Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] for it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The painting , which represented the god of wine , Dionysos , might have had a happier fate had Mummius agreed to the bid of 100 talents made for it after the sack by King Attalus of Pergamum , but Mummius was intent on taking his booty to Rome . |
| 2 | In principle the Central Authority could also delegate some of the functions reserved for it in the Electricity Act . |
| 3 | Decentralization fragments the scope of radical change and raises the thresholds required for it to be achieved , a maxim which constitutional and administrative designers take seriously in many liberal democracies . |
| 4 | The Prospect Inn has two of its decorative lino floors intact , although the owners , Whitbread , destroyed the original pole sign outside when the tenants asked for it to be repaired . |
| 5 | Minneapolis-based Zeos International Ltd has decided to get its local bus upgradable personal computer motherboards made for it by Intel Corp . |
| 6 | Third , because the sort of classroom conditions required for it to be effective are simply not widely enough available in most secondary schools ( and maybe some primary schools ) at the present time . |
| 7 | The Project Team requires a comprehensive editorial text processing system which will provide the facilities necessary to meet the objectives set for it by OUP . |
| 8 | Fearing that the seat might be stolen the councillors arranged for it to be taken away for safe-keeping . |
| 9 | Fearing that the seat might be stolen the councillors arranged for it to be taken away for safe-keeping . |
| 10 | Furious Geet FM bosses have organised huge public meetings and demonstrations calling for it to be allowed to remain on the air . |
| 11 | A value added tax ( VAT ) , replacing the general sales tax ( GST ) , was introduced on Sept. 30 , as thousands of protestors called for it to be abandoned in demonstrations throughout the country . |
| 12 | One is for the representative not to vote as an individual , but to cast for each position or proposition the number of votes cast for it by those ( s ) he is there to represent . |
| 13 | Like most major private-sector companies ICI has facilities reserved for it at many of the events that dominate the social calendar , such as Glyndebourne , Ascot and Wimbledon . |