Example sentences of "[modal v] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , in contrast to the neo-classical school , Marxists have often emphasized that before any countervailing tendencies set in , the processes of growth in one region and decline elsewhere may for long periods become self-reinforcing . |
| 2 | Thus , even though they may for professional purposes , guarantee their subjects ' anonymity in return for access , they nevertheless stress that behind the ‘ sources in Whitehall ’ or ‘ the people of Hicktown ’ there are indeed real people ; thus establishing both their veracity and their morality . |
| 3 | They may for some reason go to a Mother and Baby Home for a short period before and after they have the baby , or even go to live with foster parents . |
| 4 | There may for some reason be a substantial delay between the date of the agreement and the grant of the lease during which time the tenant may wish to assign its interest in it . |
| 5 | The exception to this has been the work of Women 's Aid groups and the National Women 's Aid Federation , who have consistently and successfully f ought for battered women 's rights to housing in cases of domestic violence . |
| 6 | is an adult but must for bureaucratic reasons be treated as a child ; |
| 7 | It does not follow that because a police officer reasonably suspects a person of having committed an arrestable offence , that the person should for that reason alone be arrested . |
| 8 | The Committee is quoting the Heilbron Report , and appears to be saying that if the public thinks that a particular law covers certain activities and in fact it does cover these activities , then it should for that reason continue to cover only these activities . |
| 9 | I determined that it should not happen again and it seemed impossible that it should for this time I should carry with me the foundation of happiness which I had found behind the wire . |
| 10 | So far we have considered primacy either as a manifestation of corporate tradition , or as a factor in Anselm 's relations with the pope , the archbishop of York , and other interested parties who might for one reason or another support or oppose Anselm 's claims . |
| 11 | Since married men were normally exempt , youths in some areas might for this reason marry as young as fourteen or fifteen and be given a small piece of land by their parents to maintain themselves : the proliferation of very small peasant holdings in Denmark has been attributed to this factor . |
| 12 | This means changing people 's way of thinking and working , maybe breaking down fences and getting them to share information they might for some reason be reluctant to divulge . |
| 13 | Thus , though one might for some purposes characterise the human sciences as concerned with human behaviour in all its fullness this is to misrepresent what turn out to be very different ways of looking at or being interested in the world of human beings . |
| 14 | The same procedure was adopted as for the immediate recall part of the experiment but words were used from set B. However , before the subject was allowed to recall the words an arbitrary three digit number , provided below the word list for each trial , was given to the subject and the subject asked to repeat the number and count backwards by threes as fast as they could for thirty seconds . |
| 15 | We hammered on the door for the gaoler and returned to the main gates of the prison where Benjamin left a coin and instructed the sadistic bastard to do what he could for poor Taplow . |
| 16 | ‘ I did everything I possibly could for that girl . |
| 17 | I did all I could for that plant , but while my White Poplar in the garden went from strength to strength , sprouting new branches and hundreds of suckers that came up like a forest over all the lawn , the fern bought on that memorable day when the second deluge had fallen just faded away before my eyes . |
| 18 | I was put off at Smith field and asked to get to the Strand as best I could for another bus . |
| 19 | For instance , concern over a drama examination could for some candidates obliterate the possibility of second-order experiencing . |
| 20 | Refer to the To Wound Chart to determine the roll needed to wound , and roll a dice per hit as you would for multiple bow or crossbow hits . |
| 21 | so like they would for two days before Christmas you , you ball a horse give a ball , see ? |
| 22 | But I would for two brothers or eight cousins ’ . |
| 23 | I do n't imagine they would for one moment I doubt it no . |
| 24 | She went down the stairs and , again remembering Naylor 's rage , she was certain about one thing — that , whatever way , whichever way , somehow , if he had not done so already , Naylor would at some time soon take action that would for all time sever the relationship he thought she had with his cousin . |
| 25 | Well , that 's certainly true , but Bridgemere is absorbing the extra cost itself so you 'll be paying the same for the nursery 's coir-grown plants as you would for peat-raised plants . |
| 26 | I do n't think he will for one minute ! |
| 27 | In the urban areas , where a third of Africa 's population will soon live , tribal loyalties will for the most part diminish , but will for many years exist in parallel with other loyalties . |
| 28 | Since , however , cases concerning property which has devolved according to those provisions will for many years continue to come before the courts , they are summarized in a note at the end of the book . |
| 29 | As for apportioning blame for the £215m fraud at International Signal and Control , the Ferranti subsidiary , rumour and speculation abounded as it will for some time to come . |
| 30 | The results of these measures will for some time be inconclusive , if only because parties to an experiment must still depend on the larger part of the economy which continues to operate according to traditional principles . |