Example sentences of "for [v-ing] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As far as I and the society is concerned that was a warm-blooded animal that can suffer pain and starvation , just like any human being , and we will not apologise for bringing it to the court 's attention , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Even then , there is a good case for bringing it before a court so that each side is heard and specific boundaries are laid down . |
| 3 | The core of Plant 's argument is a careful statement of the case for social citizenship and the reasons for preferring it to the philosophy of the New Right . |
| 4 | In 1868 and 1879 the two ‘ Torrens Acts ’ made the owner of a house responsible for keeping it in a habitable condition , and gave powers of compulsion to the local authority . |
| 5 | Do n't blame yourself for that choice ; you had reasons for adopting it at the time . |
| 6 | By the time he came to work with Lawford , Sinatra 's reputation for roughing it with the press was already growing . |
| 7 | That is now the task of the Chief of Defence Staff and his Central Staff , who are responsible for formulating national military strategy , and for expressing it to the government of the day and within the Whitehall market-place . |
| 8 | ‘ A big thing ; Edwin was largely responsible for getting it off the ground . |
| 9 | We are therefore exploring opportunities for divesting it from the group and have already successfully negotiated a number of disposals , including the sale of its processed meats division . |
| 10 | The Statute of Limitations itself does not affect the right to payment , but only affects the procedure for enforcing it in the event of dispute or refusal to pay . |
| 11 | You can score points for the number of ceramic divisions you can move the butt over ( with extra for actually getting it down the hole and extra for doing it from the far end of the gutter from the hole ) , for the amount of destruction caused — apparently it 's very hard to get the little black cone at the burned end to disintegrate — and , over the course of the evening , the number of fag-ends so dispatched . |
| 12 | The first guideline is very important , not only for reducing your weight now but for controlling it in the future . |
| 13 | Many businessmen fear that , while Peking may stick to its open door and reform policy in name , officials responsible for implementing it in the southern provinces may lose their jobs as hardliners attempt to tighten their political grip . |
| 14 | We should n't be bashed for putting it into a sale ; we help to bring it to a resolution by bringing out it into the open ’ . |
| 15 | That is when the strength of his emerging side , and England 's case for making it to the 1994 World Cup finals , will be truly tested . |
| 16 | If it can be shown to be successful at bureau level then there are certainly grounds for extending it throughout the democratic structure of the CAB . |
| 17 | It follows that we see no case for placing it on the semi-statutory footing proposed by the select committee . |
| 18 | Indeed , if it is possible to talk of a Keynesian revolution in economic policy , then there is a strong case for placing it in the early 1950s rather than around 1947 . |
| 19 | Cunnilingus is a marginal case but since it involves genital contact and may involve a form of penetration , there is a case for placing it within the more serious category . |
| 20 | ‘ For these reasons I think there is a fairly strong case for marketing it as a health product but it will also probably be considered a luxury , ’ Mrs Rowan added . |
| 21 | You say as I understand it that er the possible er use of this land as a strategic reserve is not the main reason er for excluding it from the greenbelt . |
| 22 | It 's a poor reason , is it not , for introducing it into the cost structure of a game which , as you rightly say , is ‘ … very expensive ’ . |
| 23 | Because the audience can take such an active part in still image work it is something which can easily be tackled in the classroom , which might be the best place for introducing it to a class who are unfamiliar with it . |
| 24 | He 'll introduce proposals for abolishing it by the end of the year . |
| 25 | She said , ‘ More fool you for leaving it in a car park , ’ and little Apricot said , ‘ Yes , that 's right , Mum . |
| 26 | My cherished Höfner acoustic guitar recently tried to murder me for leaving it in the boot of the car on a hot sunny day . |
| 27 | So too is materialism which is their reason for positing it as a rightful successor to idealism as the method for understanding history . |
| 28 | for delivering it to the place where the purchaser intends to keep it ; |