Example sentences of "[Wh det] it [modal v] [vb infin] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He followed the principles set out in the Gillian case and concluded that a local authority had a ‘ governing reputation ’ capable of being damaged by libellous statements in respect of which it might sue for injury to reputation without the need to prove damage to its property . |
| 2 | According to sources , Hewlett-Packard Co has snapped up 88open 's testing suite which it will re-write for use with its PA RISC : HP shelled out a reported $600,000 . |
| 3 | It 's presumably popular for its unusual appearance , but it requires very dim lighting and a peat or sand substrate in which it can burrow for food . |
| 4 | So while the male bi-coloured damselfish attracts his mates by chirping — the sound increasing to a crescendo if a female happens to pass by — there is a species of minnow which purrs , the cod grunts and the love song of the male haddock resembles the sound of a motorbike , a quite unmelodious call which it can sustain for periods of up to twenty minutes . |
| 5 | For a while he tried to read , tried to sink back down into the fortunes of young Pao-yu and his beloved cousin , Tai-yu , but it was no good ; his mind kept returning to the question of the Aristotle File and what it might mean for Chung Kuo . |
| 6 | If this was what it would take for Thomas to believe , then even this was possible . |
| 7 | Though the social survey method was not extensively used in Chicago-inspired studies , and there was some scepticism about what it could achieve for sociology compared to field research , with the appointment of Ogburn in 1927 , a statistically trained sociologist , the pace of the development of quantitative methods quickened . |