Example sentences of "it [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why does n't it have a mark on it for absolute brass monkeys ? |
| 2 | Gasp as you find there 's one near you — no other computer event can match it for geographical diversity . |
| 3 | Although major developments in the ecosystem were largely external to biogeography until the 1960s , Stoddart ( 1967b , p. 524 ) argued that the ecosystem concept has four main properties which commend it for geographical investigation . |
| 4 | And if this 6Mb does exist , would it be possible to recover it for general use ? |
| 5 | ‘ Its purpose is to help middle and secondary schools plan their overall curriculum to include an adequate coverage of pupils ’ study needs : the ability to formulate and focus a question , find possible sources , judge their appropriateness , extract the relevant information , reorganize it and prepare it for future use , or reorganize it and prepare it for future presentation to others . |
| 6 | They could purchase land from owners who refused to sell for development or from builders who wished to retain it for future development . |
| 7 | If so , please take note of it for future reference . |
| 8 | Having grasped the use of silence you now have to quieten your own brain , stop it muttering away to itself about all the things you need to do and may forget , stop it reacting and getting on its high horse when all it needs to do is to absorb information and store it for future reference . |
| 9 | Now , I appreciate my , there was n't time to overrule really but in this incidence do you wish to speak but if that point can be made so that it for future debate we know it . |
| 10 | During periods of anaerobic carbohydrate metabolism , the worms may also excrete pyruvic acid rather than retaining it for future oxidation when aerobic metabolism is possible . |
| 11 | If there was a very large output , perhaps from some other part of the world , and buyers would offer only a lower price , such as £110 per tonne , the EEC either paid their farmers the difference , of £16 , or bought the surplus grain and stored it for future use . |
| 12 | ‘ Its purpose is to help middle and secondary schools plan their overall curriculum to include an adequate coverage of pupils ’ study needs : the ability to formulate and focus a question , find possible sources , judge their appropriateness , extract the relevant information , reorganize it and prepare it for future use , or reorganize it and prepare it for future presentation to others . |
| 13 | If an item is coached carefully step by step in the early stages the performers are more likely to remember it for future use . |
| 14 | When you open the file , a file handle ( an integer number ) is returned by the interpreter and you will need to store it for future use . |
| 15 | Their two-year project initially involves the implementation of software on a massively parallel Single Instruction , Multiple Data system , with a view to converting it for Multiple Instruction , Multiple Data systems at a later date . |
| 16 | A motion of censure on the government , reproaching it for economic incompetence and for promoting " anti-popular " and " antisocial " policies , was tabled by the four opposition parties on May 14 , reportedly the first such motion in the parliament 's history , but was defeated by 200 votes to 83 . |
| 17 | NORTHERN Electric fixed it for cerebral palsy sufferer Glen McQuilling to take a flight in its overhead-line patrol helicopter . |
| 18 | Another stimulus to the market has come from issuers buying back bonds , to retire the debt entirely or swap it for new equity . |
| 19 | Now you can take any icon and use it for other Window programs including your own ! |
| 20 | Make incremental truss rod adjustments until the neck is as straight as possible ( tighten the rod to pull the neck backwards — slacken it for forward movement ) . |
| 21 | He most likely uses it for private communication with his lackeys , and for controlling his zombis . ’ |
| 22 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
| 23 | A course may change radically without changing its title ; conversely , re-titling a course may simply be an exercise in re-packaging it for external consumption . |
| 24 | He particularly admired the beautiful white spikes of Itea and recommended it for late flowering , a quality which also applied to Clethra alnifolia . |
| 25 | We expect to get more into it for late winter and next spring . |
| 26 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 27 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 28 | FIserve expects $23.5m from the offering and will use it for working capital , possible repayment of debt and acquisitions of complementary businesses . |
| 29 | He was delighted , said he would mark it for immediate release to the newspapers under the Branch Secretary 's name . |
| 30 | These could test and modify units designed at international workshops ( or by other centres ) or initiate work of their own and present it for international criticism , modification and subsequent diffusion to other countries . |