Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually it became necessary for a place of safety order to be made and for care proceedings to be instituted . |
| 2 | It was not until the Life Peerages Act 1958 that it became possible for a woman to be created a life peer and sit and not until the Peerage Act 1963 that hereditary peeresses in their own right were allowed to join them . |
| 3 | In fact , it was only as a consequence of this earlier work of literary , linguistic , and historical categorizing that it became possible for a sense of national and vernacular " ancestry " to challenge the cultural and educational rule of the classical languages and literatures . |
| 4 | It became common for a register or matricula of names to be kept . |
| 5 | It tastes alright for a few mouthfuls and then it like gets a bit monotonous . |
| 6 | It was New Year 's Eve and the midnight sky was still bright : Punta Arenas is at 53°S , and although on a similar longitude to Halifax has been shunted , by Professor Dowd 's descendants , into the same time zone as New York — all of which means that it stays light for a great deal longer than in most cities , and we celebrated the coming of the New Year in almost broad daylight . |
| 7 | It seems impossible for a well-selling pop record to vanish from the face of the earth , but it actually seems to have happened here . |
| 8 | Nowadays , with psychedelic craziness back on the agenda , it seems overdue for a revival . |
| 9 | It seems severe for a technical offence , and it hurts . |
| 10 | It looked surprised for a moment , and then toppled over and shattered into gravel ( trolls being silicaceous lifeforms , their bodies reverted instantly to stone at the moment of death ) . |
| 11 | I ca n't vouch for this hotel but it looked wonderful for a romantic weekend . |
| 12 | I was running very slowly , simply because I was so tired , but it felt right for a change . |
| 13 | It went quiet for a while , then we were both rescued by a knock on the door . |
| 14 | When it becomes necessary for a bank to liquidate some of its liquid assets in order that it may then have a desired liquidity position , it will , as has been explained , sell to other banks or discount houses . |
| 15 | It is also wiser that the elderly person should grow used to receiving care from several different people before it becomes hard for a sole carer ever to have time off . |