Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a rat is placed in a marked box and given an injection of apomorphine , it sits still for half an hour with its hair erect and shivering . |
| 2 | Scales said , ‘ It looks bad for young Choak ; in his case there 's a double motive , the money which he stole and has to pay back and what he could reasonably have expected under his uncle 's will . ’ |
| 3 | The ‘ dilemma ’ , in our present model , is that it appears rational for each individual player not to disarm , but to arm . |
| 4 | It seems appropriate for such a nice day , ’ she had told him . |
| 5 | Indeed , it seems usual for bisexual groups with sedentary females to evolve dwarf males . |
| 6 | However , if I does well to use a randomised strategy , it seems sensible for II to do likewise and we must ask whether LPI* and LPI are still valid if II is using randomised strategies . |
| 7 | This discussion will be even more urgent if it becomes common for criminal proceedings to arise from road traffic accidents . |
| 8 | c Applied to timber it is meant to keep fungi away by killing spores , but it remains active for many years and is a health hazard not only for people in their homes , but also for the workers who make it . |
| 9 | Freud 's view of science is not that of a simple empiricist , who assumes that , once something has been discovered in science , it remains true for all times , and that one day science will have discovered nearly all we need to know about the world and ourselves . |