idea of criminals being identifiably different kinds of people : their criminal behaviour was seen as being acquired in much the same way as any other behaviour was acquired ; it did not require any special , predisposing characteristics for it to happen to particular people . |
| 26 | She waited tensely for it to happen . |
| 27 | In yourself you 've got to be very clear about where you 're going and what you 're doing before you start to do it , in a sense for it to happen . |
| 28 | But she had got out of the dining room too fast for it to happen . |
| 29 | so something erm I mean it , it just seems strange to me that , you know , something which has exist existed for thousands of years , you know , he 's suddenly sort of pooh-poohing so to speak , erm and I mean obviously the fact that there was a revolution twenty years later or whatever erm me means that something must have been wrong but erm you know i it 's strange how he 's suddenly criticizing and how the criticism has n't come before , how nothing 's happened before , how this seems an opportune moment for it to happen . |
| 30 | And and they 've been waiting since for it to happen . |