Example sentences of "it [vb -s] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the death of Sir Henry Wellcome in 1936 , the company has been wholly owned by the Wellcome Trust , a registered charity which distributes all profits it receives for the support of medical and allied research in universities and hospitals throughout the world . |
| 2 | As ‘ sacrament ’ it stands for the sacrifice of the cross through which we were brought near to God . |
| 3 | It represents the logical conclusion to preceding buildings and is the expression of national culture ; it stands for the essence of Muscovite Christianity in Russia and was the last great church of the movement in this architectural form . |
| 4 | The origin legend of the Merovingians as recorded by Fredegar is important not only for its suggestion that the family claimed to be descended from a supernatural ancestor , but also for the implications it has for the rise of the dynasty . |
| 5 | This series of squares is disquieting as it heads for the horizon unless it allows for the curvature of the Earth . |
| 6 | Thus to bring to all our attention how much it matters for the encouragement of arts , commerce and trade which er , for manufacturers which is the full title of the Royal Society of Arts . |
| 7 | It is easy to blame the pressure of daily life and the stress it causes for the fact that we do not feel as well as we should like — and , indeed , in many cases an excess of stress and tension may be the cause . |
| 8 | Power is the capacity to affect other people 's behaviour with or without their consent ; it allows for the deployment of resources to achieve ends . |
| 9 | Instead it allows for the discovery of both marginal gainers and losers . |
| 10 | Besides attesting to the now well supported view that de Man suffered from a kind of multiple personality disorder , the effect is astounding , since it allows for the formulation of key linguistic tenets upon which the radical reputation of deconstruction rests without de Man taking personal responsibility for that formulation . |
| 11 | It allows for the user to create groups of numbers to send any given document to — for broadcasting faxes , where the same fax is sent to lots of different places , a task that can take forever with traditional fax machines . |
| 12 | It allows for the development of skills appropriate to each study area and gives teachers the opportunity to explore the specific approaches which are appropriate to particular subject disciplines . |
| 13 | This series of squares is disquieting as it heads for the horizon unless it allows for the curvature of the Earth . |
| 14 | AimTrak is an ideal management information and reconciliation system for group companies , as it allows for the aggregation of funds from different member companies and provides a consolidated group figure , thus minimising individual bank charges . |
| 15 | This is fairer as it allows for the fact that fewer overs remain in which the chasing team can attack , but does not set a rate out of proportion with the course of the match up to the time of the stoppage . |
| 16 | This exception is directed at rationalizing the British Leyland case and it allows for the fact that persons who buy items of equipment may need replacement parts in time and should be able to obtain spare parts in a free market at reasonable cost . |
| 17 | The recognition of the effects of conscious or unconscious value judgements on scientific theories raises the question of relativism as it occurs for the sociology of knowledge : ‘ Are all ideologies of equal value , at least , as far as the search for truth is concerned ? ’ |
| 18 | The role which it envisages for the state is limited to that of providing the minimum framework necessary for the regulation of competing private interests , while the gesellschaft model of law is conceived in terms of formally defining the equivalent individual rights that are required to make the market work . |
| 19 | Well it says for the nurses to is to be able to evaluate . |
| 20 | Without the villus a visitor would see very little in Wilpattu , though occasionally a day-hunting leopard will step out on the road , or a sloth bear stand 6 ft ( 1.8 m ) high as it reaches for the fruit , honey or tree termites on which these fierce-looking predators feed . |
| 21 | Had he been a dunce at it or did his present situation , despite the opportunity it affords for the histrionics he so loves , make him feel like pawn ? |
| 22 | ‘ Practice ’ need not be eschewed as part of higher education ; but its presence in the curriculum must be justified in terms of the opportunities it affords for the student 's critical reflection . |
| 23 | It arranges for the house to be valued to determine its minimum selling price and the employee receives a figure up to this amount from the company so that the purchase of the next property can go ahead . |
| 24 | It calls for the tradition of assessing research by peer review to be augmented with techniques such as counting the number of papers produced and how often those papers are cited by other scientists . |
| 25 | It calls for the qualities of a fighter , for only with those qualities can we win through the constant traps and barriers laid by the forces that would block our path and drag us down . |
| 26 | So what if it calls for the stout-sticking of some idle spouse ? |
| 27 | It calls for the abolition of car tax on catalysed cars , and a 20 pence per gallon difference between leaded and unleaded fuel . |
| 28 | It calls for the removal of those subsidies which encourage profligate use of energy , water and pesticides , with environmentally-damaging consequences , and those which promote unsustainable economic activities — such as cattle ranching on deforested land in Brazil . |
| 29 | It calls for the granting of property rights to poor farmers to encourage them to have a stake in the land 's long term health and invest in soil conservation . |
| 30 | It calls for the reform of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting so that all telecommunication activities fall within its mandate . |