Example sentences of "it for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please help us preserve it for the future generations . |
| 2 | He had been thinking about buying Lyn a kitten for her birthday , and as he came up to the great dolmen , had paused to look at it for the thousandth time , he had seen the bundle on the ground . |
| 3 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
| 4 | The temptation to say the coin caused the bar to come out can be explained by seeing it for the ordinary cause that it was , and of what event it was the cause , and of what nearby event it was not the cause . |
| 5 | Erin , how easy is it for the ordinary person to learn how to compute ? |
| 6 | This is quite a steady climb but well worth it for the superb views . |
| 7 | After his triumph , Benn said : ‘ I do n't want to fight Eubank because I do n't like him but I 'll take it for the million he was asking for . ’ |
| 8 | The bank has no plans to put the EDI application back onto the X400 network , because it uses a program developed by Brussels-based systems integrator Acse SA , which collects the information from the X25 mailbox , stores it on magnetic disk , checks it for the Binary Condensed Algorithm code number , and checks it against internal and external data . |
| 9 | Given that ( i ) no other sources support this view ; ( ii ) the view is none the less generally reasonable ; ( iii ) evidence from Pomponius ( and perhaps also Julian ) seems to speak against it for the second century ; and ( iv ) a Justinianic interpolation seems unlikely , it seems most probable that the text represents the genuine view of Papinian . |
| 10 | When he took the stage to collect the award ( winning it for the second time following two years of Vivienne Westwood ) , Ozbek did n't stand a chance . |
| 11 | Batty could n't make it for the second half against Villa after a recurrence of a calf injury he received against Wimbledon last Saturday . |
| 12 | Last season they won it for the second year in succession with some ease , and without their players being seriously extended . |
| 13 | Another part in the book that I did n't understand until I had read it for the second time was a bit right at the every end . |
| 14 | A company is treated as an associated undertaking when the group holds a substantial interest in it for the long term , and exercises a significant influence over its operating and financial policy decisions . |
| 15 | Maeve would be seeing to the barns , ensuring stock was slaughtered , the meat dried , salted and hung high in the kitchen to smoke , preserving it for the long winter months . |
| 16 | Sticking with it for the long haul , typically 5–7 years . |
| 17 | Oh I wo n't be able to get it for the following day . |
| 18 | Thus , if in a set of decimals to be compared , the longest one really is the smallest , it will attract such pupils when they are asked to pick out the smallest as well as those who select it for the correct reason . |
| 19 | In this respect , the French government is right to have made the Minister of Culture also Minister of Education ( although whether they have done it for the right reasons , and with the right man is another matter ) . |
| 20 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |
| 21 | Before the new names can go in the pot , the ones that have remained in it for the two years have to come out so , after a brief introduction by the chairman of the trustees and the vicar , the three keyholders leave the room to go next door to the church where the chest is kept . |
| 22 | I think one of the problems is , that a lot of shoppers do n't realize that they 're entering into a contract and we do n't realize it for the simple reason that most people have , as soon as you hear the word contract you have a mental image of a legal document that you sign , do n't you ? |
| 23 | I 've pulled him out of it I pulled him out of it for the simple reason , he is the only one which is , I did n't want to segregate him on his own . |
| 24 | ‘ To be honest , I could n't even say when I 'm going to be back but I 've got to realistically think I wo n't make it for the European Cup . ’ |
| 25 | These are substitutes , but you 'll need it for the authentic taste . |
| 26 | ‘ Johnny rang me and he said my photograph was awfully good and could he use it for the front cover of Backward Glances , ’ Mr Winner tells me . |
| 27 | So the bee pollinates the orchid , mistaking it for the nectar-producing bellflower . |
| 28 | ‘ Stotting ’ has a certain ring to it for the waterfall-collection game . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't want any of you others to do anything , even if you do mean it for the best . ’ |
| 30 | I only meant it for the best . |