Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adj] for [adj] [noun] " 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 | Land scheduled for development may remain undeveloped for many years , pending solutions to traffic problems . |
| 3 | One of the most frightening aspects of all intelligence agencies is the manner in which they create a totally false brand of patriotism in order to further a particular cause on the spurious grounds that only they understand what needs to be done and should not be asked to account or explain for any of their actions which must remain secret for all time . |
| 4 | The churches should remain open for two hours each day |
| 5 | The committee decided that the units should remain open for another year and that the director of education be instructed to find the £50,000 needed , possibly from reserves . |
| 6 | The benefits of using a computer should become apparent for complex protocols . |
| 7 | As a result , it may become necessary for these countries to discipline their own working classes as low economic growth generates domestic unrest . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Under the council tax , that hierarchy will be extended to two tenants , who , if they are at the same level in that hierarchy , could become responsible for each other 's council tax jointly and severally . |
| 10 | It was almost laughable that so much could go wrong for poor Faye , and it was becoming a miracle that the baby was still so strong and vigorous . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | That if the rent hereby reserved or any part thereof shall remain unpaid for twenty-one days after the same shall have become due ( whether formally demanded or not ) or if any covenant on the part of the Tenant herein contained shall not be performed or observed or if the Tenant shall become bankrupt or enter into any composition with his creditors it shall be lawful for the Landlord to re-enter upon the premises or any point thereof in the name of the whole and thereupon this demise shall absolutely determine . |
| 13 | Sometimes they would hang motionless for twenty minutes . |
| 14 | The government believed it more important to balance public investment against private investment by keeping their discount rates in line than to balance overall investment against consumption by using a test discount rate closer to the rate at which consumers would swap current for future consumption . |
| 15 | Auditors are not directly concerned with the solution of problems ; if they were ; they would become responsible for those solutions and thereby lose their objectivity and status to provide an independent examination and appraisal of a service . |
| 16 | She then went into the kitchen and wrote a letter to her mother , which she would have ready for poor Monica Waters , who would certainly be turning up here in the next day or two . |
| 17 | Todor ( 1980 ) predicted that this would hold true for other tasks mediated by the language hemisphere and he therefore required his subjects to carry out a sequential motor task . |
| 18 | In order for a cloud of particles to be able to collapse to form a black hole , it would seem necessary for this wavelength to be smaller than the size of the black hole that would be formed . |
| 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 other concern in the City Council 's evidence on H One er is this issue of distribution , I note Mr Davis 's comments about the difficulties of subdividing the Greater York allocation between different districts , and I I do acknowledge the difficulty in relation to Harrogate , and particularly Hambledon which obviously has a very small proportion of Greater York , on the other hand both Ryedale and Selby do contain a substantial proportion of the Greater York population , er based on my calculations of their er proportion of the population of Greater York which admittedly is a somewhat crude way of of doing estimates , but in the absence of of any other projections that was really the only way to do it , my estimate is that the er compared with the nine seven target of County Council would take in the could potentially be seen to be taking a share of four thousand two hundred in Ryedale and seventeen hundred for Selby , if you base it on their existing population distribution on er part outside the city , now I 'm not saying necessarily that 's how the way you would do it , but I I think it 's an indication that the scale of development in those two districts is quite significant in Greater York , our concern is that the policy as it currently stands does not give any real guidance as to the way in which distribution of development outside the city , but in Greater York , erm can be er should be di divided up , and I think the problem really occurs from the introduction of the new settlement into H One , erm I do n't want to stray into the H Two debate Chair , but I think it 's the fact that H One does include a figure for the new settlement , that the new settlement is not located within any particular district , but that all the district totals do include in effect a figure which is undetermined at this stage , that that would be absorbed by the new settlement , as I understand the policy at the moment , and I think that really does introduce a problem , erm because clearly all of the emerging districts wide local plans could be in conformity with the structure plan and not include the new settlement , I think it 's er interesting to note that the the D O E's recently published a good practice guide , on development plans , did particularly highlight the situation in Greater York , as a problem , as a shortcoming of the existing plan , and if I can just quote it , it does say this , on page forty three , it would seem appropriate for broad locations of new development to be established by means of an alteration to the structure plan . |
| 21 | Since Alexander Pope declared that ‘ the proper study of mankind is man ’ it would seem reasonable for social scientists to observe the behaviour of their fellow men and women . |
| 22 | He would lie awake for complete nights . |
| 23 | While smaller churches may be able to count every week , this may prove impractical for large churches , especially with more than one exit , without some fairly elaborate means of arriving at a total for each service . |
| 24 | While LC terminals such as these may prove acceptable for specialised uses , the Japanese are continuing work on the fully matrix-addressed screen . |
| 25 | The isotopes give off long-lasting alpha radiation and the waste will remain dangerous for 3000 years or more . |
| 26 | ‘ The lines will remain open for three days , until the next edition of SnitchWatch U.S.A . |
| 27 | Beryl Smith wishes it to be known the venue will remain open for further training in the future . |
| 28 | A retiring partner will remain liable for such partnership liabilities as existed at his retirement for a term of five years . |
| 29 | Raw fruits also keep well if stored in the fridge , where they will remain fresh for several weeks . |
| 30 | THE GLOOMY jobs market will stay sluggish for some time after the recession ends , Essex Tory MPs warned at the weekend . |