Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] it for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | are the relatively simple techniques relating to the facts about costs and outputs — numbers of staff , numbers of applications dealt with capable of being developed to deal with far more complex questions about outcomes : what did this activity actually achieve , in terms of modernizing British industry … improving the nation 's health , or educating it for the 21st century ? |
| 2 | If the patina chemical is too strong , dilute with a little water and , if using it for the first time , do a test on a sample piece of copper . |
| 3 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 4 | Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 5 | Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 6 | There Rowicki created the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra , building it from scratch and directing it for the next five years . |
| 7 | ‘ We had set a target of £600,000 to cover buying the equipment and running it for the first couple of years , ’ she said . |