Example sentences of "[vb infin] so for [det] " in BNC.

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1 He is stable and , all being well , will remain so for some considerable period of time.5 The motive for turning off the ventilator in this situation may be evil , or it may be good , as , for example , in the case of involuntary euthanasia intended to bring about an end to misery and suffering .
2 If a state accepts one of these nonconstitutionally required rights for one class of citizens , however , it must do so for all .
3 It is not my intention to discuss medical politics , but as it turned out this was not an unhappy solution , notwithstanding that it married two firmly conflicting beliefs which have continued to operate , sometimes rather awkwardly , side by side , and may do so for many years .
4 Her husband and colleague Dr E.A. Maury writes , ‘ She continues to show the way for those who have been willing to recognise her and will long do so for those who seek a new orientation for their moral and physical well-being ’ .
5 No master of a workhouse was allowed ‘ on any pretence ’ to confine by chains or manacles any poor person of sound mind ; by implication , they could do so for those who were not .
6 Some horses buck or ‘ rear ’ and may do so for any of a large number of reasons .
7 In the silent happiness that was life in la Sologne , Jean-Claude explained to me why he was not working on Frontenac 's libretto and how he would not do so for any amount of money .
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