Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of us may compensate for this by driving our cars like dervishes or creating dramas in our personal lives . |
| 2 | A sufficient moral universe it may remain for those who inhabit it , but they are a dwindling band and for large areas of the country Labour 's world is a cultural world apart . |
| 3 | This reserve will be used to offset any losses which may arise for each trade or gang during the progress of the contract . |
| 4 | Climbing expeditions into the peaks themselves have also left behind piles of rubbish , and Cullen ( 1986 ) points out that the problem is compounded by the fact that in such a high Alpine environment decomposition rates are very slow so that discarded materials may persist for several years if not decades . |
| 5 | Ethnicity is not , however , always marked by linguistic distinctiveness , Labov 's work with Italian and Jewish speakers in New York City shows that such distinctiveness may persist for several generations , or conversely may disappear with the first generation of native-born speakers who nevertheless maintain a strong sense of ethnicity ( Labov 1972b : 281 ) . |
| 6 | Although the clinical signs are abating the bronchi are still inflamed and residual lesions such as bronchial and peribronchial fibrosis may persist for several weeks or months . |
| 7 | Because , for reasons mentioned earlier , the itching may persist for some time , an just in case the first application was not exhaustive , it is quite common to advise a second treatment one week after the first . |
| 8 | It may make for some good headlines , but De Niro certainly does n't come on like a tycoon , talking about his company as not so much a business , more an ‘ artistic community ’ where people can freely exchange ideas . |
| 9 | Details of entitlement can be obtained from the address below and anyone who considers they may qualify for such relief should contact this office . |
| 10 | If you are looking for respite care for short periods , or convalescent care , you may qualify for some help through Income Support if you have less than £8,000 in savings . |
| 11 | On such surfaces larvae may survive for some weeks . |
| 12 | The more that is done , therefore , to ensure that anti-racist training is task-related rather than theoretical , the more workers may opt for these courses ‘ voluntarily ’ . |
| 13 | Consensus theorists allocated a very important role to values ; whatever differences in expected behaviour there may be between different groups within a society they consider that a general consensus on the most significant values — central values — must exist for any society to operate satisfactorily . |
| 14 | When working from a helicopter or plane , one is very much in the world of instant photography , and you must prepare for this . |
| 15 | The studies reached a common conclusion that some physical failures or individual errors can be foreseen , and that improved organisation and management should compensate for such errors . |
| 16 | Out of the Frame , the compactness of the gallery restricts Mike Roles ' unique photo sculptures to a couple of pieces , but many of the artists working maquettes should compensate for this ( until 7 Mar ) . |
| 17 | There 'll be a great big clamour I sho I should think for those seats ! |
| 18 | If he was ever to be an artist , he should strive for more balance . |
| 19 | To any of you with decent sensibilities , I must apologize for these horrific images . |
| 20 | I must apologize for this one , it 's hard for me sometimes to understand it as well . |
| 21 | Shiva thought , I must wait for more news , I must bear it and wait . |
| 22 | The National Curriculum is certainly not a complete curriculum , it stated : the whole curriculum must include for all pupils ( and in some cases at all stages ) areas of learning which , though not separately identified , are nonetheless ‘ clearly required ’ . |
| 23 | A report of the Consultative Committee of the Board of Education in 1931 ( The Primary School ) contained words which were repeated by the Plowden Report in 1967 , " What a wise and good parent would desire for his own children , that a nation must desire for all children . " |
| 24 | I think you should wait for that and do n't make any presumptions about the future of the runway . |
| 25 | Erm , if we are asking Mr to look at the long-term viability and the ways of preserving that , those options may be other than option one which was what you moved , and I think it 's rather premature to actually go down a road that says we preserve it in it 's present form with some disposals , when , we are asking for a report for it 's future viability , which may mean complete disposal , or may not , and I think , that , that 's why I 've seconded Mr 's amendment , because it 's right we should wait for that that report to come to property , know the full facts , and then we can make a decision as to which option we want for the County Farms estate . |
| 26 | It is characteristic of the novel that climate and vegetation should count for no less than its comedy of manners , in which the Jewish businessman Harry de Tunja plays an enjoyable part , and that neither of these two elements , so far as they can be distinguished from the rest of the novel , should count for less than the opinions which they help to convey . |
| 27 | A complete semantic theory , whether human or computationally oriented , must specify for each expression what semantic information that expression conveys , which in turn determines what that expression can refer to . |
| 28 | The offline manager must specify for each media item whether it is to be used for primary or secondary purposes , although there is no absolute requirement to make them of different media types . |
| 29 | Given the leading role that Ms Rodham Clinton and Donna Shalala , the Health and Human Services secretary , appear to be taking in developing solutions , and their explicit interest in children , we should watch for this ‘ wild card . ’ |
| 30 | Lovat ended that appeal by emphasising his belief that it was ‘ a most wise & prudent maxim that a man in power should do for those that he is pretty sure will stand & fall with him in all events ’ , and in general that was the major qualification for appointment to the judicial bench in eighteenth-century Scotland . |