Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If women enjoy low status they may need sons for prestige as well as protection . |
| 2 | If the Japanese want a government they can be proud of , they must stop voting for permit-wielding , contract-fixing crooks . |
| 3 | If MPs want an easy life , they should make way for people who are willing to work hard for their country . |
| 4 | He suggested they should undergo tests for Aids , sickle-cell anaemia , syphilis and hepatitis B. |
| 5 | Why should it seem odd that they should win Tests for Pakistan ? |
| 6 | The successful receptionist models could be used to devise special training to enable CAB receptionists to ascertain the depth of a problem ; they could serve the dual function of assessing which clients have just come in for a form or a local address and they could make appointments for others in person or by telephone and smooth the queue . |
| 7 | The peasants might have even less electricity than the town-dwellers , but they could collect wood for fuel and could find foodstuffs available only on the black market in the urban centres . |
| 8 | Since Jarvella instructed his subjects to recall as much as they could remember word for word , and he scored for accuracy of verbatim recall , these results suggest not only that the last-heard clause has the highest verbatim recall but also that the amount of syntactic information which is being retained about a preceding clause depends on whether or not that clause forms part of a larger linguistic unit which also includes the most recent clause . |
| 9 | She had thought they could have fruit for dessert but the bananas looked a bit black and sorry , and there were only two ( bruised ) peaches left . |
| 10 | These Working Groups would undertake tasks of a practical nature and they could provide opportunities for people not attracted to committee work to become involved and make a contribution . |
| 11 | In both New York and Kansas , where Clinton also won the Democratic primary comfortably last Tuesday , more than a quarter of voters said they would vote Perot for President if he ran . |
| 12 | Several of the victims said they would file lawsuits for invasion of privacy . |
| 13 | They would have salmon for tea , she decided . |
| 14 | Rovers warned Aston Villa last night that they will want £1million for striker John Aldridge . |
| 15 | Good news has also come from the government who have recently announced that they will match pound for pound any money raised by the charity and donated to a hospice . |
| 16 | These laws are not perfect and will not satisfy everyone in the Church , but they will achieve provision for women to be ordained as priests — and at the same time seek to respect the consciences of those opposed . |
| 17 | I am satisfied that the proposals for NHS trust status for the south Ayrshire group of hospitals also meet the criteria which I have outlined , and in particular that they will secure benefits for patients and an improved quality of service . |
| 18 | For example , we like the idea of benign scientific research , as we call it , to counter the whalers who say they will kill whales for science . |
| 19 | Just as organizations develop a set of rules for documents that are delivered through the postal service they will develop rules for documents delivered electronically ’ ( Truller 1993 ) . |
| 20 | The Government continue to press local education authorities to remove surplus places , since only they can make proposals for reorganisation . |
| 21 | If more than half the parents are fairly well off and eager to expand facilities in their school , they can set levels for school charges which are beyond the means of the poorer parents ( fee levels are set by the government ) . |
| 22 | They can recommend individuals for honours or awards — often the district postmistress who has spent fifty years behind the counter and then receives an unexpected OBE will have been suggested by the local lord lieutenant . |
| 23 | say that they do this so they can get money for fireworks for Guy Fawkes night . |