Example sentences of "[vb mod] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may for a moment seem to quench but it dehydrates , as purportedly healthy abstainers are forever telling me . |
| 2 | In less serious cases the operator may for a while maintain certain parameters at appropriate levels without diverting his attention to detailed diagnosis , this is called function control . |
| 3 | He also got on well with the justices of the Jews and may for a brief period have enjoyed some sort of official position in the Exchequer of the Jews . |
| 4 | Claims to suzerainty over the Scots , Irish and Welsh are thus far from unlikely , and may for a time have enjoyed a foundation in reality . |
| 5 | Nationalistic sentiment may for a while distort commercial viability . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | or such greater percentage ( which may be 100 per cent. ) as may for the time being be prescribed . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Well let's for a moment assume that he has no such intention , that no such idea has ever crossed his mind . |
| 12 | But but let's for the sake |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The schedule designer must for every be putting himself or herself into the respondents ' shoes and trying to imagine what it would be like to be asked this question by a stranger who just turned up a few minutes ago out of the blue . |
| 15 | But their minds must for a moment have flowed together , for Freeborn said : |
| 16 | Julia wondered if he would gallop her : surely he must for a hunter class . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Finally , another must for the tennis home , is the recently published Official 1991 Annual of the Wimbledon Championships . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And , if you 'll accept my apologies , we must for the time being put the matter of Lady Maude to one side . ’ |
| 23 | means you must for the farm house is around , erm |
| 24 | Do not be afraid to ask questions , particularly , perhaps , questions as to why things are done in the way they are — though you should for a long time be very restrained in any suggestions you make for improvement . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Haydon should take comfort , said the novelist , from knowing that no species of legal distress could attack the internal resources of genius , though it might for a time palsy its hand . |
| 27 | Perhaps , too , the archaic words might for a brief minute live again : |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , we can not blame the system altogether , as many people do n't think ahead and make the provision they could for a reasonable income in retirement . |
| 30 | You could for a need study a speech of some dozen or sixteen lines which I would set down and insert i n't , could you not ? |