Example sentences of "and it [vb -s] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that postmodernism has been able to do is signal the demise and loss of all we have held dear , and it remains for another generation of artists to pull us out of the mire . |
| 2 | As the air catches the membranes , the fish is lifted above the waves and it glides for hundreds of metres leaving its pursuers baffled . |
| 3 | Amongst over 20 year olds the share of temporary workers is below the average , and it falls for each age group until the pensionable age is reached . |
| 4 | When a child asks a question about something dropping from a height — does it get faster and it falls for longer and longer ? — that probably is a question that most teachers who are not trained in the physical sciences just can not answer . |
| 5 | When a child asks a question about something dropping from a height — does it get faster and it falls for longer and longer ? — that probably is a question that most teachers who are not trained in the physical sciences just can not answer . |
| 6 | It is a play for only one performer , and it lasts for less than an hour . |
| 7 | And it works for several reasons : |
| 8 | This study goes at least some way towards overcoming the problems of other work discussed by Box and Hale ( 1986 , pp. 74–5 ) , in that it relies on self-reported victimisation rather than police figures on recorded crime , and it controls for other socio-demographic variables . |
| 9 | The twentieth century has seen the growth of a considerable literature on management as an acquired skill and it has for some time been possible to obtain academic management qualifications . |
| 10 | No one must be false to that oath , but in order to return a collective verdict , the verdict of you all , there must necessarily be argument , and a certain amount of give and take and adjustment of views within the scope of the oath you have taken , and it makes for great public inconvenience and expense if jurors can not agree owing to the unwillingness of one of their number to listen to the arguments of the rest . |
| 11 | This way of working is often frustrating for me , of course , and it makes for economic inefficiency . |
| 12 | This is Bennett 's story and it makes for fascinating reading . |
| 13 | Infected programmes activate the virus when started up and it looks for other programmes to infect . |