Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adj] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A person who is mentally handicapped is just as much a member of society as anyone else and , like anyone who possesses a disability or impairment , is entitled not only to the same rights and services as society as a whole , but also to special needs and facilities which Britain , as a relatively affluent nation , should be able to provide for the care of disadvantaged people . |
| 2 | Population is expected to remain constant and investment should be sufficient to cater for the present population . |
| 3 | In that case , there was nothing in the circumstances to justify the implication of any term in the agency between the assured and the brokers that the brokers should be free to act for the opposing party , the insurers . |
| 4 | Privacy : an individual who believes a publication due to appear may constitute unwarranted invasion of privacy should be free to ask for the council 's help . |
| 5 | Chomsky states that grammar must be based on two things : observation of language ability to satisfy the native speaker 's intuition about his language For example , it must be able to account for the native speaker 's intuition that active or passive sentences are related to each other ; that some pairs of sentences , though alike on the surface , are different at a deeper level . |
| 6 | Clearly models of passive margin evolution must be able to account for the development of these upwarps . |
| 7 | I wonder if , even at this late stage , it might be possible to arrange for the loan of an item from your collections for our forthcoming exhibition on John Slezer , of which you may already be aware . |
| 8 | In view of the current debate on the privatisation of water in Scotland , it might be well to plan for the future . |
| 9 | An officer with private income might find the half-pay given to those no longer employed in active units an agreeable augmentation of his resources , which he might be content to draw for the remainder of his life . |
| 10 | An increased freedom in life-style might be supposed to account for the increased variability in timing of daily rhythms that is found in the elderly . |
| 11 | The final phrase carried a suggestion that they might be willing to fight for the League , but it seems unlikely that this thought had crossed the minds of many of the young gentlemen who voted for it . |
| 12 | As the football season approached , the question arose whether the League competition should be suspended so that players and officials could be free to volunteer for the war effort . |
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| 14 | But in the public goods case , it may be fruitful to allow for the possibility that individuals may be motivated by commitment ( Johansen , 1977 ; Sen , 1979 ; Margolis , 1982 ) . |
| 15 | May be well wait for the you know wait for the er |
| 16 | It may be possible to study for the course by distance learning , so that the modules can be covered at an appropriate time in your training . |
| 17 | In such situations , it may be prudent to prepare for the worst eventuality by drawing up contingency plans . |
| 18 | It may be necessary to provide for the possibility of a sale or flotation . |
| 19 | They may be willing to die for the motherland ; conscription or the threat of sanctions may be required for everyone else . |
| 20 | It is even possible that if you decide to set up your own business , you may be able to claim for the initial costs of this . |
| 21 | They may be sufficient to account for the feeling that as a matter of meaning , recognition is a condition of possession of legitimate authority . |
| 22 | Sometimes , it may be wise to arrange for the mortgage advance to come a day or two before completion is scheduled . |
| 23 | Still it may be unfashionable to go for the majority anyway . |
| 24 | Following the recent discussions between [ name of MAS partner/manager ] and[name of vendor/vendor 's representative ] we are writing to confirm that we would be pleased to act for the shareholders in the proposed sale of your subsidiary , More Mature Business Limited ( ‘ the company ’ ) , and to set out formally our terms of reference and responsibilities with regard to our involvement in the sale process . |
| 25 | With sufficient manipulation of the rota , it would be possible to arrange for the work-force to have been working for the same number of hours at different times of the day — condition ( 2 ) . |
| 26 | It was hoped that the fund would raise some 6,000 million forints ( about US$80,000,000 ) in 1991/1992 , although it was widely predicted that this would be insufficient to provide for the estimated 300,000 unemployed in Hungary . |
| 27 | GATT officials warned that failure to reach an agreement by October would jeopardise the chances of meeting the deadline of March 1 , 1993 ( extended from March 1991 — see p. 37930 ) , required for US approval of the GATT agreement using the so-called " fast-track " legislation , under which the US Congress would be obliged to vote for the entire package rather than on specific amendments . |
| 28 | If UAP can buy the Trans-Atlantic stake , it would be obliged to bid for the rest of the capital . |
| 29 | WWR would probably pass to another country for chairmanship but it is a move which I suspect British WW racers would be prepared to accept for the benefit of WWR as a whole . |
| 30 | The most common occasion when the agreement is drafted by the seller 's solicitors is when the seller is offering a company on a tender basis under which information about the company , together with a draft contract , is sent out to those who express interest and they are required by a specified date to indicate the price they would be prepared to pay for the company and , often , the changes that they would request to the contract . |