Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In others it may last for months . |
| 2 | Indeed , it may vary for reasons which are in part a matter for individual decision and temperament . |
| 3 | It should press for Nato to make its objective the removal of all short-range tactical nuclear weapons from Europe — the third zero option . |
| 4 | It was very well presented and that whilst Billy Connolly freely admitted he was not in fact a culture vulture , it was his enthusiasm that in a sense having his own that make the programme apparently a complete and utter joy and in a sense that 's what sponsorship should do , it should do for art , music , ballet and opera what Cousteau and Bellamy have done for the environment and Attenborough |
| 5 | Users who have commented that , " It should look for phrases " or " Why does it do it word by word ? " can only be answered by saying that phrase searching often does not work very well because many books are not described in the catalogue by the phrases which searchers use . |
| 6 | Rather , it should look for ways of dealing with those people when they have offended and ways of preventing offending . |
| 7 | The notation of a classification scheme is important , and in the context of the knowledge explosion one requirement is that this notation should be " hospitable " , that is , that it should allow for addition at any point in the scheme in the light of new knowledge and new concepts . |
| 8 | It must want for sunlight . |
| 9 | If the law is to recognise the significance of the individual 's physical integrity , then it must provide for offences of this kind even if some of the conduct falling within the definition of the offence is properly kept out of the courts by prosecutorial discretion . |
| 10 | I was afraid it might rain for Christmas . ’ |
| 11 | For a while he tried to read , tried to sink back down into the fortunes of young Pao-yu and his beloved cousin , Tai-yu , but it was no good ; his mind kept returning to the question of the Aristotle File and what it might mean for Chung Kuo . |
| 12 | He followed the principles set out in the Gillian case and concluded that a local authority had a ‘ governing reputation ’ capable of being damaged by libellous statements in respect of which it might sue for injury to reputation without the need to prove damage to its property . |
| 13 | Well I mean that one once you 've got it going , if you can keep it going , it 'll go for miles ! |
| 14 | I ca n't remember the cost but you need to buy a plastic pump and a large bottle of the solution , it 'll last for ages and a good going over the whole house once a month will probably be your best bet . |
| 15 | Yes , I know it 's from last summer and it 's a bit too tailored for this season , but it 'll do for work . |
| 16 | Though the social survey method was not extensively used in Chicago-inspired studies , and there was some scepticism about what it could achieve for sociology compared to field research , with the appointment of Ogburn in 1927 , a statistically trained sociologist , the pace of the development of quantitative methods quickened . |
| 17 | ‘ It could stand for Leonie , or Leonora , perhaps . |
| 18 | Variable travel times were calculated , including the time it could take for part-timers to get to their station . |
| 19 | For sure Cabinets were made and unmade on the floor of the House , but the Cabinet for its part could unmake the House of Commons because it enjoyed the right to ask for a dissolution and after the election it could look for support from amongst members in a new House of Commons . |
| 20 | Net profits were were $595m , which compares with net profit from operations of $556m in the 1991 first quarter , when the company of course reported a big loss because of the change in the method it used to account for employee benefits . |
| 21 | It would pay for time on military computers and research on alternative energy sources and methods of cleaning polluted soil and water . |
| 22 | Dinah had brought a valise with her which contained her stage make-up ; it would pass for luggage . |
| 23 | It would do for excitement , since Edmund could not be there … . |
| 24 | it would do for caravan and erm at home you know |
| 25 | Sparc International on the Novell Inc acquisition of Unix System Laboratories Inc : ‘ There is a large amount of information that is unclear regarding the impact of this purchase — initially , we anticipate that there will be more Novell NetWare content in Unix … potentially , having Novell run Unix as a ‘ business ’ would be beneficial to the Unix community , because it would drive for unification around a central Unix implementation . ’ |
| 26 | Caradon shares closed 45p higher at 533p while MB Group , whose shares fell 8p on Monday amid speculation that it would bid for Caradon , recovered to close 2p higher at 208p . |
| 27 | We posted our letters , and immediately started calculating how long it would take for replies to reach us . |
| 28 | If this was what it would take for Thomas to believe , then even this was possible . |
| 29 | Each corporation would tend to attract to itself a ‘ clientele ’ consisting of those preferring its particular payout ratio , but one clientele would be as good as another in terms of the valuation it would imply for firms . |
| 30 | Leakey could not say what penalties it would introduce for offenders . |