Example sentences of "for the [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , if you like , you can do a little pantomime routine where you look behind you for the ghost but it follows you around until you finally find it , and then you can do a brief activity with the ghost , like walk around the room in ‘ follow my leader ’ style or sing a song such as ‘ My kneebone 's connected to my thigh bone ’ . |
| 2 | This series of squares is disquieting as it heads for the horizon unless it allows for the curvature of the Earth . |
| 3 | A sense of smell is the first and primary thing for the animal because it gives it its sense of direction and it 's very important and it goes gently cold , delicately as the dark snow . |
| 4 | It is a valuable acquisition for the museum as it describes an experience which quite a number of Middlesbrough people must have gone through . ’ |
| 5 | Oxfam is being urged to call off a charity pop concert because of fears it could attract thousands of travellers back to Castlemorton.Tickets are already on sale for the event although it has n't yet been granted a licence.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 6 | The advantage of a body clock is that it can prepare an animal or plant and enable it to predict a future environmental condition and so be ready for the event when it takes place . |
| 7 | This is all very limiting for the pilot but it does mean that the investigator is able to know exactly what the pilot is , or should be , doing at any stage in the flight . |
| 8 | This is very convenient for the user as it requires the minimum of handling . |
| 9 | Sally Gilbert-Smith and Ruth Gilbert from Cornwall — Sally , 28 , who works in Lloyds Bank in Newquay , entered herself and her mother for the competition because it seemed like the perfect opportunity for the experts to show them off to their full potential . |
| 10 | ‘ It does n't seem to occur to anyone that all these people going on about UFOs and the general hilarity they cause would be quite a good disguise for the government if it did want to cover up weapons testing . ’ |
| 11 | Jen grabs for the bottle and it drops down on the grass and rolls away , glug , gurgle . |
| 12 | I thought to myself , ‘ I have n't bought any tickets for the raffle but it looks as if I have won first prize . ’ |
| 13 | Vic becomes even more convinced that this was the motive for the call as it proceeds , because Stuart Baxter has nothing new to communicate . |
| 14 | Three cases , two from that other period of great division , the 1930s , set the tone for the law as it stood in 1979 . |
| 15 | The state will pay the same price for the electricity as it pays to hydroelectric power stations , while the capital cost of the generators will be born by the distilleries , saving the state the US$8,000 million cost of a new 3,000-MW hydroelectric power station . |
| 16 | It is important for the writer because it lays out a line of attack along which the essay will proceed . |
| 17 | It is entirely a matter for the society whether it selects one of its own employees or instructs an independent firm . |
| 18 | I join my right hon. Friend in paying tribute to the design museum for the standard that it has set . |
| 19 | In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph at the end of his second year as Archbishop , Dr George Carey said the next 12 months would be difficult for the Church as it focused on the ordination of women to the priesthood . |
| 20 | Will he also accept that his demonstration of confidence in the plant 's high quality power unit is most important for the company when it seeks orders abroad ? |
| 21 | Keeping your fingers crossed and plunging on is one way of dealing with tricky situations which may gain a reputation for the school that it has firm and strong management but it can have costs in the loss of a number of unhappy families . |
| 22 | ‘ Clearly , this is worrying for the board as it prepares to address the new objectives for 1992/93 . ’ |
| 23 | The Prime Minister gave his go-ahead at a meeting with the Chancellor , Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo , Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley and Employment Minister Michael Forsyth , after being told that doctors , especially in inner city areas , sign people on for the benefit because it pays more than dole money . |
| 24 | The Prime Minister gave his go-ahead at a meeting with the Chancellor , Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo , Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley and Employment Minister Michael Forsyth , after being told that doctors , especially in inner city areas , sign people on for the benefit because it pays more than dole money . |
| 25 | Other examples of rules which may not be congruent with the requirements of fiduciary law are SIB Core Rule 2 , which states that where a firm has a material interest it must not knowingly act for the customer unless it takes steps to ensure his " fair treatment " ( this may not be sufficient under fiduciary law ) , and SIB Core Rule 25 which in conjunction with SFA Conduct of Business Rule 5 — 36(2) permits " front running " . |
| 26 | Moreover , it is socially important for the way that it demystifies such manoeuvres . |
| 27 | These have been especially designed for the work and it helps to make every effort to obtain them . |
| 28 | They wanted me for the part because it seemed they wanted someone younger . |
| 29 | Iron was used for the shank as it provided greater strength and longer life than bronze would have done . |
| 30 | Will the Minister commend Lagan college in my constituency for the progress that it has made in the past 10 years ? |