Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should quickly pay for itself by saving computational time , increasing accuracy and reducing parts costs by minimising expenditure on E48 or E96 parts where cheaper E24 values will do . |
| 2 | The business-inclined Whigs believed that victory in Europe would automatically secure our overseas interests : the land-owning Tories , with their traditional dislike of the high taxation needed to pay for a standing army , sought to achieve the same ends with peripheral maritime operations , carried out by the Navy , which could largely pay for themselves by taking other powers ' colonies and trading posts . |
| 3 | So parents actually welcomed the possibility of a large family : an extra pair of hands could soon pay for itself by working in the fields as well as ensuring security for the parents ' old age . |
| 4 | So pleasantly , in fact , that now she could hardly bear for it to be over . |
| 5 | He 'd probably die for it in the end . |
| 6 | I could really go for him in a big way , but he 's going steady with the staff nurse on Rainbow . |
| 7 | Or alternatively , I mean if it 's really that important , erm and and it 's on the Friday , we we could actually send for somebody from here to come out . |
| 8 | The landowner 's agent may also act for him in negotiations with conservationists and engineers to secure the parcels of riverside land required for habitat protection and enhancement . |
| 9 | It would probably to appropriate for me to er second the motion in Welsh er , but as you 're and neither the English Welsh I would just like to say a few things , one , to express the appreciation of my council for the and secondly , |
| 10 | If savings have been set aside for a funeral , and would now pay for one at current prices , that money , invested at the best rate of interest , may be enough to pay for the funeral when it occurs . |
| 11 | When she married she swore on oath that she would never work for anyone outside her own family again . |
| 12 | In extreme cases its creditors may then petition for it to be put into liquidation , that is convert all its assets into cash , usually on the unfavourable terms of a forced sale , in order to recover the sums owed to them . |
| 13 | In extreme cases its creditors may then petition for it to be put into liquidation , that is convert all its assets into cash , usually on the unfavourable terms of a forced sale , in order to recover the sums owed to them . |
| 14 | Shakespeare 's technique , to let us into a secret that the hero will only discover for himself at the end , is a common one in playwriting and storytelling . |
| 15 | There will be a few overcast or windless days when the batteries will not be adequately recharged and a traditional generator will have to be called upon , but in the time they are charging , wind generators and solar panels will easily pay for themselves in saved fuel costs . |
| 16 | Some family planning clinics will also arrange for you to be given a blood test . |
| 17 | Some family planning clinics will also arrange for you to be given a blood test . |
| 18 | When they need food , they will often pay for it in gold or hard currency , although villagers rarely admit this to the local authorities , preferring to say that their rice was stolen . |
| 19 | Mark Pitman says the horse has done more for him than he can ever do for it in return … he 's a good performer |