Example sentences of "it [vb past] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It failed for the simple reason that no coherent principles or policies came forward to replace the old ones . |
| 2 | AS GOOD as it got for the deranged Los Angeles combo . |
| 3 | And it asked for the Scottish Office Guidelines , and those in Lord Justice Butler-Sloss 's Cleveland Report , to be made law . |
| 4 | This was popular for warships but it made for a heavy hull . |
| 5 | It made for a magnificent setting that culminated in that miracle of Verdi 's old age , the choral fugue that ends the opera , here sung with brilliant clarity and precision . |
| 6 | I think in any marriage or in any family the father and the mother both play different parts , and in my own life I can remember things my mother did and things my father did and together it made for a happy home . |
| 7 | It makes standard pear-shaped hot-air balloons for enthusiasts , and specially shaped ones for advertising or big egos — like the hot-air balloon it made for the late Malcolm Forbes in the shape of the American publisher 's French chateau . |
| 8 | All in all it made for an uncomfortable meal , despite the chef 's first-class skills , and Sarella at least was pleased when it was all over and Marc , with deliberately precise timing , pushed his chair back to signal that they could now follow him out . |
| 9 | It argued for the urgent creation of a new comprehensive energy strategy . |
| 10 | It provided for a minimum but no maximum . |
| 11 | It provided for a strong president , to be elected by a National Assembly for a five-year term . |
| 12 | It provided for a Supreme and a Constitutional Court , a High Court of Justice , an Economic and Social Council and a National Assembly elected under a multiparty system . |
| 13 | Technically , it was not a presidential system , because it provided for a dual executive , with a president and a prime minister . |
| 14 | Published in August 1990 [ see p. 37807 ] and adopted by a constituent assembly on Dec. 15 , it provided for a multiparty system and direct elections for the presidency in 1991 . |
| 15 | It provided for an estimated expenditure of L£597,000 million and revenues of L£210,000 million . |
| 16 | It provided for an elected head of state who would appoint a Prime Minister from the party winning a majority in elections to a bicameral parliament comprising a National Assembly and Senate . |
| 17 | It provided for the unimpeded movement of foreign exchange and gold into and out of the country by both Philippine residents and overseas investors , and removed the requirement that foreign exchange earned abroad by Philippine-based commodity and service exporters be sold to Manila-based banks . |
| 18 | The more the UK Vehicle Division restricted output , the more sure it headed for the final chop . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We try to make it lighthearted for the other lads because there 's a lot of pressure . |
| 20 | It played for a little while , I did n't play it for long but it did play . |
| 21 | If your constipation does n't improve , especially if it happened for no obvious reason after years of no trouble , then see your doctor . |
| 22 | Some from , a lot from the heavens , because it rained for a solid week after the excavator had left and erm from the springs , it 's a natural water-gathering area . |
| 23 | It paid for the entire holiday . |
| 24 | In so acting it acted for a dependent reason , for the assumption is that individuals have reason to wish for a convention and hence reason to take action to help form one . |
| 25 | Voting patterns in these constituencies indicated that the FIS would have little difficulty in securing the additional 28 seats it needed for an absolute majority in the National Assembly . |
| 26 | With something like two-thirds of the whole French Army to pass along it bound for the dreadful Calvary of Verdun , the title Maurice Barres coined for it was hardly a profanity : the Voie Sacrée . |
| 27 | It rang for a long time , and he thought he was going to be out of luck , but eventually the receiver was picked up the other end . |
| 28 | It was an unhappy morning , and a sulky afternoon , and when towards evening Clarissa had collected enough moral courage to approach the telephone , it rang for an incoming call before she could pick it up . |
| 29 | It called for a revised constitution and the legalization of other political parties . |
| 30 | In its report of that name published in November 1987 it called for a full national strategy in cooperation with Eurotunnel , British Rail and regional interests to ensure that the potential benefits of the Tunnel are maximised ; the support of necessary infrastructure projects which do not meet current criteria for approval ; and a full technical study of the feasibility of a high speed rail link between Manchester and Continental Europe . |