Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The benefits of using a computer should become apparent for complex protocols . |
| 2 | It 's a comfortable car to drive , assisted by power steering , and while leg-room in the back is just about adequate the low roof can prove irritating for tall rear seat passengers . |
| 3 | Several pointed out that the mining issue was only one of a number of considerations , particularly given the fact that commercial exploitation would remain unviable for some time to come . |
| 4 | The bar will remain open for another twenty minutes . |
| 5 | Lack of dynamic testing can mean that for some independent software vendors less than 20% of their application code is relevant , which can lead to any number of unforeseen problems when the application is run under different environments . |
| 6 | Lack of dynamic testing can mean that for some independent software vendors less than 20% of their application code is relevant , which can lead to any number of unforeseen problems when the application is run under different environments . |
| 7 | In other words , if you estimate that your skin could remain exposed for 10 minutes without burning , SPF 15 allows you 15 × 10 minutes , or 150 minutes exposure without burning . |
| 8 | The isotopes give off long-lasting alpha radiation and the waste will remain dangerous for 3000 years or more . |
| 9 | Beryl Smith wishes it to be known the venue will remain open for further training in the future . |
| 10 | Land scheduled for development may remain undeveloped for many years , pending solutions to traffic problems . |
| 11 | Pottery has a limited life , determined by the function of the vessels , and thus store jars kept secure in a pantry may remain intact for several generations , while cooking pots , if in constant use , have a very short life . |
| 12 | We see no reason why the word should seem strange for more than a short time . |
| 13 | With the anticipated departure of the British Library from the British Museum in 1996 , space will become available for new museum galleries . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's accepted that the towing tractor will stand idle for some of the time , but at least you are n't taking tankers into the field , ’ he adds . |
| 15 | The bank can do this for any of the following reasons : |
| 16 | The first we can call regular , standard , or ordinary treatment , the sort of treatment which any developed , urbanized country should have available for all . |
| 17 | The terms of the agreement were as follows : that political prisoners were to be released and the relevant ordinances withdrawn ; that civil disobedience was to be stopped ; that the boycott of British goods would cease , though ‘ peaceful picketing ’ could continue ; that there would be no change in the salt laws , though people living by the sea could make some for personal consumption ; and that Congress was to be represented at future sessions of the Round Table conference , the agreed agenda being federation , ‘ Indian responsibility ’ , and ‘ reservations or safeguards in the interests of India for such matters as , for instance , defence ; external affairs ; the position of minorities ; the financial credit of India , and the discharge of obligations ’ . |
| 18 | 26 April : The Mail on Sunday comments on the calculation that the cosmos will remain habitable for 10 to the power of 76 years . |
| 19 | Now that bands like Extreme and Mr Big have had chart successes with songs featuring acoustic instruments the time would seem right for many players to make a first serious foray into the subtler side of rock . |
| 20 | THE GLOOMY jobs market will stay sluggish for some time after the recession ends , Essex Tory MPs warned at the weekend . |
| 21 | If one market is dominant , returns for that market will lead those for other markets . |
| 22 | A retiring partner will remain liable for such partnership liabilities as existed at his retirement for a term of five years . |
| 23 | Fen violet seed can lie dormant for long periods until conditions are right ; disturbed peat caused by scrub clearance — or the trampling of cattle . |
| 24 | just as the ermine changes it coat for winter ; just as the seed can lie dormant for thousands of years ; just as the bacteria and the rotifers can live in their desiccated time capsules for perhaps longer than we can ever envisage , awaiting a change of outer circumstances for the tiny living specks of dust to take on another form — just so , perhaps , may the living forms we know so well have secrets tucked away within them that only the rolling of the aeons can reveal . |