Example sentences of "[noun] it [verb] [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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1 | Finally , as prices range from £15,190 to £26,910 it represents superb value for such a high specification . |
2 | However , USL finds the royalties it pays third parties for using their technology , particularly those sent to Microsoft Corp for its Xenix functionality and Sun Microsystems Inc for its BSD functionality , on the increase and likely to rise further . |
3 | Football had been a traditionally rowdy and sometimes violent game , but as a regulated spectator sport it provided novel opportunities for conflicts between the players , referees and fans , and there is a well documented history of pitch invasions , attacks on referees and players , and fighting between rival fans throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and into the new century . |
4 | On this basis it makes more sense for an investor to invest in promise than in reality . |
5 | It offended the friends and allies of the USA , especially in western Europe ; and in the Cold War years it provided splendid propaganda for her enemies in the Communist World . |
6 | And at £85 it offers great value for money . |
7 | In China it took many years for the railway to broach the capital . |
8 | If , for whatever reason , a husband initially commands higher rates of pay than his wife it makes economic sense for him to ‘ specialize ’ in paid work and let her shoulder the brunt of the partnership 's unpaid chores ( Becker , 1981 , 1985 ; for a critique see Owen , 1987 ) . |
9 | Whatever it is called , in many ways it has more going for it than Greenness and can even incorporate it . |
10 | The pace of change was desultory , and the district only began work on contracting under the impetus of the neighbouring district it provided acute services for . |
11 | Although symptoms can be controlled in most patients it takes several weeks for maximal effect and prolonged relief requires higher radiation dose regimes . |
12 | He was rehearsing Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night and the lines had fled ; what he hung on to was the physical business , and when he did some of it to the mirror it seemed poor stuff for the old Living Boomerang . |
13 | For obvious reasons it has special appeal for those who , on either political or temperamental grounds , feel a need to justify such institutions as chattel slavery , colonial domination , or any other of the cruder forms of economic exploitation . |
14 | If they are , in many cases it means certain death for them . |
15 | But in the end it shows total respect for the people who fought and died . |
16 | With the conventional weighing system it took some time for the information about packet weights to get to the point where decisions could be made to adjust either the oven or the wrapping machine . |
17 | At the same time it recommended enhanced powers for chief executives to arbitrate in sensitive political matters : for example , applying the rules for party balance on committees , determining whether an individual council has a need to inspect a document or attend a meeting , and deciding which chief officers should attend party group meetings . |
18 | At the same time it offered great entertainment for the onlookers . |