Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [be] [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such experiences would need to be repeated many times before there was a lasting effect , but this , of course is irrelevant in the context of the immensity of evolutionary time . |
| 2 | Or do n't girls wait to be asked these days ? ’ |
| 3 | When the various negatives are put together , a case can begin to be made that sport is a destructive influence on American public life . |
| 4 | Whether or not Woolwich can claim to be awarded that interest depends on whether it had a cause of action to recover each payment as a debt due it on the date when it was made . |
| 5 | Specifically , the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act 1875 provided that an agreement by two or more persons to do or procure to be done any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute should not be a criminal conspiracy unless the act itself was punishable as a crime . |
| 6 | Probably yes , but no one can be certain of safety in this context ; the field is too new , and since treatment may have to be repeated many times , even an unlikely event may eventually happen . |
| 7 | Figure 2.3 illustrates a production flow in the TV industry with just three stages , but these would have to be extended many times to include all the firms involved . |
| 8 | These sweet snacks do not have to be eaten each day ( savoury snacks or fruit would be much better ) . |
| 9 | If it goes as well as expected , decisions will have to be made this year on how best to scale up the operation and where to site the next expansion , he said . |
| 10 | In R&D projects this is not the case and a job may have to be done several times before the outcome is acceptable . |
| 11 | In R&D projects this is not the case and a job may have to be done several times before the outcome is acceptable . |
| 12 | Jenny Dale 's lessons would have to be used another day . |
| 13 | If the Managing Director of Cords Plc were to require that next year 's profit show a 15% increase over last year 's performance , how many pairs of trousers would have to be sold each month ( i ) assuming that the Sales Director 's policies were adopted and ( ii ) assuming that they were not adopted . |
| 14 | After a while , I told them we did n't want to be treated this way . |
| 15 | ‘ He hated lying flat on his butt for six years , and he did n't want to be buried that way , ’ said a friend . |
| 16 | Speaking at the World Conservation Union meeting in Perth , Australia , the organisation claimed that without protection , 5,000 of the remaining 50,000 orang-utans will continue to be lost each year . |
| 17 | You , as beneficial owner , assign to Oxford University Press the copyright and all other intellectual property rights in respect of the product by the law in any part of the world , authorise Oxford University Press to make or cause to be made any alterations , adaptations and additions to the product , and waive your rights conferred by Chapter IV of Part I of the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 . |