Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , falling into the technocrats ' natural sin , it mistook administrative device for organic substance . |
| 2 | The proposed shoe factory , for example , would make a return on capital of around 15% if it sold running shoes for 1,000 roubles a pair . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | From predictable corners , it produced predictable calls for sterner measures and greater vigilance against terrorism . |
| 5 | It provided unparalleled opportunities for transnational companies manufacturing chemical fertilisers , pesticides , tractors and pump-sets to sell their wares to a vast new market . |
| 6 | Was the government-supported Remploy , for instance , a good thing because it provided sheltered employment for disabled people , or a bad thing because it ghettoised them ? |
| 7 | This school was the one with the most positive process score in our earlier study : it achieved good results for all its pupils despite a relatively poor balance in its intakes , and this seemed to reflect a very positive and cohesive ethos , supportive of academic attainment for all children , combined with a clear concern for their other needs . |
| 8 | I asked for my Mother to be brought from the UK to give me comfort in my husband 's place , it took 3 weeks for this to happen . |
| 9 | The courthouse windows were open but the radiators below them were hot ; it took several hours for any changes in setting to make themselves felt through the massive heating system , and it was impossible to keep up with the irrational temperament of the month . |
| 10 | It took several months for that to come home and safe . |
| 11 | Another role for town planning beckoned ; it took some years for regional economic planning practice to take coherent shape , but the gauntlet of the conceptual challenge had been thrown down . |
| 12 | It took some time for all the records to be checked , but it 's now agreed that IBM Corp 's full year net loss for 1992 of $4,965m goes down in history as the largest corporate loss on record , taking the baton from General Motors Corp . |
| 13 | It took some time for such an admission to emerge . |
| 14 | In 1835 , for example , just five years after Roberts had sketched the recumbent city of Jerusalem , we find the French writer Alphonse de Lamartine returning from a visit there to recommend to his readers in Voyage to the Orient that since Palestine did not really constitute a country , it presented remarkable opportunities for imperial or colonial projects . |
| 15 | It had different results for various sections in the community , but all were affected by it in some way , either directly or indirectly . |
| 16 | But it had obvious difficulties for many students who found they could not manage both love affairs and study . |