Example sentences of "it [vb -s] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | which sounds as if parentage counts , but not to the point where it counts for everything . |
| 2 | If it does not stand as a moral example to the followers of the Church , it counts for nothing . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | In the world of trade and realpolitik , it counts for nothing . |
| 6 | I wonder if it counts for anything at all when it comes to expressing more profound thought . |
| 7 | With its assertion of militarism , voluntarism and adventurism , it stands for everything that orthodox Marxists in Latin America had been arguing against for years . |
| 8 | In reality , of course , it stands for something a whole lot less fierce-sounding — simply one 's partner in life . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sure this is the way it happens for everyone and we definitely do n't let it get to our heads . |
| 10 | Add to that the other one — Hammond — and it accounts for everyone . ’ |
| 11 | Well , it works for everybody except the terminally ill patient . |
| 12 | 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 . |