Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] be [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a well-established convention that a minister should be an MP or a peer ; the Ministers of the Crown Act , 1964 ( in limiting the number of ministers and parliamentary secretaries that can sit in the Commons ) forces the Prime Minister to select a nucleus of ministers from the Lords ; leading figures in the majority party practically demand a Cabinet place — and a ministry of their choice ; new young members need to be nurtured ; and even leaders of factions within the party might have to be given office if only in the hope of softening their opposition to the broad drift of government policy . |
| 2 | I decided that , for anything I could measure to be considered part of a memory trace or engram , it needed to show the following properties . |
| 3 | Automated office systems , which place a premium on the unique record , may have to be given preference over the more ephemeral e-mail . |
| 4 | To inform the courtof any potential parties notified as above or impossible to contact and anyone who may wish to be granted party status . |
| 5 | The three were closely linked and led to two important conclusions : part of the Strategic Reserve would have to be positioned East of Suez ; and there would have to be some stocking of heavy equipment and supplies , and the establishment of essential repair facilities , on the far side of the Arab air/sea barrier . |
| 6 | If the Attorney-General ( Sir Richard Webster ) took the post , Clarke would have to be appointed Attorney-General . |
| 7 | A computer would have to be given knowledge about human eating habits before it could interpret this . |
| 8 | In the case of a matrimonial home which does not have registered title , it would seem to be accepted practice to assume that the title was properly investigated at the time of the husband 's purchase , so that all the husband 's solicitors need to abstract to the wife 's solicitors is the conveyance to the husband , any mortgage , any " sales-off " ( or other transactions affecting the title ) , and details of the covenants affecting the property . |
| 9 | Firstly , the identification and recording of unmet need is not a finding which agencies or governments will want to be made public , especially if one object of the community care reforms is to reduce eligibility for services . |
| 10 | The French Open champion has ‘ a serious condition that will have to be taken care of in a substantial way , ’ said her agent , Phil de Picciotto . |
| 11 | A built-up surround will have to be dismantled piece by piece , but with the other types , you can chop away the plaster just next to the surround until you find the brackets , after which the screws can be undone ( or the brackets sawn through ) and the fireplace surround levered away from the wall with a crowbar . |