Example sentences of "[adv] it is [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them is enclosed in the letters written by the same ship , another bill is sent overland to the factor or party to whom the goods are consigned , the third remaineth with the merchant , for his testimony against the master , if there were any occasion for loose dealing ; but especially it is kept for to serve in case of loss , to recover the value of the goods of the assurors that have undertaken to bear the adventure with you . |
| 2 | Borrowing from the public is more or less finished , perhaps it is finished for our lifetime , but at any rate it has been finished for the last ten years or so ; you may get in a bit one year but you lose it again the next year . |
| 3 | There are moments of natural awakening to one 's own beauty , but it is rare that it is really appreciated in the early years of womanhood ; usually it is taken for granted , and only lamented when it is gone . |
| 4 | We could use them to illustrate your history if ever it is accepted for publication . ’ |
| 5 | Now it is used for the hearing of court cases only . |
| 6 | Too often it is exported for foreign exchange while poor people without the money to buy it or the land to grow it go hungry : South Asia still contains the majority of the world 's ‘ absolute poor ’ . |
| 7 | The injustice is that the donkey is beaten until it collapses and then it is beaten for collapsing . |
| 8 | If the skunk has not squirted its glands for some time , then it is primed for about six powerful shots at the enemy , but it is unlikely to use all its ammunition at once because it will take about a week for replenishment and the animal can not afford to risk being cornered empty-glanded by a second predator . |