Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] continue for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the spraying must continue for as long as the temperature remains at freezing point or below , as the energy of the frost must be spent on forming more and more ice outwards . |
| 2 | The lower scale figure should continue for older cars : although the current four-year break period is acceptable , consideration might be given to using a period of three years . |
| 3 | Their riffs about the current state of their underwear would continue for hours at a time . |
| 4 | The relatively liberal de Graaff had been replaced as Governor-General by de Jonge , a hardliner ( it was he who pronounced that Dutch rule would continue for another 300 years ) , and the Colonial Minister was H. Colijn , whose notorious book , Colonial Problems of Today and Tomorrow ( 1928 ) , had declared that the Indonesians could not expect self-government ‘ in the humanly foreseeable future ’ : indeed , he dismissed the notion that there was any Indonesia : ‘ The islands … are a unity for the reason that they compose the Netherlands Indies and for that reason alone . ’ |
| 5 | The mistake , of either party , is to assume that the coalition will continue for other issues . |
| 6 | Conversely , in an economy where energy costs are high and fuel conservation is the fashion , the expensive motor car with a high petrol consumption will tend to have a short life cycle , but the economy car will continue for years . |
| 7 | Fighting will continue for as long as UNITA can smuggle in supplies , most of which are thought to reach the rebels by way of Zaire . |
| 8 | Only one thing is certain : the search will continue for many years to come . |
| 9 | A singing session may continue for 22 hours , incorporating many songs lasting from 8 to 20 minutes each . |
| 10 | No council could continue for long on such a basis . |
| 11 | Mr Abdul Chishti , the association 's secretary , said the campaign would continue for ‘ five , 10 years … until the British Government bans the book . |
| 12 | He suggested that the air campaign would continue for a considerable period before a ground attack would be considered . |
| 13 | This leaf fall would continue for three or four months every year and took much precious time from other projects . |
| 14 | The police campaign will continue for the next fortnight . |
| 15 | The clean-up will continue for many months while the outcome of the official inquiry will be eagerly awaited . |
| 16 | Again , the age of the plaintiff and his expectation of life are of critical importance in all cases in which pain and suffering will continue for life , for they determine the length of time for which he is likely to suffer pain or experience suffering . |
| 17 | When a vine is five years old it is rested for a while before the practice of provignage is resumed , after which the layering process may continue for upwards of fifty years . |
| 18 | The process of completion and deepening of this Community will continue for many years into the future . |
| 19 | The process will continue for as long as earthly life endures . |
| 20 | The explanation has to be that the company shot itself in the foot by announcing the Sparcsystem 10 machines with such a long lead time , many would-be customers are holding back and waiting for them , and that things will not really start to pick up until those start shipping around September time — which suggests that dullness will continue for the current quarter . |
| 21 | ( b ) Use will continue for a substantial period . |
| 22 | In Oxfordshire , 8 years without overall control will continue for another 4 . |
| 23 | This arrangement will continue for the rest of the Test . |
| 24 | Carmichael and Dearborn ( 1950 ) demonstrated that continuous reading was likely to result in increased failure of concentration within an hour , but if the performance of the reader was checked and confirmed by asking questions at half-hour intervals then performance could continue for six to eight hours without signs of fatigue . |
| 25 | 5.3 If at any time there has been any [ material ] noncompliance by the Landlord with any of [ its ] obligations under clause 2 or by the Tenant with any of [ its ] obligations under clause 3 and such default shall continue for or shall not be remedied to the [ reasonable ] satisfaction of the party not in default within [ 15 ] working days ( time being of the essence ) after service on the party in default by the other part of a notice specifying the default and invoking the provisions of this clause then the provisions of clause 5.4 shall have effect immediately upon the expiry of the relevant period |
| 26 | He said that tax collection would be improved , sales tax raised from 3 per cent to 5 per cent , and some tax revenues switched from local to central government , but he forecast a budgetary deficit for 1991 of 13,300 million yuan , saying that deficit spending would continue for at least another five years . |
| 27 | Labour economists predict that the flow will continue for years . |
| 28 | During times when house prices are rising , house purchasers often feel that the upward trend will continue for ever . |
| 29 | We have of course made it clear that those techs who were piloting er the out of school childcare initiative er will continue er to be funded er along with all other techs from ninety four , five and although of course I can not preempt the tech 's judgement and take a view on that particular scheme , er I can say that funding will continue for techs for that purpose . |
| 30 | Monitoring will continue for two years after implementation , with lessons learned used to produce guidelines for local authorities to extend their accident reduction programmes . |