Example sentences of "what [vb mod] [be] [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 I agree that this scheme is significant not only because of what may be achieved for good in the north-west , but because it can act as a model for planning for other areas and for other denominations .
2 The second is more concerned with formative needs , that is to inform pupils and their teachers of what might be needed for the pupils to progress further in their learning .
3 And we are in fact looking at these projects to see that there is , or if there is , good , not merely ordinary value for money , but good educational value for money , and what might be learnt for the future .
4 He began to ask me what the realities were of his medical situation and his prognosis — what could be hoped for in the best of circumstances .
5 Minor revenue posts , and as in this case , even the location of rented office space , were one of the more effective methods of impressing the members of a town council with what could be done for them , or to them .
6 These councils were set up in 1953 following the report of the Gowers Committee of 1950 into what could be done for the preservation of houses of historic interest .
7 If I say the words giant squid , does that remind you of what could be waiting for us out there ? ’
8 This suggested effects far beyond what could be accounted for by lung cancer deaths alone .
9 If only the third found favour , the damages awarded would be a reduced proportion of what would be awarded for such an illness in the absence of contributory negligence .
10 What will be left for me if I wriggle out of its skin ?
11 Returning to Figure 2 we can see just what can be achieved for glass .
12 What can be done for it ?
13 If the subject-matter is sequential , the teacher must ask himself whether it is essential that step A is known to have been mastered before the beginning of step B , and what is the essential minimum ; he will then go on to decide how the achievement of that minimum can be tested , what can be done for those who do not reach it , and whether the material is such that comprehension or insight might be expected to dawn at later stages after more exposure to the subject field .
14 ‘ Now , Creggan , you asked me what can be done for Slorne in these autumn weeks of change and frustration .
15 What we would be looking for from you is a talk of some 15–20 minutes duration outlining what can be done for public transport by traffic management techniques and perhaps illustrated by some Lothian examples , together with a willingness to answer any questions which may be put to you .
16 Catherine Hobaiter , 11 , of Redcar , a pupil at Teesside High School , was runner-up in a national newspaper competition to write a letter in no more than 20 words to Environment Minister David Trippier on what can be done for the environment .
17 What can be said for them is that if the High Priest is acting in the fullest awareness at present attainable by his people , it is right for him to perform the sacrifice , just as it would be right for a Western onlooker to try to dissuade him ; he is not like a Nazi who has voluntarily shut himself off from the knowledge of biology and history and the personal sensitivity attained by the culture of the Weimar Republic .
18 Some of these books are raw as hell , but whether the inspiration comes from Jilly Cooper or Thomas Hardy , Iceberg Slim or Samuel Selvon , what can be said for sure is that the Black British Novel is here to stay , giving voice to a bunch of people with a whole mess of new stories to tell .
19 Nevertheless , the Secretary of State has the power to draw up regulations about what can be charged for and what can not and the Education Reform Act required local authorities and school governors to draw up policies on charging parents for their children 's out-of-school activities .
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