Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The council may demur for two reasons . |
| 2 | ‘ Long periods of racial oppression ’ , he writes , ‘ can result in a system of inequality that may persist for indefinite periods of time even after racial barriers are removed ’ ( p. 146 ) . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Another sort of foreign or peripheral experience may exist for British writers even within London itself . |
| 7 | If when you pay prescription charges you think that you may qualify for free prescriptions , ask the chemist for a receipt form FP 57 ( EC 57 in Scotland ) . |
| 8 | Full-time students may qualify for generous discounts on fees . |
| 9 | Applicants with suitable experience in industry may qualify for special awards . |
| 10 | The survival of H. contortus infection on tropical pastures is variable depending on the climate and degree of shade , but the infective larvae are relatively resistant to desiccation and some may survive for 1-3 months on pasture or in faeces . |
| 11 | On such surfaces larvae may survive for some weeks . |
| 12 | You may opt for extra services such as private banking , insurance planning and tax reviews . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | BRITAIN 'S dairy industry must prepare for likely cutbacks of 20pc or more as the European Community moves to eliminate distorting production subsidies . |
| 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 | There 'll be a great big clamour I sho I should think for those seats ! |
| 17 | Instead Taylor and his players must wait for 10 weeks to build on the foundations laid against the Turks — but , in an attempt to maintain some continuity , Taylor is planning an unscheduled pre-Christmas get-together . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | 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 . " |
| 20 | But you must watch for underhand dealings , if not deception , in early April and July . |
| 21 | If , as I must assume for present purposes , the plaintiffs have a good cause of action in professional negligence against the third party , then it must be at least possible , if not indeed likely , that the damages recoverable by the plaintiffs from the third party would include damages under at least some of these heads . |
| 22 | I do n't think we should look for fundamental changes now but we must look at the configuration of services |
| 23 | From time to time , more goods are produced than can profitably be sold and , as a result , capital must look for other forms of investment . |
| 24 | Obviously in practice the lenders must look for better returns than this ( for example by working their collectors harder or perhaps paying them less ) , which of course only serves to emphasise that their rates of charge are far from profiteering . |
| 25 | To understand how his new stance was formulated , one must search for implicit features in the previous stance , when his target was the English monarchy . |
| 26 | There is little enough of that in the outback and one must search for alternative modes of expression , perhaps among the varieties of modern art which have taught us to see in different ways . |
| 27 | The paradox is that social representation theorists must search for those aspects of socially shared beliefs which would not classify as social representations , just as much as they study social representations . |
| 28 | Despite an initially hostile atmosphere , with demonstrations organized by the regime , the talks concluded on Nov. 13 with an agreement that representatives of the National Assembly should meet for direct talks with Aristide . |
| 29 | All animals must compete for limited resources , but the competition may not be expressed in unrestrained battle to the death . |
| 30 | Regular means at least three times a week and ideally you should exercise for 30 minutes every day . |