Example sentences of "for [v-ing] it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far I have discussed the example of the missile and its specific antidote without stressing the evolutionary , progressive aspect , which is , after all , the main reason for bringing it into this chapter . |
| 2 | There are , indeed , impressive reasons for characterising it as such , but only the most committed proponent of this view would wish to deny that the defence effort and the scientific-technological base on which it rests can be entirely insulated from the problems we have surveyed here . |
| 3 | A sense of inner worth , and the talent for reflecting it in outer forms and appearances . |
| 4 | Her virtuosity with language is not in doubt ( and all credit to her translator for rendering it with such vitality ) . |
| 5 | That Act also places the onus on the knife carrier to show that he had good reason for possessing it in public . |
| 6 | Innocent laid an interdict on Norway because of the " royal " policies of its ruler , Sverre , who was resisting papal influence and the reception of the canon law and he reproved the archbishop , Eric , for removing it in 1204 , after Sverre had died and the fugitive bishops had been recalled . |
| 7 | It was not a book that he had packed when leaving London : he had bought it a day or two earlier in Inverness , and to Boswell , years later , he gave , not unmemorably , his reasons for buying it at all : ‘ Why , Sir , if you are to have but one book with you upon a journey , let it be a book of science . |
| 8 | It makes the Chancellor the Saddam Hussein of economics for accomplishing it in such a brief period . |
| 9 | There are also good reasons for associating it with rich clusters ( groups of several hundred galaxies ) as these seem to have a collective halo , possibly formed from the material in the original haloes of the constituent galaxies . |
| 10 | However , the main reason for mentioning it in this methodological discussion is to show how subtle and fine-grained our analysis must be if we are to give an adequate account of the function of language variation in close-tie communities . |
| 11 | The accounts department is responsible for ensuring that top management is aware of the financial state of the company and for advising it on appropriate actions to ensure that it remains sound . |
| 12 | The accounts department is responsible for ensuring that top management is aware of the financial state of the company and for advising it on appropriate actions to ensure that it remains sound . |
| 13 | for delivering it from one part of his premises to another part of his premises , or for delivering it from his premises to the premises of , or between parts of premises of , another manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically propelled vehicles or removing it from the premises of another manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically propelled vehicles direct to his own premises ; |