Example sentences of "[modal v] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the evidence to date — and there is a considerable body of it by now — shows that physical methods of punishment ( the deliberate infliction of pain on the child ) may for the time being suppress the behaviour that it is meant to inhibit but will not form character . |
| 2 | or such greater percentage ( which may be 100 per cent. ) as may for the time being be prescribed . |
| 3 | I can not accept the argument that the words ‘ the interests of the State ’ in this context mean the interests of the amorphous populace , without regard to the guiding policies of those in authority , and that proof of possible ultimate benefit to the populace may for the purposes of the Act justify an act of spying or sabotage . |
| 4 | This may involve the following behavioural changes : * the wife may return to full-time work to increase the family 's total income ; * expenditure on other items , such as cars or holidays , may for the time be reduced ; the couple may place an increased value on the enhanced personal prestige attached to the ownership of the larger property , and will be prepared to accept the financial consequences of enjoying this enhanced prestige . |
| 5 | Now it may for the game that if he can cover the square number twelve , he will score more points than if he covers the square with the nine . |
| 6 | But but let's for the sake |
| 7 | let's for the sake of the discussion assume it 's about three hundred a year , then you 're looking at another three thousand nine hundred during the remainder of the plan period . |
| 8 | ‘ We call ourselves the Unifiers — an inner core of trade unionists who are prepared to take a few risks to get what we must for the majority . |
| 9 | The question must for the moment remain open as to whether it is inevitable that the economy should move in this cyclical way as it copes with the new microelectronics technology . |
| 10 | Finally , another must for the tennis home , is the recently published Official 1991 Annual of the Wimbledon Championships . |
| 11 | What part of any contraction in the demand for elderly workers has been caused by state action over the setting of pension eligibility terms , and what part has been due to the autonomous decisions of employers , must for the moment remain an open question . |
| 12 | However , now that it is necessary to identify the functions the judges are performing when they sit as visitors in cases which are concerned with the question whether people are fit and proper persons to become or remain barristers , we must for the first time examine their function in that context alone . |
| 13 | And , if you 'll accept my apologies , we must for the time being put the matter of Lady Maude to one side . ’ |
| 14 | means you must for the farm house is around , erm |
| 15 | In the light of the foregoing material and pending the conclusion of the investigation that has been undertaken at the request of the Chief Executive , the board resolved that , in the interests of investors , Norwich Union should for the time being and with immediate effect be prohibited from : ( 1 ) accepting any new investment business from the Winchester Group or any company representative of the Winchester Group and in particular entering into any investment contract with any investor introduced by the Winchester Group or any such company representative ; and ( 2 ) soliciting investment business from members of the public through the Winchester Group or any of its company representatives . |
| 16 | I can not understand my conception of the world in terms of , or reduce it to , some account of my dispositions , as it seems plausible one might for the rat 's ( or any third person 's ) conception of the world and its dispositions . |
| 17 | Those who talked to Harold Macmillan at this time were sure that this cold politicking did not enter his head ; that he was sincere and only wanted to do the best that he could for the Church . |
| 18 | Many severely handicapped children do die at an early age through natural causes , but at least the parents can feel that they did everything they could for the child when it was alive . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , it was certainly an improvement on the preceding 40 years of Anglo-French relations , and the Emperor could for the moment feel reasonably proud of his achievement . |
| 20 | His energy revived , Richard was now intent on keeping Victoria 's company as much to himself as he could for the rest of the day . |
| 21 | He had groomed himself as best as he could for the interview . |
| 22 | He failed to do all he could for the Jews and socialised with the Nazis too easily for the Poles ' liking . |
| 23 | And of course everyone knew all about it , just as they knew that the Mackays , poor souls , had done everything they could for the boy ever since they took him in for adoption . ’ |
| 24 | Using highly mobile soldiers to avoid battle , Bruce used the physical geography of Scotland to make conditions as difficult as he could for the English who , risking starvation and ambush , had to be very careful not to overstretch themselves and to keep open their lines of communication as best they could through the control of castles , in particular the vital one at Stirling , which dominated the lowest point at which the river Forth could be crossed by bridge . |
| 25 | And Gregory : ‘ I found it a tremendously exciting challenge to depict the past as convincingly as I could for the mass-market audience of today . ’ |
| 26 | The brindle hounds , John Deverill 's speciality and obsession , stood well to order at one side of the drive with the whippers-in waiting as patiently as they could for the order to move off . |
| 27 | Addressed to the archbishop and all the prelates assembled at Lambeth , it commanded them , on their oaths of fealty , to do all that they could for the defence and conservation of the king 's rights and of his realm ; it then continued : |
| 28 | Yet at the same time local officers and shop stewards of the same unions were finding themselves party to local , enterprise-level agreements setting the terms under which temporary workers could for the first time be used , or under which their use could be expanded . |
| 29 | Whatever the reasons and after some soul searching they sold their home and entered college in 1921 , making the best arrangements they could for the children . |
| 30 | I had discovered all I could for the moment . |