Example sentences of "it [modal v] [vb infin] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the non-Tory intelligentsia truly wants to do more than tinker in its own backyard , it must look for a route to power that can connect Cambridge with Basildon . |
| 2 | It must provide for a nominee to act as the IVA 's trustee or supervisor . |
| 3 | Every Buddhist boy became a monk for a period , it might be for a lent , or a year or two , it might continue for a lifetime or be as short as a week . |
| 4 | It was a syndrome I had observed in other service marriages , not least in that of my own parents , and I have sometimes thought what a good subject it might make for a novel or play . |
| 5 | He had no intention of drinking the stuff , but it might do for a shave . |
| 6 | Oh it 'll pay for a bit of the ferry but has , has no one approached the unions ? |
| 7 | ‘ And it 'll last for a while yet . |
| 8 | And it 'll run for an hour without pedalling . |
| 9 | It 'll work for a lot of them . |
| 10 | It could last for an hour or a day or days , rising and falling . |
| 11 | The relationship was initiated or terminated with minimal ceremony though it could endure for a lifetime . |
| 12 | It can prohibit or impose conditions upon activities ; it can impose conditions upon or even revoke authorisation and it could petition for a winding-up of a society 's operation . |
| 13 | It was off , but it would do for a round of roulette . |
| 14 | It 's very small , only just room for the bunk , but it would do for a time . |
| 15 | It would n't fool them for long but it would do for a moment . |
| 16 | ‘ See what it would cost for a couple of places on her ? ’ |
| 17 | It is also cheaper for parents — they pay an average £60 for 42 hours of care a week under the Glaxo scheme , compared with a subsidised £85 the company anticipates it would charge for a workplace nursery . |
| 18 | Cincinnati Bell Inc has had the all clear from Standard & Poor 's Corp , which affirmed Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co 's double-A-minus senior debt rating on its $285m or so of debt following the company 's announcement that it would file for a 9% increase in local services and a three-year alternative regulation plan beginning January 1 1994 . |
| 19 | This approach , denying credit card securitisation a linked presentation even when it would qualify for a sale under regulatory guidelines ( and therefore obstructing such a regulatory sale ) , is most unfortunate . |
| 20 | Faced with a collapsing economy and the prospect of becoming the major player in a new government next year , the ANC 's national executive committee said it would call for an end to economic sanctions as soon as there was agreement with the government on dates for an all-racial election and for the establishment of an interim government of national unity . |
| 21 | but it 's it 's not , just looks and it will do for a while . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's not quite all , ’ said Owen , ‘ but it will do for a start . ’ |
| 23 | It will pay for a dog and its training for one year . |
| 24 | It will work for a recogniser , with just one node in the top layer , but it is phrased as if the top layer contains many nodes . |
| 25 | It will run for a couple of years , ’ he said . |
| 26 | It will run for a year , beginning next month . |
| 27 | This means it can tolerate an actual break in supply because it will run for a time on the batteries . |
| 28 | It will keep for a while , at least until I have recorded a little visit I made after I finished writing my life of Elsie and the episode concerning the Butcher . |
| 29 | The Colorado-based Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund , which finances the centre , says it will wait for a ceasefire before attempting to resume research at Karisoke . |
| 30 | The park officer Derek Statham said in future an attraction will have to have a minimum of 20,000 tourists a year before it can qualify for a sign . |