Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand that at the GATT negotiations , for example , we may eventually settle for a 30 per cent . |
| 2 | If au else fails , a sector which is being undermined by imports may successfully apply for exemption from restrictions on the formation of a cartel to enable the decline of the sector to proceed in an orderly manner . |
| 3 | cor this is a bit ugh ah let's all clap for Neil , er , er what 's he gon na do go off and have a boxing match ? |
| 4 | At first , this effect may only last for half an hour but , as you have more lessons , these feelings of lightness , balance and general ease within your body will extend for longer and longer periods . |
| 5 | The Army has similar powers of arrest under section 14 of the Act , but detention may only last for up to 4 hours . |
| 6 | For one reason , space is almost a vacuum , so that molecules erm are few and far between , and one thing about chemistry it is really the science of not particularly molecules but molecules that react with one another , but here once one has got a molecule in space it does n't actually meet another one for a very long time , so even a molecule that is reactive and which may only last for maybe a microsecond in the laboratory , interstellar space it may last for a thousand years . |
| 7 | If you hold a full Great Britain licence but are currently disqualified in GB you may only apply for a provisional licence . |
| 8 | Any actuarial calculation must therefore be discounted to allow for the chance that he may only live for a shorter period . |
| 9 | A problem may obviously arise for the builder where the nominated supplier makes deliveries late in the month and the relevant invoices are not available at the date of the valuation . |
| 10 | Returning now to our basic theory , we see that the extension of Freud 's monotraumatic theory of human social evolution to a polytraumatic one allows us to discern in human cultural evolution a pattern which , if it should prove to be real , may perhaps represent for the human sciences something like the revolution introduced into the physical sciences by Copernicus , Kepler and Galileo . |
| 11 | A similar mechanism may perhaps account for the fact that some group-living animals drive sick or injured individuals out of the group . |
| 12 | A representative chosen by the people of a particular constituency should presumably speak for that constituency . |
| 13 | Kicked out of Footsie , Tarmac is trailing the class acts in building materials badly and must secretly wish for a German recession to unseat Redland and RMC from their pedestals . |
| 14 | Sec. should rather arrange for a pattern of feedback that will keep him continuously informed of actions taken . |
| 15 | Thus , in the case of the Roman hoards of the late third century , we should perhaps look for some other explanation . |
| 16 | Ellen wondered if she should perhaps look for a replacement , but put it off . |
| 17 | ‘ I should perhaps wait for some more romantic hour . ’ |
| 18 | It occurred to me that I should perhaps wait for my daughter Sophie outside her school , to make sure she understood that I had not abandoned her , had merely left Lou for a man who loved me and would make me happy ; that things would presently calm down , and as soon as Hugo and I had sorted things out a little and established our new home she could join us . |
| 19 | I should perhaps add for completeness sake that it was urged upon your Lordships that there was always a possibility of a leak to the prosecuting authorities of incriminating information disclosed by the defendants as a result of complying with the order and use being made , innocently , by the prosecution of such information , which , ex hypothesi , they had not themselves acquired . |
| 20 | We work on the principle that you should only pay for the services you need . |
| 21 | However campers should only stay for a night or two , be unobtrusive and sensitive to wildlife , and leave no litter . |
| 22 | Powerful software should only ask for information it needs . |
| 23 | A charity such as ours must constantly strive for greater efficiency , to put every penny of your subscription to good use . |
| 24 | I reckon we should all vote for Mr Bean ! |
| 25 | And his will was that the slave , the young man who was scarcely more than a boy , should somehow die for his brief moment of rebellion . |
| 26 | I should just go for half an hour |
| 27 | I think that the instructor should treat the first flight on a particular glider as if it was the first flight of the day , and on subsequent flights he should just check for full and free movement and that the surfaces are moving fully . |
| 28 | She has succeeded in convincing Rainbow that she alone must somehow atone for the misdeeds of the ancestress who caused poor Anya to wander forever in a twilight world . |
| 29 | The Order was content that pre-petition assignees should still qualify for compensation under the scheme . |
| 30 | But , to borrow ideas from Professor Charles Handy , partnership should still strive for its own immortality . |