Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it may hold back for reasons of cost and supply , and because the housing market is static , during this decade I believe we will see an increasing spread of relocation moves to those parts of the country which offer a better quality of life than London and the South-East . ’ |
| 2 | Where the County Court grants a new lease to the tenant it may do so for a period not exceeding 14 years . |
| 3 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I have been careful not to lay down specific periods for the bids to come in , because , as I have said many times , it may take longer for some management-employee buy-outs to be lodged than others . |
| 4 | It may seem early for Air Mail to wish readers a happy Christmas ! |
| 5 | It should remain there for ever . |
| 6 | Similarly , if a floating.point compare instruction is provided , it should test not for equality but for an absolute difference lying within this range . |
| 7 | It should prove so for the first killer as well . |
| 8 | According to the hon. Member for Sedgefield , once a programme is introduced it must carry on for ever , regardless of whether it is the most effective way of achieving those aims . |
| 9 | If a state accepts one of these nonconstitutionally required rights for one class of citizens , however , it must do so for all . |
| 10 | It might go well for the first three or four months , and then all of a sudden we might have a lapse in a few months , |
| 11 | ‘ It might mean overtime for the physio but we need all our strikers fit to face the Reds . ’ |
| 12 | Not having a good night 's sleep is the main thing and not knowing how long it 'll go on for . |
| 13 | It 'll go on for much longer . |
| 14 | It 'll stay there for the rest of your life . |
| 15 | That light rain will soon clear away tomorrow morning and it 'll brighten up for a time . |
| 16 | We can only pray and hope it 'll turn out for the best . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It could drag on for months , ’ I protested , ‘ years even . ’ |
| 18 | Because there is little wind that high to split the particles up , it could stay there for years . |
| 19 | It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline . |
| 20 | Not that it could go on for ever . |
| 21 | The troubles are going on for over 20 years and the NI Office is doing very little about it , so it could go on for another 20 years . |
| 22 | And this party looked as if it could go on for hours yet ! |
| 23 | She knew from experience that if she started a conversation with the girls about anything other than business , it could go on for ever , and Christina did not have time to listen to Todney 's domestic problems this morning . |
| 24 | ROS : It could go on for ever . |
| 25 | Every week she gets worse and yet it could go on for years . |
| 26 | It could go on for years possibly . |
| 27 | It could become home for fifteen hundred naval and industrial shipping experts , plus administrative staff under plans by the society to relocate from London and Croydon . |
| 28 | Her answer machine er she 's got two answer machines cos she so when the other wo she kept having a lot of trouble with it , kept breaking down and it 'd go away for three weeks and she 'd be without it |
| 29 | If you filled this room up with toluene it would stop here for the rest of its days , something like that , you know what I mean . |
| 30 | that it would go up for |