Example sentences of "[subord] it was for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to me , when I reached Julius Apollo 's door , that the Canadian would be standing where it was for the whole of the twenty-five minutes of its daily scheduled stop . |
| 2 | It is clear that local government promises to be an even worse headache for the new government than it was for the old . |
| 3 | This situation was worse for the Communist Party women than it was for the men . |
| 4 | These days line is , in some cases , less than half the diameter than it was for a given breaking strain . |
| 5 | The response in this area was far more positive than it was for simple strumming . |
| 6 | This has also led to the massive wave of international intercontinental migration , the largest since the decades before 1914 , which has , incidentally , both aggravated inter-communal frictions , notably in the form of racism , and made a world of national territories , ‘ belonging ’ exclusively to the natives who keep strangers in their place , even less of a realistic option for the 21st century than it was for the 20th . |
| 7 | However , this was far less significant for physics students than it was for the physical science and materials students . |
| 8 | It was no less incongruous for me to live with my mother than it was for Syl to live with his , or Nour with Marie Claire . |
| 9 | As far as the RAF was concerned , they had this nice little lull when losses fell substantially , so it was for us a calm period in the storm . |
| 10 | If this a new beginning for South Africa , their first Test since their isolation from international cricket in 1970 , because of their government 's apartheid policies , so it was for the West Indies . |
| 11 | Lord Morris said that just as it was for Parliament to lay down the procedures to be followed for the passing of legislation , so it was for Parliament to determine whether these procedures had been followed . |
| 12 | Then she lay back on her pillow and they looked at each other as if it was for the first time . |
| 13 | If it was for a film and it was a good part , then yes I would . |
| 14 | ‘ I asked if it was for himself or his mother . |
| 15 | ‘ My advisers have made it clear that there would be no point in getting involved in stocks and shares unless it was for a minimum of five years and better still 10 years . ’ |
| 16 | He seemed to take no interest in his wife 's wealth as such ; in fact Alexandra could never remember him buying anything unless it was for the farm or some little thing for her . |
| 17 | ‘ Unless it was for reasons other than cricket , one can not see an England team without his presence , ’ he said . |
| 18 | It played a very , very important part in David 's career , because it was for that film that he wrote ‘ Space Oddity'/ Most of the stuff on the film came from the Deram label but I thought we ought to have a very special piece of material — some new material — and something that would show how very fine and inventive a writer David was . |
| 19 | Could they only stand it because it was for a short unreal interval , whereas for him it was the real bit of his life , this little pocket of otherness , of ‘ unreality ’ , but for him it had been central , the power house , the full granary , the fulcrum . |
| 20 | ‘ … the girls were very excited about it , because it was for them and there was an opportunity to use the equipment ’ |
| 21 | And had Leith any compunction about what she was doing on her own behalf , because it was for sure that , having given her an ultimatum , Naylor Massingham would create hell on the day he learned — as , sure as her name was not Rosemary , one day he must — that he had claimed her as his girlfriend for nothing , then that compunction vanished without trace . |
| 22 | I do n't know whether it was for devilment but Gary says , ‘ No , I do n't think so . ’ |
| 23 | The idea is to note the activity ( which is planned by the classteacher alongside other teachers ) very briefly , to describe whether it was for a whole class , a group , or perhaps an individual . |
| 24 | Jack grabbed her arm , not knowing whether it was for protection or reassurance . |
| 25 | The studies that have been undertaken on early Anglo-Saxon pottery emphasise that , unlike the more exotic materials discussed above , it rarely travelled far from a clay source to the point of consumption , regardless of whether it was for funerary or domestic purposes ; some classes of funerary pottery may have been transported further . |
| 26 | Linen was tied in different coloured ribbon to denote whether it was for nursery , staff or kitchen . |
| 27 | and these two men would employ half a dozen other men , you see , and whether w whether it was for to get a foothold in the future for to be one of these contractors or not , I j I just do n't know . |
| 28 | So I said to June , the only thing what flashed through my mind , not the fact about having the engine out or something like that but what flashed through my mind was whether it was for Beck and Pollitzers at all . |
| 29 | Eh , and they , I mean they did n't say whether it was for one year or three years in that piece of paper anyway did they ? . |
| 30 | Difficult though it was for her , however , are we entitled to assume that her French upbringing was bound to give her an adverse picture of her Scottish kingdom , and that her view was justified ? |