Example sentences of "it [vb past] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It argued for finding and using linguistic and conceptual links between the oral and written modes ( see , for instance , Mackay , Thompson and Schaub , 1970 ; Reid , 1973 ) . |
| 2 | In the latter half of the twentieth century , belief in Sandys ' nuclear philosophy counted for less than the political opportunity that it provided for ending National Service . |
| 3 | So ESA is having to cough up rather more than it bargained for to insure the European communications satellite that , if all goes to plan , Ariane will place in orbit on its next launch in June . |
| 4 | Seven years ago Lyons Tetley called in the Mass Observation research agency ( a WPP subsidiary ) to help determine whether there was any future in an idea it had for differentiating Tetley teabags from those of competitors . |
| 5 | Indeed , Wirral had no more reason to have such structures than it had for setting up multi-professional committees to discuss the dangers of residents keeping snakes as pets in council-owned properties . |