Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For one reason , space is almost a vacuum , so that molecules erm are few and far between , and one thing about chemistry it is really the science of not particularly molecules but molecules that react with one another , but here once one has got a molecule in space it does n't actually meet another one for a very long time , so even a molecule that is reactive and which may only last for maybe a microsecond in the laboratory , interstellar space it may last for a thousand years . |
| 2 | Although it may cry for a short time , it should settle down and sleep before long . |
| 3 | I 've tried it with Episode 1 , and it may work for the other two episodes as well . |
| 4 | Our endorsement of Tory macro-economic policy , and acceptance that it should aim for no more than monetary stability , meant we were unable to offer them a convincing route to full employment or economic recovery . |
| 5 | It 's a good , well-made , sturdy one ( a Mothercare Taxi ) , so it should last for a second child and it 's easy to fold down with one hand . |
| 6 | Without doubt the two best Cup teams in the country have reached Twickenham this season and it should make for a superb final . |
| 7 | Clearly then , if the company is to choose one it should opt for the first . |
| 8 | The planner was elevated to the role of a coordinating ‘ technician-craftsman ’ ; the practice of civic design as perceived by Holford would ‘ elevate the plan from technical , functional competence to the level at which it might cater for the cultural , emotional and aesthetic needs of a civilised society ’ ( Cherry and Penny , 1986 , p. 158 ) . |
| 9 | Napoleon III had no desire to emulate St Louis by sitting under an oak tree in Vincennes dispensing justice to all comers , but in a more up-to-date version he went one better by donating the entire area of the park ( which belonged to the Crown ) to the City of Paris so that it might become for the poorer section of the city what the Bois de Boulogne was to the rich . |
| 10 | Give it a flick it 'll go for a long way because there 's no , there 's very little friction on the ice and erm the second one is the , the awkward one . |
| 11 | Does n't matter I mean , it 'll go for a long time you know . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've taken another envelope : it 'll do for the next batch of typescript . ’ |
| 13 | It is no mystery that a child can feel compelled to judge himself from his father 's viewpoint , although it may seem so if one uses Freudian language and starts puzzling about what it could mean for an instinctive egoist to ‘ introject ’ the image of his father . |
| 14 | It will not get hot enough to emit X rays , but it could account for the very compact source of radio waves and infrared rays that is observed at the galactic center . |
| 15 | A speed which , once it had lumbered up to it , it could maintain for a long time . |
| 16 | Lastly the serrated blade of the sickle required no sharpening : it would last for a whole harvest without attention . |
| 17 | Indeed one of the main arguments against the televising of Parliament was that it would damage the way the House works , although some thought it would change for the better . |
| 18 | It would sit for a limited period , probably less than six months , and would take over responsibility for those areas of state operation essential for impartial elections including the security forces , a limited budgetary role , the state-owned media and the conduct of the elections themselves . |
| 19 | Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one . |
| 20 | The process of report and interrogation took quite a time , and Rostov began to suspect that if he and the others were to be subjected to some form of tribunal before their fate was decided , then at least it would pass for a fair one . |
| 21 | But it would do for a comic sketch — ‘ |
| 22 | Erm it would cost for the four for the four nights of the con conference , that 's from the Wednesday night to the Saturday night inclusive , six pounds a night each will almost cover the cost and we 've fitted in an extra person on the floor at three pounds a night that would clear the cost completely . |
| 23 | It would account for the strong resemblance . |
| 24 | One suggestion is that the folding maintains the appropriate kinetic unit of the chain at any given temperature ; as this would be expected to lengthen with increasing temperature , it would account for the observed thickening of the lamellae . |
| 25 | It would have even more credibility if the Labour party would claim and set out the funding that it would provide for the national health service , which it has expressly failed to do . |
| 26 | I know it will hurt for a little while , but I 'll get better , so why worry ? |
| 27 | The Dutch government is so concerned that at next week 's 103-nation conference in Lausanne of the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species ( Cites ) it will call for a total ban on trade in the plants . |
| 28 | He believes it will call for a fundamental rethink about the way that work is structured . |
| 29 | I just find it a little odd that , at this sensitive time , when Stagecoach has announced that it will bid for every Scottish Bus Group subsidiary and is putting together a 1 million war chest for that purpose , the SDA is investing £500,000 . |
| 30 | It can cater for a wide variety of activities , aerobics , badminton , football , martial arts , weight training and 50+ . |