Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hunt goes on for two climbers after body is found |
| 2 | The main point is to raise money for Christian Aid , and although preparatory work goes on for many months , the 3 weeks during which the Church is used for sorting , and them selling , seem to bring out all the best feelings . |
| 3 | It also goes on for bloody ages . |
| 4 | There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship . |
| 5 | The list of things to be seen goes on for several pages , and most of them have three stars . |
| 6 | The process goes on for several days , a few polyps occasionally expanding briefly , until finally the coral returns to its former glory . |
| 7 | It goes along for twelve months . |
| 8 | Corinthian Geometric goes in for small vessels of very high technical quality , simply and elegantly decorated . |
| 9 | There is little need for directions : a much-trodden path goes upstream for two miles to Thornton Force , there crossing open ground to Beezley Farm for the return alongside the eastern stream . |
| 10 | ‘ It was assigned to me by the press , a breed which in my experience cares little for such irrelevancies as accuracy . ’ |
| 11 | It cares little for social conventions , either . |
| 12 | I will be true despite thy scythe and thee ’ ) , in Sonnet 116 the Friend seems to have receded into the background while the poet stands up for all men ; Although the poet 's love is included in the affirmation , I would agree with Ingram and Redpath in seeing the poem rather as ‘ a meditative attempt to define perfect love ’ . |
| 13 | He has already become a familiar figure at St Wilfrid 's Primary School , which he regularly visits both for pastoral duties and to enjoy the company of the pupils . |
| 14 | The smoke analogy holds well for flying brents too . |
| 15 | An exciting period lies ahead for Fine Arts Brass , with concerts on an increasingly larger international stage at major Festivals and Concert Halls , several recording projects and further TV and Radio appearances . |
| 16 | The power dissipated in the windings is proportional to the square of the current , so the temperature rise of the windings increases rapidly for higher currents . |
| 17 | Briefly , their ‘ epidemic ’ model proposes that , from a stable endemic baseline , the number of new cases of heroin use ( incidence ) in a community increases rapidly for four years before peaking at ten times the level of initial endemic incidence in year five , and then dropping sharply to the previous endemic level during years six and seven ( see Figure 3.2 ) . |
| 18 | Language is as old as consciousness , language is practical consciousness that exists also for other men , and for that reason alone it really exists for me personally as well ; language like consciousness , only arises from the need , the necessity of intercourse with other men . |
| 19 | ‘ Counties have sponsorship deals now for pre-season trips , although at Essex we have never believed in pre-season tours because April is the only time you can get your first and second XI captains together . ’ |
| 20 | The receptors diminish in efficiency : there are consistent changes in visual acuity and changes in sensitivity to light , the threshold of hearing increases particularly for higher frequencies . |
| 21 | However , the main concern must be that pressure from the right to reduce interest rates may become irresistible , or that the markets will in the interim test credibility to the point where the pressure builds up for higher rates which would be very difficult for the new government to accept . |
| 22 | Phone suppliers Standard Forms on for more details . |
| 23 | It is correct for most of the chapter with unc taken as a constant but breaks down for ferromagnetic materials , which will be discussed in Section 3.11 . |
| 24 | A queue at the Mercedes-Benz double decker bus waits patiently for more freebies as the Trabants double park with immunity . |
| 25 | However , do avoid the use of slang or dialect expressions unless the context calls directly for such deviations from normal speech . |
| 26 | But what you 're doing here I think it is er , er an example of the partnership , a partnership that goes back for many years , certainly during World War Two and I think er it is still strong and er holds firm today the partnership between the United States and Great Britain . |
| 27 | I belong to a family which goes back for 14 centuries . |
| 28 | This type of question goes back for several generations , and small children are able to answer freely without any effort or strain on their part . |
| 29 | Do you think that there is even a sort of ‘ them and us ’ attitude , a feeling that the arts world is an ever open maw that cries out for endless sums of money and that the proper business of government is to resist ? |
| 30 | This applies both for single-record positions and for buckets that are only part of a track in size . |