Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] it for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the pen 's barrel is not cracked and the lever is capable of movement then it should be possible to repair it for less than twenty pounds . |
| 2 | Yet it will be hard to contain it for ever . |
| 3 | The industry said it would be preferable to leave it for up to a hundred years to allow its radioactivity to decay to a manageable level . |
| 4 | In many ways this was a sensible policy since even if Danzig had not been made a Free City and had remained within the long arm of Prussia , the local economy was too poor to maintain it for long ; a German Danzig would still have been forced to rely upon a distant Vistula hinterland . |
| 5 | One of his discoveries was originally thought by some to be wrong as no one was able to replicate it for nearly two years ; however , Fleischmann was eventually proved to be correct . |
| 6 | So if a member borrowed to buy a practice for £200,000 , he might now be able to sell it for only £50,000 . |
| 7 | Since the debt is being traded at discounted rates on the secondary markets , Conservation International will be able to purchase it for about $1.8 million . |
| 8 | And I have grave doubts that I will be able to endure it for long after this … débâcle … this hideousness . ’ |
| 9 | in order to get a better estimate of how accurately the clock works we need to be able to study it for much longer periods of time . |