Example sentences of "[to-vb] it for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are in negotiations with the local authority for planning permission , and we hope to obtain it for housing on some of that land . |
| 2 | Where the PC has no real expanded RAM , using EMM386.EXE to provide it for cacheing is wasteful of resources . |
| 3 | It includes some useful guidelines for those who wish to use it for choosing a course , either for themselves or for an employee . |
| 4 | I need to know the wiring for the Nato socket as I intend to use it for towing my caravan , but will need to alter the wiring to suit or obtain another Nato plug and add the 12n/12s plugs to this . |
| 5 | when you start learning a language you are constantly collecting new words , so even if you have a computer and intend to use it for producing a dictionary you may still wish to have your vocabulary in a more accessible form than on a computer disk , at least for the first few months . |
| 6 | It is primarily organised along the lines of the current OPCS scheme , but it would also be possible to use it for coding to KOS or CODOT . |
| 7 | Instead of quitting the music business she should have learned to use it for singing rather than mouthing off at every opportunity . |
| 8 | Thus ‘ held with the intention ’ came to be construed in a sense which the language of Parliament can not possibly bear as a matter of ordinary sense and grammar , as embracing not only material held by the crooked solicitor but material held without any intention on the part of the holder but infected , either at the time of its creation or , seemingly , at any subsequent time , by an intention on the part of any person , whether the client entitled to it or anyone else , to use it for furthering some criminal purpose . |
| 9 | ‘ Nothing to beat it for shifting the wind ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ They used to advocate it for withdrawing heroin addicts — naturally they had little success . |