Example sentences of "it [vb -s] for [num] " 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 | The model of style proposed here is " pluralist " in that it allows for three distinct levels ( semantic , syntactic , graphological ) at which stylistic choices can be made . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As the air catches the membranes , the fish is lifted above the waves and it glides for hundreds of metres leaving its pursuers baffled . |
| 5 | Established on public rights of way , it stretches for 12 miles between Badby and Greens Norton near Towcester . |
| 6 | It stretches for three and a quarter miles from Leven to the river Hull . |
| 7 | In other words , in the time it takes for one murder on the crime clock , six workers have died ‘ just trying to make a living ’ ! ’ |
| 8 | It ferments for 72 hours , creating an alcoholic liquid known as beer . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The polish chief negotiator has demanded to know why the Community has such problems adjusting to the Višegrad states when it accounts for 56 per cent of their trade and they for 1 per cent of its trade . |
| 12 | It accounts for two-thirds of all part-time undergraduate students in British universities ( OU Public Relations Dept , 1990 ; DES , 1989a ) . |
| 13 | It accounts for 90 per cent of Guangdong 's foreign investment , while 60 per cent of Guangdong 's production is exported to Hong Kong . |
| 14 | The only good thing about it is that it lasts for six months , then immunity is acquired . ’ |
| 15 | However , an existing tenancy entered into prior to the above date will not be protected , unless it continues for two years , when it will come within the 1954 Act from 11 July 1992 and be protected thereafter . |
| 16 | The second part starts at the beginning of Term 5 , before the first teaching practice ; it continues for four further weeks at the beginning of term 6 in the same teaching practice school . |
| 17 | It does for two sets of reasons . |
| 18 | So , whatever we do in training the horse , we have to teach on both sides : what it learns for one side , it will not automatically accept for the other . |
| 19 | Overseen by two prison officers with help from the psychology Department , it runs for two weeks , full time on perhaps ten or twelve occasions per year . |
| 20 | With 28 tracks on a single disc , it runs for 77 minutes — the longest single CD I 've seen yet . |
| 21 | It provides for 1,000 IBM RS/6000s and around 2,000 Aster*x application seats in the first year . |
| 22 | Following the best of recent professional practice in assessment , it argues for four basic criteria : assessment should be criterion-referenced ; formative ; moderated ; and lead to progression . |