Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb mod] be [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But both were kissed beside the black car then the green , and Karen felt a stirring of regret that she 'd be off to Aunt Jane 's and the lonely wind-blown beaches . |
| 2 | The fact that Harry Martin had seen fit to go this far not only alarmed her but also made her realise that she must be on to something . |
| 3 | right erm could I just check something else which was not mentioned er is that is it when you have opened these two Homeworks shops that you 'll be up to a hundred and seventy eight |
| 4 | In post-industrial Britain both the self-satisfied and the desperate are able to feel justified in clinging on to what they have , or grabbing what they have n't ; at no time — even in the middle of the Live Aid telethon — is there a suggestion that there might be more to life than such behaviour . |
| 5 | The Council of Mortgage Lenders estimated that there would be up to 100,000 repossessions in 1991 — a staggering 120 per cent . |
| 6 | An active group of villagers discovered that there could be up to eighty of these heavy loads . |
| 7 | It was reported that he had said the Government ‘ had fallen flat on its face in dealing with the situation ’ , adding that law and order did not exist in this country at the moment ; that there could be up to five million illegal immigrants in Britain ; and that judges should be able to impose the death sentence on anyone convicted of an offence carrying more than a fifteen year sentence . |
| 8 | A recent Department of the Environment report suggested that there could be up to 5,000 old gas works sites throughout the country . |
| 9 | It is so simple that I have known clever men misunderstand it completely , thinking that there must be more to it ! |
| 10 | But I ca n't help feeling that there must be more to it than that . |
| 11 | Or we can decide that there must be more to being alive than this and , like Jonathan Livingston Seagull , become intrepid explorers of life 's possibilities . |
| 12 | In the same way that the spectacle of a butterfly or a peacock still arouses the feeling that there must be more to it than evolution , consciousness insists there must be more to itself than that . |
| 13 | SO MANY have praised Graeme Hick that there must be more to him than has been revealed . |
| 14 | Like many people , maybe you 're feeling that there should be more to a summer holiday than sun , sea and of course , crowds . |
| 15 | It seemed to the hedgehog that there should be more to it than that . |
| 16 | The Commission said , however , that it would be up to member states to propose and enforce measures protecting environmentally sensitive areas from shipping , as this was a matter of national , rather than Community , jurisdiction . |
| 17 | She fully understands that it 'll be up to you and Alan to decide whether you want a book on this subject and if you think it is a complete non-starter you might like to stop her in her tracks . |
| 18 | Where sexual intercourse takes place before the barrel of a gun , it seems quite appropriate that it should be up to the defence to discharge an evidential burden with respect to consent . |
| 19 | It is similarly arguable that it should be up to the defence to provide a proper foundation of evidence for an assertion that a woman who has been robbed by a man nonetheless subsequently consented to sexual intercourse with him . |
| 20 | Experts warned last night that it could be up to a year before he is returned to Jersey . |