Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A representative chosen by the people of a particular constituency should presumably speak for that constituency . |
| 2 | So what d' you reckon I should reasonably ask for that thing then ? |
| 3 | If the person taking the blood sample is asked for what purpose it is being taken and replies that it is for an HIV antibody test , a person who does not wish an HIV antibody test to be done should expressly say so , and should also ask for this refusal to be entered in their medical records . |
| 4 | We must therefore look for some accommodation between states , and this in two important respects : we must seek to further binding agreements between states which limit and reduce the possession as well as the use of nuclear weapons and we must work to control the lesser hostilities whose escalation will always be one of the chief threats of total destruction . |
| 5 | As an alternative to foreclosure , the court may direct a sale of the property , and this may be fairer to both parties , since any surplus upon such sale will belong to the mortgagor , while the mortgagee may still sue for any deficiency . |
| 6 | You may also qualify for some pension from the country you left . |
| 7 | Variable patterns of formaldehyde exposure may well account for this inconsistency in relation to other workers in formaldehyde-based industries . |
| 8 | Although Laura would phone Jacqui every day she would usually ask for another dress ‘ along the same lines ’ . |
| 9 | The time spent in acquiring a skill will obviously vary for each student . |
| 10 | A period of a week will usually suffice for this purpose after which a stock-take is conducted and the level taken as the opening stock . |
| 11 | Regardless of the amount of time involved it seems likely that staff will always opt for more time if this is offered to them . |
| 12 | The funds will also pay for more research into the Earth and marine sciences , and for the study of the upper atmosphere ( New Scientist , 18 November 1982 , p 406 ) . |
| 13 | When we 've actually given you the full thing in , the minutes , the mights , and where and whatever , you can look at it and say hey , there 's too much of that but what we 're addressing is the moral aspect of a child 's upbringing that perhaps we should be and say well right fine er , it might , I 'm just taking on environmental , right , now the year children to do environment there , but it 's really happening down there , I feel that these children in the past have n't he so can we take that out this year and bring in something totally new , totally different that you feel should go in erm so that it is more rationalised it 's not just my people doing what they want when you see the , the whole thing you can make suggestions and we come back and go back through it again we actually say to the form teachers this is what this will definitely happen for this term but when we 've looked at the whole five year sa side we might change some things . |
| 14 | Mr Jarvis says he 's delighted with the coursework pupils have produced on the film , but that the scheme can only continue for another couple of years . |
| 15 | ‘ Earn ’ in the sense of ‘ merit ’ can hardly apply for this sort of sum — yet that implication is built into the language whether we like it or not . |
| 16 | As in Spain after Franco , they can probably count for some while on a ‘ democracy bonus ’ : people will put up with hardship as the price of freedom . |
| 17 | that 's why all these people can now ask for more money . |
| 18 | If we change every to and any one to , where e is small and n is the number of , then we can never have for any subset of nodes . |