Example sentences of "it [verb] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does it count for nothing that Romania , according to her own claims , has repaid her entire hard currency debt and made future borrowing from the West illegal ? |
| 2 | ‘ Does it count for nothing ? ’ |
| 3 | which sounds as if parentage counts , but not to the point where it counts for everything . |
| 4 | If it does not stand as a moral example to the followers of the Church , it counts for nothing . |
| 5 | Except that money , in Darcy 's Utopia , will count for nothing : just as it counts for nothing in Moscow today : where pockets are stuffed with roubles but there is nothing to buy . |
| 6 | ‘ But at the end of the day you have to go out and prove yourself , or else it counts for nothing , especially in a hurling mad county like Kilkenny . |
| 7 | In the world of trade and realpolitik , it counts for nothing . |
| 8 | I wonder if it counts for anything at all when it comes to expressing more profound thought . |
| 9 | With its assertion of militarism , voluntarism and adventurism , it stands for everything that orthodox Marxists in Latin America had been arguing against for years . |
| 10 | In reality , of course , it stands for something a whole lot less fierce-sounding — simply one 's partner in life . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sure this is the way it happens for everyone and we definitely do n't let it get to our heads . |
| 12 | As she stared , mesmerised , up at his wide , sensual mouth , it seemed for one wild , completely mad moment that he was intending to kiss her … |
| 13 | What possible meaning could it have for one 's life ? |
| 14 | Add to that the other one — Hammond — and it accounts for everyone . ’ |
| 15 | The woman who was selling the magnificent object told me that it was only a month old and her old man , who had been killed by the Huns , had paid three quid for it : she was n't going to let it go for anything less . |
| 16 | But one woman , I saw her grab one it was greyish and sh she got it under her arm and she were n't gon na let it go for anybody , you know ! |
| 17 | Wales did find the net in the 32nd minute through Malcolm Allen , but it counted for nothing because Dean Saunders had fouled Hans van Breukelen . |
| 18 | In between Wrexham had 98pc of the play but it counted for nothing . |
| 19 | Well , it works for everybody except the terminally ill patient . |
| 20 | Dark , smouldering eye tones and strong lip colours are the simplest way to make a big difference to your make-up — and it works for anyone , at any age . |
| 21 | To generalize and say that it stood for anything at all was self-delusion and deceit . |