Example sentences of "[verb] its [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This subjective impression among left-wing intellectuals such as Aragon and Nizan that the Soviet experiment would in some way resolve the contradictions of the writer/intellectual ensnared in the alienating social relations of capitalism is a key factor in explaining its attractiveness for dissident French writers in the 1930s . |
| 2 | One of the characteristics of judicial review is that the supervising court does not substitute its decision for that of the public authority ; rather it leaves it to the body to make good its illegal behaviour by making a fresh decision which complies with the requirements of the law . |
| 3 | The court accepted that it should not substitute its judgment for that of the agency . |
| 4 | Lord Greene M.R. stressed that the court should not substitute its view for that of the corporation , and then proceeded to examine what the term unreasonableness meant in this context . |
| 5 | The ITC has its reasons for such mealy-mouthedness . |
| 6 | I guess the good news has its drawback for some men . |
| 7 | However , Sage feels the system has its attractions for small businesses , particularly if they intend to network Sage software and want guarantees of system compatibility . |
| 8 | As an early priority , C&P management thoroughly reviewed its strategy for each individual business . |
| 9 | Peacock ( 1974 ) suggests that the appropriate view is that the current generation is choosing to sacrifice current consumption to internalize its concern for future generations and therefore can be legitimately viewed as gaining from capital expenditure the fruits of which they may not actually sample . |
| 10 | In other words , the great domain , far from being a closed unit , required the market to dispose of its surpluses and to meet its needs for extraneous products . |
| 11 | THE New Zealand Dairy Board has been touring Europe over the past two weeks pressing its case for continued access to the British dairy market . |
| 12 | In a Spanish case in 1984 , the PSOE government intervened in the restructuring programme of the state-owned steel firm Aceriales , forcing it to modify its plans for severe cuts in the workforce . |
| 13 | Reformers who advocated social welfare regulation were motivated by ideals , but also by the desire to improve the productivity of the working class and to attract its support for particular political causes . |
| 14 | In particular , they want the DTI to increase its support for such research by a factor of four , from £26 million ( US$ ; 38 million ) to £100 million a year . |
| 15 | It signed a standstill agreement under which it promised not to increase its holding for three years . |
| 16 | It abrogated the treaty with Britain , affirmed its support for Arab nationalism , and turned to other Arab regimes for the subsidies necessary for the Jordanian economy . |
| 17 | GMTV took over the morning franchise from TV-am and last month brought in LWT 's chief executive Greg Dyke as chairman to spearhead its fight for more viewers . |
| 18 | The Layfield Committee recommended its adoption for domestic property ( Layfield 1976 : 171 ) and the government appeared to accept the point ( DOE 1977e ) . |
| 19 | Although it seems that the South is recovering its appetite for fresh fish , with restaurants buying about 30 per cent of the fish sold in the area , there is no doubt that there has been a positive nosedive in the demand for fresh fish in Britain as whole . |
| 20 | Still , the Lo Life is beginning to lose its allure for many of the faithful . |
| 21 | The Lo Life is beginning to lose its allure for many of the faithful . |
| 22 | The disbanding of the Atlacatl counterinsurgency battalion on Dec. 8 was seen as further evidence of the government 's good faith , although Cristiani 's use of the phrase " national heroes " to describe the battalion was called into question , given its reputation for human rights violations ( especially the massacre at El Mozote in 1981 — ibid . ) . |
| 23 | The National Rivers Authority has only given its approval for half the planned graveyard . |
| 24 | The National Rivers Authority has only given its approval for half the planned graveyard . |
| 25 | The Association of Directors of Social Services has given its approval for this research proposal . |
| 26 | At that particular time , er , quite right , faced with the failing national economy , and it 's got worse than it was then , and an increase in poverty in , this controlling group produced its plan for 1990 ninety one and in it 's redirection packages which are now part of our agenda on Council we d we made to pledges , one was to change the nature of Council and the other was to redirect sources on the process of need and we put four point three million on redirection in the first year , four point seven the second year . |
| 27 | Agility also claims the ability to implement its software for any box within five days . |
| 28 | BREATHING FIRE , UNGERMANN BASS UNLEASHES ITS DRAGONSWITCH FOR VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORKS |
| 29 | Carron Phoenix , the Glasgow sink manufacturer which has withdrawn its recommendation for French company Bene 's bid , could receive an offer from 6.4 per cent shareholder Franke of Germany . |
| 30 | There were plans to turn it into an opencast mine , but now the Forestry Commission , which administers the Forest from its headquarters in Coleford , has withdrawn its permisssion for British Coal to mine there , deciding instead to start re-planting trees . |