Example sentences of "[to-vb] it for [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would do me no harm to accept it for what it is : an idiosyncrasy of chub , and stop trying to find out why . |
| 2 | We have to recognise it for what it is ; to see it as a way of generating understanding and knowledge , yielding ideas and theories which are accepted for as long as they help our understanding of evidence , but which are constantly superseded and changed when new evidence is obtained which conflicts with them . |
| 3 | We have to recognise it for what it is ; to see it as a way of generating understanding and knowledge , yielding ideas and theories which are accepted for as long as they help our understanding of evidence , but which are constantly superseded and changed when new evidence is obtained which conflicts with them . |
| 4 | He had time only to recognise it for what it was — a signal flare gun — before it belched a tongue of green flame at him . |
| 5 | Experience in Northern Ireland enabled him to recognise it for what it was . |
| 6 | Although the butler had never said or intimated anything untoward , Michael had grown up with prejudice long enough to recognize it for what it was . |
| 7 | For , through that form of criticism , students can be freed from dependence on their own discipline , being able to see it for what it is , warts and all . |
| 8 | You 're resilient and intelligent enough to be able to see it for what it was . |
| 9 | The smile he gave her was familiar , full of charm , and yet she was now able to see it for what it was ; totally false and lacking in warmth . |