Example sentences of "[verb] [modal v] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A properly conducted Proving may last for many months . |
| 2 | The apparent concentration of research effort in some well-favoured areas is justified by the intrinsic geological interest of these areas , but the large areas of Scotland in which no university-supported research has been undertaken must call for some explanation . |
| 3 | This allergic reaction explains why , after successful treatment of the infection , itching may continue for some weeks because of the dead remains of the mite persisting under the skin . |
| 4 | In such circumstances the opinions and interests of those most directly affected ought to count for more than the opinions of those of us who are only marginally affected , if at all . |
| 5 | The money raised will pay for two outdoor residential courses , organised for college students and Fairbridge . |
| 6 | This view left room for considerable differences of opinion as to the means by which the labouring poor should be encouraged to work — by coercion or persuasion ; as to the degree to which those who worked could provide for all their needs , such as their children 's education , housing , sickness , old age , widowhood , or required support from the state in some or all of these circumstances ; and as to the degree of culpability of those who did not provide for themselves . |
| 7 | None of the aerosol-induced mechanisms currently proposed can account for this feature . |
| 8 | The British seeker lost in the German metaphysical jungle , the homecomer from Paris dinner-parties armed with the latest idea , or what he hopes may pass for that , are abiding images for fun-making ; and cultural insularity is a vice to be levelled against the British only by those who do not know them , though those who do sometimes have cause to wish it were true . |
| 9 | Usually , this is due to vagueness or to insensitivity to the difficulties which some of the concepts discussed might cause for uninitiated readers . |
| 10 | I 've written a sentence which I think sums up the tape and introduces it which I think would do for both leaflets . |
| 11 | No action need be taken where the allowance is to remain with the husband and whatever arrangement is chosen will apply for future tax years until the allocation is changed . |