Example sentences of "by [verb] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The temptation to say the coin caused the bar to come out can be explained by seeing it for the ordinary cause that it was , and of what event it was the cause , and of what nearby event it was not the cause . |
| 2 | This privilege must not be abused by using it for something which is not a point of order . |
| 3 | Occam gives extra scope for this because it is a parallel language : one can improve a program not only by reducing the overall amount of calculation , but also by configuring it for the ( possibly parallel ) machine on which it is to be run . |
| 4 | This means we can test ( x 1 , … , x n ) for efficiency in VMP by testing it for optimality in LP* ( x 1 , … , x n ) . |
| 5 | He ended up by selling it for £500 to Mr Staples , from whom he originally bought the site for the same sum . |
| 6 | Children grew disobedient when they knew that they could not be set aside : farmers were ousted of their leases made by tenants in tail ; for , if such leases had been valid , then under colour of long leases the issue might have been virtually disinherited : creditors were defrauded of their debts ; for , if tenant in tail could have charged his estate with their payment , he might also have defeated his issue , by mortgaging it for as much as it was worth : innumerable latent entails were produced to deprive purchasers of the lands they had fairly bought ; of suits in consequence of which our antient books are full : and treasons were encouraged ; as estates-tail were not liable to forfeiture , longer than for the tenant 's life . |
| 7 | Her position is that the person who calls on Osiris or Krishna or Buddha with a pure heart receives the Holy Spirit within his own tradition and not by abandoning it for another . |
| 8 | ‘ I hate cocaine , ’ he said finally , and he surprised me by saying it for the Maggot had always struck me as one of life 's rebels . |
| 9 | Its efficacy could then be assessed by substituting it for the dictionary definitions in the overlap program . |
| 10 | Could she have missed it by mistaking it for one of the panelled wardrobes ? |
| 11 | ‘ Well , you can get a lot of rhythm going within one note , by leaving it for about as long as you can . |
| 12 | If the craving returned , I could cope by contemplating it for an hour or two , until it went away . |
| 13 | They 've economised by reducing it for the handout . |