Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] [prep] [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition we will have with us and I am sure that the opportunity should be given to him to share news on Zimbabwe and the drought situation . |
| 2 | Then the letter containing the promise declared on is said to specify what the assistance would be , namely , £150 per annum during the uncle 's life , and until the plaintiffs professional income should be acknowledged by him to exceed 600 guineas ; and a further averment , that the plaintiff , relying upon his promise , without any revocation on the part of the uncle , did marry Ellen Nicholl . |
| 3 | Having provided for the acquisition of an outgoing partner 's share , the partners must determine what restrictions should be put on him to prevent any action of his eroding the value of that share . |
| 4 | There is a small minority who abuse the Ridgeway , but it should be left to us to disuade them . |
| 5 | Though an individual pupil may be in his fourth-year class as far as the administration of the school goes , and as far as concerns his social activities or his out-of-school interests , the school must be prepared for him to go off and study the syllabus required for his graded tests alongside people who are not in his own year . |
| 6 | As we have seen , horses have basic physiological and psychological needs which must be met for them to remain in good health both physically and emotionally . |
| 7 | Eastern European workers must be informed on what to expect and how best to deal with it . |
| 8 | Mrs Fry shook it gingerly and said , ‘ You must be dying for something to eat , both of you . |
| 9 | Lucy sent Silas a side glance as she said , ‘ When I first arrived you said it might be arranged for me to see a kiwi , but I 'll quite understand … ’ |
| 10 | So much so in fact that they 'll be looking to you to help them actually . |
| 11 | She was clearly mentally disturbed , and the reason that I got in touch with the legal project was to see if there 's anything that could be done by them to start giving her some way of getting in touch , getting to solve her problem . |
| 12 | I 'd be prepared for you to go fortnightly . |
| 13 | A neighbouring school may decide to cut back on special needs provision or transport to the swimming baths or some other expensive provision and an influx of recruits from that school may be looking to you to pick up the bills . |
| 14 | ‘ She may be itching for me to leave , but what with the heat and having to fight his corner — ’ he cast her a droll look ‘ — this weary traveller is on the point of dehydration . ’ |
| 15 | It may be uncomfortable for the established order , but the time may be coming for it to move over . |
| 16 | Our problem , J. and I , was that wherever we sat we did tend to have a row of armourers planted behind us , and instead of watching the screen their eyes would be fixed on us to see what we were getting up to . |
| 17 | He was to go to a hotel where arrangements would be made for him to meet Meehan . |
| 18 | Hers was , and always had been , an autocratic empire where the customer would be presented with what to wear . |
| 19 | After they had proved their trustworthiness , permission would be given for them to live in couples in a pension . |
| 20 | Veronica would be working on something to go with the brown shoes and the cardigan . |
| 21 | Soon the Commandant would come through the gates and into the compound and the orders would be shouted for them to form their ranks for roll-call and check before the march to the Factory for work . |
| 22 | He offered to forgo part of his salary as long as some employment would be found for him to make up the difference . |
| 23 | In these schools , he implied , people would be falling over themselves to get jobs , and , in certain cases , they might be employed even if they had no formal teaching qualifications , though that was not expected to be the norm . |
| 24 | Bolted climbing venues are massively popular , and if Land 's End was bolted-up then climbers and climbing courses would be falling over themselves to get down there . |
| 25 | Is the hon. and learned Gentleman aware that not one Member of Parliament from the Scottish National party is present , although I am sure that , in common with everyone else in Scotland , we shall be challenged by it to hear statements about its separatist policies ? |
| 26 | Following this meeting arrangements will be made for you to visit the company 's premises . |
| 27 | We can acquiesce in this thought experiment only because we implicitly assume that enough behavioural complexity will be discovered for us to regard tribe members as having beliefs and intentions , even if , ex hypothesi , their very simple language does not permit them to express these beliefs and intentions . |
| 28 | Since international trade law is largely dispositive and is designed primarily to facilitate international transactions between business enterprises it is only sensible to try out proposals on those who will be affected by them to see whether they will really work . |
| 29 | ‘ People will be clamouring for me to fight Eubank . ’ |
| 30 | Somerset 's new director of coaching , Bob Cottam , will be looking to him to provide the stability and experience which will complement the emergent talents of bowlers like Caddick and Van Troost . |