Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | when some security staff are located outside the hotel , they may need to be in constant communication with their colleagues inside the building , in order to verify that people arriving are bona fide guests , for example . |
| 2 | I 'm not demanding we spend the entire weekend locked in a clinch , ’ Vitor said impatiently when she started to protest , ‘ but we should appear to be on good terms . |
| 3 | LAST year 's accounts were concluded with my statement — ‘ We must continue to be of cautious mind as to the immediate future , confident nevertheless that our chosen strategy best equips the group to weather the ongoing economic turbulence . ’ |
| 4 | To a casual observer water on a surface may appear to be in complete contact with it . |
| 5 | I should save the trip until the weekend , when we can all go , besides , she 'll be bored with all your old historical studies , she 'll want to be with other people of her own age , other Americans , perhaps — I mean , there are plenty of them about the place , goodness knows , and that shirt should really go in the wash straight away . ’ |
| 6 | Moreover , in this particular case the justices were hearing this application on 27 January 1992 against the background which included the making of a full care order on 15 May 1991 , an order which , as I have already indicated , was made after hearing submissions by the guardian ad litem and by the local authority which might seem to be in marked distinction to the submissions being made now , only a few months later . |
| 7 | On the basis of the meanings expressed , all the uses of the to infinitive can be divided into two general types which at first sight might seem to be in direct contradiction with one another . |
| 8 | Although , in years to come , these might prove to be of social interest , many such letters refer only to domestic and personal trivia and , having personally recently discovered a letter written to me over 30 years ago by my wife just before we were married , I would not want this to be read by anyone else at all . |
| 9 | This new right could prove to be of particular utility in medical negligence claims . |
| 10 | There are two commonly-used types of filter that could prove to be of little , if any use , in the course of keeping large cichlids — the small corner box filter and the sponge filter . |
| 11 | The evidence would need to be of positive performance ; that is , pupils taking the tests should have a high chance of success . |
| 12 | Also , he lived in Wales and therefore would need to be in frequent telephone contact with C.N.D. headquarters . |
| 13 | The metabolic expression of the thrifty genotype favouring non-insulin dependent diabetes would appear to be via selective tissue insulin resistance and relatively high basal and stimulated insulin concentrations . |
| 14 | This does not seem to me a very sensible strategy , because on the face of it these ideas would appear to be of potential relevance to pedagogic practice . |
| 15 | Although no country would choose to be without indigenous energy resources , a number of countries lacking access to significant gas , oil , or coal resources have avoided much of the divisive and damaging controversies which have afflicted successive UK governments in their efforts to make the best of being an island built of coal , surrounded by oil and gas and one of the pioneers of nuclear engineering . |
| 16 | In other words it would have to be job beneficial , it would have to be of strategic importance and and all those other things we 've been discussing . |
| 17 | To be worthwhile , any such conference would have to be of sufficient weight so that it could have a decisive effect on the ‘ official ’ international conferences — several of which had already taken place with the express purpose of reviewing the treaty , but which had succeeded in producing only confusion and bitterness . |
| 18 | In the main , larval control would have to be near perfect in its efficiency and to allow very few adults to survive . |
| 19 | Alkaline bile secretion is known to contribute significantly to duodenal protection against acid injury to a similar ( if not greater ) degree than pancreatic secretion and stimulation of biliary bicarbonate secretion during or before feeding would seem to be of physiological benefit . |
| 20 | They would seem to be of integral importance to any manager or coach handling black sportsmen , yet few theorize at any level other than the physiological or , more occasionally , the psychological . |
| 21 | And , since even rétro fashions evolve , the current rage would seem to be in equal measure for the gangrenous glamour of the Thirties gangster movie ( Miller 's Crossing , Dick Tracy , Bugsy ) and the clammy high-mindedness of the Sixties political biopic ( JFK , Ruby , Spike Lee 's Malcolm X , Danny de Vito 's Hoffa ) . |
| 22 | As it turned out , socket-teeth were a highly successful innovation , permitting a great improvement in chewing techniques ; one of many functional physiological adaptations that would prove to be of enormous survival value . |
| 23 | However slight the contact may seem to be between certain levels of government policy-making and the work of teaching , managers of education at school level would be better placed if teachers were at least aware that programmes such as those connected with the TVEI can be altered by ministerial will — and can have their funding reduced . |
| 24 | To achieve the list of objectives set you will need to be in constant contact with the leading publications in your field and in occasional contact with all the other publications which might be useful . |
| 25 | You will need to be in top form during March , June , August , October and November . |
| 26 | From this collection of information , which in many cases will need to be in considerable detail , a job description can be written . |
| 27 | That 's what we mean by the year , and at opposite sides of its orbit a nearby star , for example , will appear to be in different directions relative the background of very much fainter , more distant stars , and we can use that to see how far away it is . |
| 28 | And Weir will have to be in top form to get a decision over the Dublin champion who could well be his bogey and the host Association 's best bet to win an Irish title this weekend . |
| 29 | The equipment you 'll sell will tend to be of premium quality , the software certainly does n't come cheap and there 's lots of training and backup possibilities . |
| 30 | I have seen enough to believe that the materials , over time , will prove to be of real help to teachers trying to solve their own problems by enabling them to see what support there is in the sharing of difficulties and by strengthening the belief that efficient discussion can lead to effective action . |