Example sentences of "[pron] it [is] for " in BNC.

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1 But the reality is that the court has not given to doctors any right that they did not previously have : it has merely declined to deprive them of a power which it is for them alone to exercise .
2 Few elitists now hold to the notion of a single dominant elite effectively exercising or directing the exercise of all important functions , and few now use the term ‘ elite ’ as the all-embracing explanatory concept which it is for the classical theorists .
3 This is because economic loss can be of unforeseen proportions , can far exceed , in many cases the total contract value , and thus be a risk which it is for all practical purposes beyond the financial strength of most businessmen to assume , particularly if they were to accept such risks routinely in all their business dealings .
4 The right of free speech is one which it is for the public interest that individuals should possess , and , indeed , that they should exercise without impediment , so long as no wrongful act is done .
5 Can you let us have a birthday or an anniversary message in writing please , a week before the actual date , do n't forget to tell us who it 's for , who it 's from , and the date .
6 I 'm not interested in abstractions , I 'm interested in how you can use theory and who it 's for and for what purpose .
7 Can you see who it 's for ?
8 If a message has to be taken , be certain to record the date , time of message , who it is for , and who it is from , and always repeat the message back to the caller to ensure that the details are correct .
9 And , of course , who it is for and where it is to be sent back to — facts which often seem to be forgotten .
10 It 's for you it 's for you .
11 I am sorry your reply is not clear enough I 'm going to have to shoot you it 's for Children in Need
12 And so it 's for you it 's for me , for the person sitting beside you and behind , it is for every one of us !
13 You ca n't tell me it 's for nothing .
14 Wasted it it 's for the house in n it ?
15 It it 's for
16 It 's er It it is for that .
17 The guy who 's been in the business or been in the same patch or whatever it is for a long time ,
18 This naturally prompts the question what it is for one purely particular object to stand for another .
19 We know some things about what God does , for once we recognise that there is this mystery we recognise that all that is is God 's doing — though we have no understanding of what it is for God to ‘ do ’ .
20 That it does so , so profoundly , is a vital part of what it is for .
21 It gives criticism , and critical theory , no way of knowing what it is for : no way , that is , — of arguing for one kind of production against another , or of valuing some forms over others .
22 There is no consensus about what education should be , what it is for , either in schools or places of higher education .
23 So how are we to reach any agreement now , at the end of the 1980s , on the function of education , what it is for , what needs it must meet ?
24 The child needs to learn how and why to use a potty and parents may need to be encouraged to take their child to the lavatory with them so that the child can imitate what happens , have a potty around , tell the child what it is for , and encourage him or her to get used to it by sitting on it .
25 Compare , ‘ One learns what it is for something to be absent through things being absent ’ ; and , ‘ One learns what it is for something to be absent through noticing the absence of things ’ .
26 Compare , ‘ One learns what it is for something to be absent through things being absent ’ ; and , ‘ One learns what it is for something to be absent through noticing the absence of things ’ .
27 If one can notice the absence of something one must already know what it is for things to be absent .
28 I asked her if her work at college had forced or stimulated her to think about school in general , and what it is for .
29 Consider Hart 's account of what it is for a social rule to exist and his distinction between the internal and the external points of view .
30 The concept of women 's standpoint also provides an interpretation of what it is for a theory to be comprehensive .
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