Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] for [adj] [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | To understand how his new stance was formulated , one must search for implicit features in the previous stance , when his target was the English monarchy . |
| 2 | Bullingdon is one of twelve prisons designed to ease the problem of overcrowding , which led to disturbances and riots at jails like Strangeways.Here , they 'll cater for 635 inmates in single or double cells with toilet facilities . |
| 3 | You could look for all books in the subject area " feminism " , for example , or all books with " feminism " or " feminist " in the title . |
| 4 | The shining Gaggia dispensed one-and-a-half inches of bitter froth into an earthenware cup , and for two shillings lovers could sit for many hours in the dark brown shadows , with a bowl of brown sugar between them . |
| 5 | These beautifully crafted panniers would sell for high prices in the West , but hours of labour and generations of skill are treated casually here . |
| 6 | This situation will change in due course as the younger generation becomes less and less involved in traditional family businesses and educational standards continue to improve , but for the foreseeable future job opportunities will exist for most nationalities in those parts of the Middle East where local populations are insufficient to meet the labour requirements of commerce and industry . |
| 7 | The alternative , according to response competition is : ‘ Ricky will remain for longer periods in his place doing what he is supposed to ’ . |
| 8 | Disciplined operating procedures can be followed more readily and this will make for smoother performances in all areas . |
| 9 | Daphnia will survive for long periods in your tank . |
| 10 | The herrings will keep for 4–5 days in the fridge . |
| 11 | ( This will keep for 2–3 days in the fridge . ) |
| 12 | It will keep for several days in the refrigerator . |
| 13 | A dried , uncooked ham will keep for several months in dry cool conditions . |
| 14 | But no one explanation will suffice for all women in all communities , and we must therefore proceed to the other suggestions that have been made . |
| 15 | This belief will call for radical changes in employment , management and corporate strategy . |
| 16 | It actually should spend more , because it 's community , it 's helping to create the wealth of the county in the future , and that wealth of the county is what will pay for public services in the future . |
| 17 | The V2000 format , which Grundig developed jointly with Philips , will record for four hours in each direction . |
| 18 | If looked after correctly , and given suitable conditions both goldfish and Orfe will live for 10–20 years in a garden pond . |
| 19 | Noddy , last seen on TV 15 years ago , will star for thirteen weeks in the Beeb 's £1 million cartoon series . |
| 20 | According to the Institute in its response to the DTI 's consultative document on implementation of the Directive , this will allow for future developments in insurance accounts and , in particular , in life assurance accounting . |
| 21 | Dell claims that the battery will last for three hours in normal use , without taking advantage of any of the power-saving features . |
| 22 | No doubt you will arrange for corresponding increases in the letter of credit provided for in article Xl(2) ( iii ) . ’ |
| 23 | We may assume , however , that he will have a better understanding of the purpose of the author in constructing the text in the way it is constructed if he knows that it is written in the late nineteenth century ( which will account for some differences in code , in Hymes ' terms ) in Victorian England ( which will account for the reference to a Reformatory ) and that the author is constructing the first English detective story , narrating the events from the point of view of four different participants , whose characters are in part revealed by the narrative style which the author assigns to them . |
| 24 | Activity-dependent synaptic potentiation occurs within milliseconds and can persist for many hours in the anaesthetised animal or in the in vitro hippocampal slice preparation , and for days when induced in the freely moving animal . |
| 25 | They can remain for many years in cold and hostile environments while retaining their toxicity , and they have a tendency to remain in living organisms . |
| 26 | If , for example , three known positions are input to the program before each session with the pantograph the software can compensate for any changes in the expected readings due to wear and tear or temperature . |
| 27 | Unlike the BBC radio stations , which are funded by the television licence fee , the independents depend almost entirely for their revenues on advertising , which they can broadcast for nine minutes in an hour . |
| 28 | With good care and feeding , the small animals can live for several weeks in the mini-aquarium maybe even longer . |
| 29 | The jaunt from last night 's Brussels show has taken a nifty eight hours , guitarist Julian Swales is grumbling about his stubble , and Patrick is off and running again , revealing what bargains a young man can get for ten deutschmarks in a darkened back room in Hamburg 's reeperbahn . |
| 30 | This is more evidence for the claim that you get a verb phrase in a sentence erm , but it introduces , er it 's also an example of how you can account for grammatical phenomena in terms of er structural relations in sentences and large expressions . |