Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The council may demur for two reasons . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Chop up your milk-fed lamb — a kilo should do for four people — into whatever size you fancy . |
| 5 | Regular means at least three times a week and ideally you should exercise for 30 minutes every day . |
| 6 | No one is really debating the reasons why people should vote for one party rather than the other . ’ |
| 7 | The decision of the Tribunal is that a salary increase of 1.69% should apply for 12 months from 1st March 1993 . |
| 8 | You must take for twenty-one days religiously , stop for seven , always begin on the same day of the week , got it ? |
| 9 | After a previous round of talks , held in Moscow earlier in the month , Niyazov decreed on May 26 that conscripts in the Turkmen armed forces should serve for 18 months ( but for two years with the navy and for one year by those with higher education ) . |
| 10 | Imagine my disgust when I told the car park attendant of the delays , only to be informed that I must pay for two hours parking , as ‘ That is what is on the computer . ’ |
| 11 | Platitudinarians should live for one week where society has compelled millions to live . |
| 12 | The new system should allow for one audit to be acceptable to all purchasers of training . |
| 13 | There are also professionally-applied textured coatings which are sprayed on , and should last for 10 years or more . |
| 14 | This course should last for three weeks — if a monthly period occurs during this time , the pessaries should be continued throughout the period . |
| 15 | If all these factors are adequately taken into account — and drainage should be provided in any case to prevent mosquitoes and other insects breeding — mud buildings should last for 50 years and more with adequate maintenance . |
| 16 | Applicants should enclose a cv , current preprints and a list of publications , and should arrange for two letters of reference to be sent to N. d'Ambrumenil , Department of Physics , at the University . |
| 17 | Moreover , the government had earlier proposed that Parliament should sit for three days a week , instead of five . |
| 18 | However , payments must continue for ten years . |
| 19 | The gathering ended when one of the section shaikhs said he had business to attend to that evening , they should ask for 6000 dinars , and please would Muhammad al-Sharifi close the proceedings . |
| 20 | When the time arrives , the proposer has 10 minutes to speak in favour of his Bill and an opposer may speak for 10 minutes against it . |
| 21 | A 4-megabit chip ought to sell for five times as much as a 1-megabit device , the price premium justified by the smaller space and lower power needed to provide four times the amount of memory . |
| 22 | Being in with the gang did n't stop you getting hit but it meant that the Corporals might think for one second before lifting their fists Along with Mike the Rhodesian , Marius , Robert from Oberammergau and Chris , there was myself and a Frenchman called Tignet . |
| 23 | On the fourth day of your holiday you 'll make the easy coach journey from Rome to Florence , where you 'll stay for four nights at the Hotel Columbus . |
| 24 | Leave Honolulu and fly to San Francisco where you 'll stay for two nights at the Holiday Inn Golden Gateway . |
| 25 | In April , 50 Russian orphans will arrive at the Wells House School , where they 'll stay for 3 months . |
| 26 | And then you have to work out the coins that you 'll need for eight p |
| 27 | It 'll run for two weeks . |
| 28 | Well I 'll play for two players . |
| 29 | It was not only food that was running short ; the Collector was shocked to see how little powder and shot remained the mine , the fougasses , and the firing of chain shot to clear the foliage had seriously depleted what he had considered an ample provision of powder ; if used sparingly it might last for two weeks , but the shot was almost exhausted . |
| 30 | However , record contracts tend to last longer than management agreements ( a management agreement might last for three years while a record contract may go on as long as ten ) . |