Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [verb] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aldercine Hodson recently took up the challenge of organising a ‘ Fun Sports Afternoon ’ for the disabled that would cater especially for those handicapped people who have athletic inclinations but not necessarily the strength to cope with competition at County , Regional or National level . |
| 2 | Tom Eisner and Stephen Nowicki , of Cornell University , noticed that the spiders that use stabilimenta build long-lived webs that can stay up for several days . |
| 3 | Typical examples of this are the inability to have biosensors that can operate effectively for any length of time in blood and the need for anticoagulants during extracorporeal procedures such as dialysis and heart-lung bypass operations . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Some horses buck or ‘ rear ’ and may do so for any of a large number of reasons . |
| 6 | Thirdly , unlike many other animals , cats are unable to obtain vitamin A from plant sources ( such as carrots ) and must rely instead for this crucial substance on animal foods such as liver , kidney or fish oils . |
| 7 | ‘ The colt has thickened out well during his winter break and should improve enormously for this outing . ’ |
| 8 | They could and should do better for that money . |
| 9 | When the Monday 's play was then completely washed out too , England had to accept that they were not going to square the series and could hope only for another draw . |
| 10 | So use the opportunity , get a return , make them take a good look at you and then you know you 're alright and can go on for another couple of years and make them look at you again . |