Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] for [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pressure group Friends of the Earth thinks we should be aiming for four times that . |
| 2 | Firstly whether these subscriptions should be for one year only or whether it should be fixed for three years to tie in with the tri-annual general meeting . |
| 3 | Judge Bruce Laughland ordered last week that the boy should be detained for three months . |
| 4 | On another key organization matter , Gorbachev managed to secure rejection of a proposal that the mandates of the congress delegates should be extended for five years ( thus giving them control of extraordinary congresses or conferences called in the period before the next scheduled congress ) . |
| 5 | Such measurements should be repeated for 100–400 pebbles at a site . |
| 6 | Deserted wives were regarded with even more suspicion than widows , and in their case the circular advised that outdoor relief should be denied for twelve months , to ensure that they were not colluding with their husbands to defraud the authorities . |
| 7 | I thought you should be informed for 2 reasons : |
| 8 | He gave detailed instructions for the procedure to be followed if no suitable dissertations were submitted , concluding : ‘ But if no such dissertations , worthy , in the opinion of the said Examiners , of any such reward as aforesaid should be offered for seven years , then a Medal , to be purchased with the said accumulations , shall be offered for the best dissertation on any Veterinary subject thought worthy by the said Examiners of such reward , but at all times the Foot of the Horse is to be the subject preferred , and next to that the nature , causes and treatment of Glanders , and the diseases of the Eye in horses : And if there should be no successful dissertation at the end of seven years , then the amount of the said accumulations shall be disposed of by the said Governors in such manner as they in their discretion may think proper , so as they are applied for the promotion of Veterinary Science ’ . |
| 9 | An earlier proposal from the Powerboat Divisional Committee that the organisers and all officials of the event should be banned for five years was overturned by the RYA Council . |
| 10 | The two banks had agreed that BBV should be co-chaired for four years by a member from each side ( the other co-president being José Angel Sánchez Asiaín — Banco de Bilbao ) , but Banco de Bilbao was anxious to appoint a single president . |
| 11 | Edmund Hillary , who with Tenzing Norgay was the first man to climb Everest in 1953 , has called the mountain a " junk heap " and has suggested it should be closed for five years to clear the rubbish . |
| 12 | Available in varying maturity , it must be kept for two years before it attains a real ‘ bite-back ’ sharpness . |
| 13 | Registration for VAT requires the business to maintain additional records for VAT purposes which must be kept for six years . |
| 14 | Lastly , under the Value Added Tax Act 1983 , Sched 7 , para 7(2) , as amended , records and papers relevant to VAT liability must be kept for six years . |
| 15 | A 50g sample of each food item must be kept for 72 hours in case there is an outbreak of food poisoning . |
| 16 | All required records must be preserved for three years if it is a private company or for six years if it is a public one . |
| 17 | Not only manufacturers are involved ; retailers must ensure that appropriate labels are displayed , and records of furniture supplied must be retained for 5 years and be available for inspection by the Trading Standards Office . |
| 18 | A boat called Dodo 's Delight sailed out of Falmouth harbour this week … on board a crew of old boys from Kingham Hill School in Oxfordshire … they 're off to make history as the first school group to sail around the world … they 'll be gone for twenty months … so we 're waving them goodbye in our Friday Feature |
| 19 | ‘ Do we have enough air ? ’ ; through controlling proceedings : ‘ I 'll be talking for ten minutes , with five minutes for questions at the end ’ ; and through acting as guide to the presentation , by commenting on the route , ‘ So that 's my second point . |
| 20 | This is the life down on the Copacobana beach in Rio … sun shining … waves crashing in on the sand … and its here that Liz Macdonald from Gloucester is setting off on the second leg of the British Steel Challenge … she 's on board the Nuclear Electric yacht … from Rio they round Cape Horn and head for Hobart … they 'll be racing for six weeks … |
| 21 | Thus by their individual actions facing given prices , each and every consumer will automatically arrange that 1 film could be swapped for 2 meals with no change in utility . |
| 22 | They could be jailed for two years and fined £400 for ‘ engaging in activities requiring a licence when not a licensee ’ , and thirteen other offences which included inserting false or misleading advertisements , canvassing debtor-creditor agreements off trade premises , sending circulars to minors , and supplying unsolicited credit tokens . |
| 23 | In co-operation with Finsbury Borough Council it established the first ‘ sheltered ’ work-room where ‘ elderly workers could be employed for two hours a day , on small assembling and packing jobs provided by local firms , paying the fair rate for the work completed ’ . |
| 24 | The rice could be boiled for 50–60 minutes , pasted and then suspended in solution , to which the salt would presumably be added . |
| 25 | It is counter-productive to expect a 50-year-old patient who is 160 per cent ideal bodyweight to join the ranks of the non-obese ; even if heroic efforts achieve this miraculous transformation , it is very unlikely it could be sustained for 20 years . |
| 26 | He was immediately ruled out of tomorrow 's home match with Nottingham Forest — and could be sidelined for three weeks . |
| 27 | Worth 10 ordinary roubles , the units could be exchanged for seven grams of gold . |
| 28 | The poem which gives us the best insight into knightly and aristocratic life c. 1200 , L'Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal ( the story of William Marshal ) , rarely fails to tell us how much a particular horse was worth : it could be as much as forty , fifty or even a hundred livres — and this at a time when a serf could be bought for ten livres . |
| 29 | By the new laws of 1816 , a starving cottager could be transported for seven years for taking a rabbit to feed his family . |
| 30 | The autobiographies show that homes could be shared for two reasons , with differing implications . |