Example sentences of "for it [verb] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought she must at least be a little drunk , for it seemed an odd remark for even Lili to make to a stranger , but the stranger said , ‘ What can you mean , Lili ? ’ |
| 2 | To consider religion carefully is not to be dogmatic and exclusivist , but actually the opposite , for it allows an important area of experience — both communal and private — to be explored instead of being ignored or reinterpreted in terms inappropriate to it . |
| 3 | Analysis of police culture is therefore particularly suited to the anthropological method , for it requires an extended field study to reveal much about the unspoken agenda which determines many aspects of police practice . |
| 4 | It was important to provide an opportunity for that to happen in all welfare organisations , for it sustained an unselfish motivation which was in the end necessary to sustain social institutions . |
| 5 | But routine policing in a divided society also constitutes an important substantive topic in its own right , for it provides an additional dimension to the analysis of routine policing , as well as expanding and clarifying our understanding of what divided societies are like . |
| 6 | This elaboration indicates the process of social change , for it reveals an increasing separation between ‘ real polises ’ and a public who are much less likely now to accept police versions of reality ; while increasing ‘ civilianization ’ within the forces presents another perceived challenge to the defensive integrity and introspection of the institution . |