Example sentences of "it [vb past] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It failed for the simple reason that no coherent principles or policies came forward to replace the old ones . |
| 2 | And it asked for the Scottish Office Guidelines , and those in Lord Justice Butler-Sloss 's Cleveland Report , to be made law . |
| 3 | It argued for the urgent creation of a new comprehensive energy strategy . |
| 4 | It provided for the unimpeded movement of foreign exchange and gold into and out of the country by both Philippine residents and overseas investors , and removed the requirement that foreign exchange earned abroad by Philippine-based commodity and service exporters be sold to Manila-based banks . |
| 5 | The more the UK Vehicle Division restricted output , the more sure it headed for the final chop . ’ |
| 6 | It paid for the entire holiday . |
| 7 | It called for the special representative " to recommend , after discussions with the parties , measures which would assist in bringing an effective end to violence and in creating conditions for negotiations leading towards a peaceful transition " to democracy . |
| 8 | But even before the last two matches the England management would have been reasonably content with the tour and the evidence it offered for the future development of England rugby . |
| 9 | That 's the way it went for the whole tour . |
| 10 | For the top and intermediate Party leadership , Hitler 's image stood therefore in far closer relationship to reality than it did for the broad mass of the population . |
| 11 | She watched him walk away along the corridor heading back towards the club , her heart feeling lighter than it had for the past week . |
| 12 | He now wrote a number of books on it intended for the general reader , including History of Astronomy ( 1909 ) and The Wonder and the Glory of the Stars ( 1926 ) . |