Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His blue eyes still fixed on her face , he continued blandly , ‘ But one should never look for leprechauns alone . |
| 2 | General Westmoreland might successfully call for reinforcements , until there were 510 000 American combat troops in Vietnam , with 50000 South Koreans and smaller contingents from the Philippines , Australia and New Zealand : they could not secure victory . |
| 3 | I 'll happily wait for birthdays , Christmases and my set of matching underwear ! |
| 4 | They 'd rather live for ages with sagging shelves and peeling paint . |
| 5 | Managers could perhaps arrange for practitioners to be allocated specific time in which to develop a clinical teaching role , enabling them to improve their skills and abilities and to return to the ward or practice area with renewed enthusiasm . |
| 6 | Well we we often had people coming and asking to use our telephone , because either the telephones were erm all out of order , or you could only dial for emergencies . |
| 7 | He could still ask for benevolences , but the request could have no legal force , however much moral pressure might lie behind it . |
| 8 | According to Sakhat Muradov , Chair of the Turkmen Supreme Soviet , the new council 's supervisory role would not weaken presidential authority or the Supreme Soviet 's legislative function ; it was empowered to rule on " the most important questions " of economic and political life in Turkmenistan , and could also call for changes to the constitution and express no confidence in the President should he break the law . |
| 9 | Variations in receptor sensitivity could also account for variations in both spike amplitude and rates of wave propagation ( M.D. Bootman , personal communication ) . |
| 10 | Workers could now press for improvements . |
| 11 | The problem that could therefore arise for surveyors choosing incorporation is how to safeguard themselves against changes in ownership and control . |
| 12 | The pope 's comment that one could never lack for advocates in Rome , his advice to Thomas to go to Bologna and his own interest and concern in the details of hearings present a picture of Rome and a papal court alive with lawyers and those interested in the law . |
| 13 | The other person was a man who could actually speak for hours about his reading , which was extensive . |
| 14 | Agents may also act for purchasers in making investigations and enquiries . |
| 15 | Now , if most of the erm , factors of production used on the farm are fixed factors , farmers may well continue for years and years erm , because although they 're not cove covering total costs , or , or total average costs , they are covering average variable costs , alright . |
| 16 | ‘ Probably ’ , because they are not categorised that way and may simply enrol for classes along with other students . |
| 17 | Local authorities across the region are being asked if they want to be represented on a steering committee , which would also lobby for improvements . |
| 18 | The government would also look for ways of encouraging private investment in long-distance roads , with the possible introduction of a toll system . |
| 19 | Now one half , this would maybe go for clothes , er coats , or . |
| 20 | Sold in lengths up to 2.5metres ( 8.2ft ) , it enables the kite-maker to construct large Delta or similar designs where spar length would otherwise call for joiners . |
| 21 | Tarmac said that it would firstly call for volunteers , and to encourage volunteers it would make ex gratia payments exceeding the normal redundancy payment entitlement . |
| 22 | Williams would always like talking about Orton , although he would publicly protest for years that it was so boring to keep going on about his relationship with the writer . |
| 23 | While Bernard will gladly talk for hours about the ambiguous sexual imagery present in everything Suede do — from the photos on their record sleeves to their live performances — his real love , besides his guitar playing , is ultimately songwriting . |
| 24 | In the last five years since he set up his consultancy from his Bayswater home with a £20,000 overdraft and a stack of letterhead stationery , he has insisted that he will only work for causes in which he believes , and these causes are , by and large , left-wing . |
| 25 | The move to the new space in the Rundhof will also allow for exhibitions and performances of music , theatre and installations . |
| 26 | The teacher will want to seek ways of meeting diverse needs through the individualisation of programmes , but will also look for solutions to problems of providing appropriate materials in the face of additional complications in class management . |
| 27 | The buyer will customarily ask for accounts ranging back for three years in respect of the activities of the management company . |
| 28 | So , the customer who wants to buy a vacuum cleaner will be familiar with the name Hoover and will therefore look for models produced by this company . |
| 29 | Thus you and the employee may jointly search for standards which are mutually acceptable which do not lead to hours of argument about whether or not they have been achieved . |
| 30 | She 's off for eleven school days and John can only pay for supplies for three of them . |