Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They showed not only that for most elderly people the costs of community care were considerably lower than those of institutional care ( and that home care would therefore remain cost-effective for many even if service provision were greatly increased , when the alternative was admission to an institution ) , but also that community care was not necessarily cheaper , and that there were some elderly people for whom institutional care would be less expensive ( though not necessarily to be advocated solely on that account ) . |
| 3 | Via infected leaves these winter spores enter the soil where they can remain alive for several years . |
| 4 | However , the motion does not remain periodic for any great distance downstream . |
| 5 | Raw fruits also keep well if stored in the fridge , where they will remain fresh for several weeks . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Our vocabulary and semantics can not remain fixed for all time , as some commentators , even today , might prefer . |
| 8 | Once the abscesses burst , they usually discharge for several days before gradually healing up often with an obvious scar which can remain visible for several months . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't feel sorry for that girl , ’ said Stella . |
| 10 | I do n't feel sorry for that man who came in on drugs and dropped |
| 11 | Poor dog I really do feel sorry for that dog . |
| 12 | I mean Adam 's lucky in that respect , I could n't smoke when I was pregnant , I , it made me feel sick , I could n't stand the smell of it , I had no urge to smoke at all , I went right off smoking , I respect , I was lucky , but I do feel sorry for these people that smoking at present cos it must be ever so hard . |
| 13 | The thing is you 've got ta feel sorry for these Aussie 's have n't you ? |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't feel sorry for any of them , Father . |
| 15 | It would be foolish to make a strong claim about the salience of the JC STRUT vowel for LE speakers on the strength of limited data like this , but it does appear that for some speakers , this point of difference between LE and JC falls below a " salience threshold " which leads it to be ignored for adaptation purposes , while for other speakers it is salient enough to be adapted , but not consistently . |
| 16 | The bank can do this for any of the following reasons : |
| 17 | but still , she said she 's gon na send some for this one to have some er bonds or something |
| 18 | I said his bed looked gorgeous and added , just in passing , that I hoped he 'd put up a wooden fence , as a metal one would n't do much for either garden . |
| 19 | But I did n't feel comfortable for some reason . ’ |
| 20 | You 'll feel better for some fresh air . ’ |
| 21 | It 's only later on when they 're more experienced that they can actually say , well hang on a minute I can do more for this person and I 'm going to do more for this person . |
| 22 | Erm so I think possibly people do n't really feel responsible for that , for those , that space within the flats which is n't actually right outside their front door . |
| 23 | Some people do not feel ready for this , and need to find voluntary or part-time paid work to give themselves a feeling of worth and to supplement an inadequate pension . |
| 24 | Land scheduled for development may remain undeveloped for many years , pending solutions to traffic problems . |
| 25 | Now this techniques we 've been using here is for you can use that for any straight line graph . |
| 26 | Well you can use that for any argument then |
| 27 | He got up to go , saying : ‘ But we can keep that for another time . |
| 28 | But I 'll keep that for another time . |
| 29 | But surely you 're not so naïve that you ca n't understand that for any normal man to be in close contact with a girl for days on end without wanting her is damned impossible ? ’ |
| 30 | It should be noted that , while maiming or wounding are not justifiable for simple recaption of property , yet they may well become justifiable for another reason — self-defence . |