Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Arguments about this change continue to rage , and will probably burn on for the foreseeable future .
2 It may be considered that a three year period in 7.6.5 is too long and that two years is an adequate period for reinstatement to take place , but the landlord will probably hold out for the longer period .
3 Gazza did not even come out for the second half — he had proved all he needed to prove to any disbelievers still out there .
4 He no longer had to consciously listen out for the psychic interference that pervaded the island .
5 Yet nothing can quite make up for the gaudy excesses of the auto-da-fe .
6 The report is fair in stating its case in favour of such regulations , without concealing the disadvantages which these new rules would undoubtedly bring about for the Swiss art market .
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