Example sentences of "and it [verb] [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 DG said that while it was n't satisfied with its overall results , it was encouraged by the continued success of its AViiON family of Unix computers , which showed significant growth over the year-ago quarter , and it remains cautious for the short-term because of the weak worldwide economy and because it sees no evidence that industry-wide pricing pressures will abate in the near future .
2 Commenting on its reduced second quarter loss ( figures , page seven ) , Data General Corp said that while it was n't satisfied with its overall results , it was encouraged by the continued success of its AViiON family of Unix computers , which showed significant growth over the year-ago quarter , and it remains cautious for the short-term because of the weak worldwide economy and because it sees no evidence that industry-wide pricing pressures will abate in the near future ; the Westboro company is able to shrug off the small but steady and grinding losses because it still had $196.2m in cash and marketable securities at the end of the quarter .
3 The very corpses were thought to be contagious ; in some parishes attempts were made to prevent their burial in consecrated ground , and it became necessary for the parson to conduct the service under cover of darkness .
4 After that many Republican law-makers felt compelled to go along with it — and it became harder for critics to attack the reforms as ‘ socialised medicine ’ .
5 ‘ It was warm and personal and it felt right for him , ’ says Marie .
6 She leant her painted face back to look at the two men standing at the sideboard , and it said much for George Banks who , turning to the old lady , said , ‘ I feel you would always be welcome in whatever company you choose , ma'am . ’
7 When , for example , a previously repressed anger comes back into consciousness and it becomes safer for a person to acknowledge his hostility , desire is also freed .
8 You will find you have access to swims you once only dreamed about and it becomes possible for you to float fish in swims which can only be fished with leger tackle from the bank .
9 Apparently this new method had been tried out down south and it seemed ideal for the temperamental Orkney climate because you harvested when it was green and then you put it in a pit and packed it with a tractor and then you left it until it turned black and rotted and then you cut it up in chunks and fed it to the cattle .
10 The physical demands were enormous and it says much for the exceptional fitness of both crews that neither wilted .
11 In the past , most of the pottery workers have been individuals working virtually unaided , and it says much for the hard work and devotion of people like John Gillam , that so much has been achieved .
12 Certainly witches still have a tradition of performing rites at special places in the countryside and it seems natural for people to want to express their relationship with the Earth in the form of ritual at sites where they know the earth energy can be found .
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