Example sentences of "it [vb -s] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It loops for two miles through the city , lined with splendid palaces dating from the 14th century . |
| 2 | It 's a help , but not a complete solution to the problem because once chlorine has been released in the stratosphere , it persists for many years and goes on destroying ozone . |
| 3 | In summary then , the reasons for choosing The Machine Gunners include the opportunities it offers for various aspects of personal involvement on the part of the reader and its curricular potentials with regard to related topic , theme , and language work . |
| 4 | IF the sophisticated modern diesel engine now makes economic sense for small cars , the savings it offers for bigger cars are more worthwhile . |
| 5 | The Report itself is , as it says , largely a description of the present situation ; its value is therefore the opportunity it offers for new proposals to come forward . |
| 6 | Infected programmes activate the virus when started up and it looks for other programmes to infect . |
| 7 | Fault-tolerant Unix specialist Sequoia Systems Inc is sinking deeper into the mire and has had to fire 60 people in all parts of the company to cut cost while it looks for new funds to finance its operations . |
| 8 | It looks for formal arrangements such as size and frequency of union conventions or conferences , selection and voting methods for the union executives and the existence of intermediate union governing bodies , that is , the devices which can facilitate , when full advantage is taken of them , the development of power bases independent of union leaders . |
| 9 | But within this context , Wilkins ' elegant stuccoed facades will be retained , and an important landmark has been saved and will look far more handsome and dignified than it has for many years . |
| 10 | But , in spite of the considerable effort and investment , it has for many years failed to pay its way . |
| 11 | It has for many years been the most widely used method of social research . |
| 12 | While much of the UK is looking gloomily at the dark clouds of a major recession , it seems poetic justice that for at least some of Belfast 's population , the future looks better than it has for many years . |
| 13 | I have argued with my district health authority for many years I know that many hon. Members have done the same with theirs — because it has for various reasons shifted the problem of elderly sick people to the private sector . |
| 14 | The outcome of these changes is that the drug bill is rising faster than it has for some years and above the rate of inflation . |
| 15 | It has for some years been established beyond doubt that Elisabeth used her long period as custodian of her brother 's works and papers ( during which time she wrote and rewrote his biography , as well as overseeing the editing of his works ) to misrepresent important aspects of his life and thought and , in extreme cases , to falsify letters and unpublished writings . |
| 16 | What hope there is resides primarily in the same section of the news-stands as it has for several years — the ‘ serious ’ and ‘ specialist ’ music press . |
| 17 | If so , the fact that a dependence thesis is true of theoretical authorities is strong evidence to suppose that it holds for practical authorities as well . |
| 18 | Was it simply incoherence on his part when he suggested that his ‘ science of history ’ , even though it allows for differentiated histories , still demands to be considered within a general concept of history ? |
| 19 | It allows for regional variations . |
| 20 | Mary White , the secretary of the Mount Leinster MAG warned , ‘ You may think this going to be a small hole gouged out of the mountain but it reaches for five miles on top of Tomduff . |
| 21 | The Charter , backed by David Hatch , managing editor of Radio 1 , is considered a defensive move by the BBC as it prepares for difficult negotiations with the government over the issue of privatisation of the national network . |
| 22 | Established on public rights of way , it stretches for 12 miles between Badby and Greens Norton near Towcester . |
| 23 | It calls for immediate measures to reduce traffic flows , including the introduction of a speed limit on motorways and a sharp increase in the price of petrol . |
| 24 | This is why reviewing is not properly speaking criticism , though it calls for critical qualities , and an extended review-article , looking at a whole oeuvre , may well be . |
| 25 | ‘ These data provide a plausible explanation for the French paradox , ’ says the Lancet , but it calls for further studies . |
| 26 | It ferments for 72 hours , creating an alcoholic liquid known as beer . |
| 27 | A quick glance at Ikeda 's sepulchral concrete space indicates what the gallery does hope to sell while it waits for American collectors to warm up to the cutting edge of new Japanese art . |
| 28 | No doubt she will be hoping that The Corn is Green will draw more of her friends to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre , when it opens for two weeks on Monday , April 27th . |
| 29 | Under Resolution No.6 to be put forward at the AGM the directors propose that the authority should be extended so that it applies for five years from the date of this year 's AGM . |
| 30 | Marxism 's claim to the status of a science proper thus functions as a device to avoid the historicity through which it accounts for other phenomena . |