Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] it for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maltote too thus became a regular impost , though the commons were not prepared to grant it for more than a year or two at a time for fear of losing control over it and to prevent the king from reviving the monopolistic schemes for exploiting the producers which they had struggled against between 1336 and 1351 . |
| 2 | Also , blotting paper is fairly costly to buy so it is much more economical to use it for pressing time and time again . |
| 3 | The DEA was free to use it for any covert operation it wished , but if anything went wrong , Hurley could always say , ‘ Oh , you mean that Cypriot boat . ’ |
| 4 | If an item is coached carefully step by step in the early stages the performers are more likely to remember it for future use . |
| 5 | I was supposed to use it for 20 minutes on each side in between Holly 's feeds , which were every two or three hours anyway . |
| 6 | At the age of 37 — old by Australian standards — Border accepts that he is nearing the end of his career but he is desparate to prolong it for two reasons . |
| 7 | Since no more is claimed for the incapacitation effect on conventional criminals , it appears reasonable to recommend it for offending corporations . |
| 8 | Besides , he 'd never be able to sustain it for more than a minute or two . |
| 9 | There are some complications with this treatment , so I feel it is important to use it for specific indications . |
| 10 | If the odds were not grossly unfavourable , it should be possible to hold it for several hours . |
| 11 | And if this 6Mb does exist , would it be possible to recover it for general use ? |
| 12 | You can claim other defences as well : for example , if you need the blade or point for work , or if it is necessary to carry it for religious reasons or as part of any national costume . |
| 13 | When the builders moved in , the authority found another house , and was ready to buy it for seventy thousand pounds , but again there were protests and the plan was scrapped . |
| 14 | One very useful consequence of Lemma 3 above is that , if we want to prove a new algebraic law , it will usually be sufficient to prove it for finite programs , for example , consider the law unc This ( the conventional binary associative law of SEQ ) is not trivially deducible fro our existing laws , even though it is semantically true . |