Example sentences of "[vb mod] continue [to-vb] for a " in BNC.

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1 Afterwards , Nathan Shamuyarira , the Foreign Minister and ZANU 's information and publicity secretary , and one of Mugabe 's strongest supporters , said that ZANU would continue to press for a formal one-party system , but by means of " intensive political mobilization " of the population rather than by legislation .
2 Howie Armstrong , Scottish co-ordinator of the EPOCH campaign , End Physical Punishment of Children , said the organisation would continue to press for an end to all forms of corporal punishment against children .
3 While she still had light she would continue to search for a way out ; she would —
4 As in 1949 at Lausanne , so the probability is that many refugees would oppose any surrender of their claim and would continue to struggle for a solution which goes a substantial way towards meeting both their physical needs and their sense of grievance .
5 He also stressed his belief that ‘ people should have the right to express their views through the ballot box , and he would continue to look for a way to give people the chance to exercise their democratic rights , ’ the department 's spokesman said .
6 The discount houses agreed to abandon their collectively agreed price for the weekly Treasury bill issue , but they would continue to apply for a quantity of bills sufficient to cover the tender .
7 They will be secure enough about their own capabilities and limitations to take the lead in talking in ways which the old lags will continue to denigrate for a while as ‘ weak ’ or ‘ idealistic ’ .
8 We will continue to lobby for a ban on holiday cottages " .
9 For example , infants of 8 months of age will continue to search for an object , such as a toy , which is repeatedly hidden behind the same cover .
10 They will continue to work for a stronger , more effective United Nations .
11 This core of lava may continue to flow for a long while , but when the supply of fresh lava slows down at source , there will not be enough coming through to fill the whole volume of the core , so an empty space will be left , and this will form a long tube or tunnel running along the centre of the flow , sometimes for many kilometres .
12 We do have to look at all our pre-school children as a group who have similar means as they grow and they learn and they develop and I hope that we can continue to push for a co-ordinated approach to the whole range of services that we are o offering to that group of children and to their families .
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