Example sentences of "it [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it also managed to chip some of the woodwork , curious to think that I was offered as war damage compensation five pounds to re-case the piano , you could n't of had it repolished for five pounds , but thinking was working class people should n't have pianos , I 'm certain that was at the back of , of the gentleman whose job it was to evaluate war damage , he certainly raised his eyebrows every time we told him , what either a piece of furniture or crockery or cutlery which had been destroyed had cost and he was so foolish after er the house had been almost flattened as de demand bills as proof of evidence that your figures were correct |
| 2 | A proposal for the reform of the Italian railway network advocated the dismissal of the board if it failed for two years running to achieve performance targets ( Santoro 1985 ) , and the Spanish Socialist government has similarly toyed with the idea of sacking unsuccessful chairmen ( Tamames 1983 : 371 ) . |
| 3 | Calday Grange Grammar School also faced a second ballot over opting out after it applied for grant-maintained status last year . |
| 4 | The University 's overhauled financial systems allow it to plan for another year in which income and expenditure will at least balance and may perhaps allow some restoration of the reserves it needs to cope with unexpected problems . |
| 5 | When that forest goes , it goes for good , and it 's going fast . |
| 6 | I personally and I 'm sure it goes for many here , have spent a long time in the private rented sector and if the opportunity existed to get into council housing we would have taken it . |
| 7 | That assessment has only to be read to indicart to indicate what it fortended for future success in her chosen career . |
| 8 | It did not say that the BBC wanted an experienced journalist' : it asked for relevant experience . |
| 9 | It loops for two miles through the city , lined with splendid palaces dating from the 14th century . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | IF the sophisticated modern diesel engine now makes economic sense for small cars , the savings it offers for bigger cars are more worthwhile . |
| 13 | Not least important is the constructive alternative it offers for alienated youth . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | We can not as readers see this as a fault , since it made for such richness of scene and mood , though Marryat seems to have felt it so . |
| 16 | The picaresque vitality of Richardson 's novel begins to wane early in the third volume ( a frequent fate of follow-ups ) and , as a theatre audience does not have the opportunity to plough through stodgy bits in their own time , we felt it made for better drama to kill Pamela ( in the novel she comes near to death ) before the dramatic conflict itself dies . |
| 17 | Still , it made for exciting viewing ; - ) That s what I miss about Sterland … few full backs are better coming forward than he was . |
| 18 | He 'd kept it hidden for fifty years . |
| 19 | Influenced by J.M. Keynes , one of its fourteen authors , it argued for expansionist economic policies financed by the state through a Board of National Investment and a vast public works programme . |
| 20 | However , middle class observers were sensitive to the possibility that the working class husband might not provide ; after all , the bourgeois family model was favoured because of the work incentive it provided for working class men , which presupposed that such an incentive was necessary . |
| 21 | It provided for 532 flats and maisonettes in eleven storey and four storey blocks . |
| 22 | It provided for total investments of Epounds 14,500 million , of which Epounds 9,600 million would be allocated to the public sector and the balance to the private sector . |
| 23 | It provided for regular ministerial consultations including bi-annual foreign ministers ' meetings . |
| 24 | It provided for higher social services expenditure , and also reflected recent unfavourable exchange rate movements . |
| 25 | There was another feature of the legislation , in that it provided for new ways of involving the public in plan preparation . |
| 26 | It provided for Kurdish legislative and executive councils , but real power was retained by the central government in Baghdad . |
| 27 | It provided for broader and more regular consultations , expanded economic , scientific and technological co-operation , and active co-operation in the conversion of the defence industry . |
| 28 | The agreement endorsed the principle of " self-sufficiency " , which stipulated that waste should be treated or disposed of as close as possible to the point of production , although it provided for some flexibility in the case of smaller countries . |
| 29 | Were Lascars and Chinamen to benefit from the improvements in food , accommodation , repatriation etc. which it provided for British seamen ? |
| 30 | She 's over an inch less where it counts for that dress . ’ |