Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] it [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes especially cos you do n't know what it 's for half the bloody time , she does n't know where she is . |
| 2 | I 've heard that phrase used but I do n't know what it 's for . |
| 3 | If one can notice the absence of something one must already know what it is for things to be absent . |
| 4 | It 's been very hard for years , and now , to be back here , you do n't know what it is for me . |
| 5 | If your experiment involves other people ( e.g. if you are comparing different readers ' responses ) , you need to consider ethical issues which arise , including ( a ) getting their permission to use the results ; ( b ) showing them the results and explaining them ; ( c ) not using their names when you report the experiment ( even if they have given permission for this , there is unlikely to be any point ) ; ( d ) the ethical problem that sometimes an experiment is best conducted if the test subjects do n't know what it is for ; that is , if there is a " secret agenda " . |
| 6 | Oh I heard the bell but I did n't know what it was for ! |
| 7 | They said it does n't matter what it 's for |
| 8 | I 'll tell you where I had terrific service once , I ca n't remember what it was for now , it 's it 's a shop , it 's called Arcade Records because originally it was in the arcade , but it 's now just above the Cannon Cinema in between you know on Chapel Bar on the left hand side . |
| 9 | The argument also assumes ( b ) that I can understand what it is for others to have mental states . |
| 10 | ‘ I know what it 's for , ’ stated Frick coldly . |
| 11 | He starts by remarking that scientists and ( at that time ; he was writing in the 1950s ) philosophers usually take science as the understanding of an independent reality , with the presumptions that they know what it is for something to be ‘ real ’ and for someone to ‘ understand ’ it . |
| 12 | But you can reduce the risk of this sort of tragedy by following these tips : NEVER hand over cash without getting a receipt saying what it 's for . |
| 13 | Nor is it necessary to know any of x 's relational properties in order to understand what it is for it to be round-shaped or metal . |
| 14 | Because I had a number of people who 've been on to me talking about the mess on the , on the recreation ground , and asking what it 's for , and as soon as you explain why , you know , it 's been accepted . |
| 15 | Why does the separation of the mental from the physical make it impossible to show that we understand what it is for there to be other minds than our own , given the separation of the mental from the physical ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Ca n't think what it was for now . |
| 18 | When Ken asked what it was for , he was told : ‘ This play is essentially stylistic and I want the dialogue to be delivered in a stylistic fashion . ’ |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | My first truism is the one Aristotle used to say what it is for a statement to be true or false : ‘ To say of what is , that it is not , or of what is not , that it is , is false ; while to say of what is , that it is , or of what is not , that it is not , is true . ’ |
| 22 | Jean Grimshaw looks at some of the ways in which feminists have tried to conceptualise what it is for a woman to be autonomous , and the relationship between these conceptions and philosophical ways of thinking about the human self . |
| 23 | In this paper , I want to look at one kind of way in which some feminists have tried to conceptualise what it is for a woman to be ‘ autonomous ’ , and at the implications this has for ways of thinking about the human self . |
| 24 | I du n no , du n no what it 's for ? |
| 25 | And then they got me to sign a form , they did n't say what it was for . |
| 26 | The potty is always nearby , and I feel absolutely convinced she knows what it 's for . |
| 27 | However , if you feel the buyer 's going to present a business problem we show them the buyer 's guide and a business card so you can give them the buyer 's guide , explain what it 's for and then give them your business card and then that buyer 's guide to look for business card . |