Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He acknowledges the ‘ Humean predicament ’ ; both induction and the hypothetico-deductive method are fallible , so that any of the beliefs which result from them could turn out to be in error . |
| 2 | They may turn out to be Of equal value to those who do . |
| 3 | But the feminist study of sex differences in language must also , of course , pay attention to the empirical facts , whatever they may turn out to be . |
| 4 | Ca n't explain now , but they may turn out to be important . |
| 5 | They might turn out to be the truth , for all Mungo knew , but he was not yet ready to take the shabby magician fully into his confidence . |
| 6 | The danger is that they might turn out to be entirely different from how you expected them to be . |
| 7 | The ICS , as a body , had never been much taken with political reform , sensing correctly that it set in motion a process whereby they could expect only to be replaced , and both reason and sentiment told them that this would never do . |
| 8 | You never know , they could turn out to be Madonna of tomorrow or the heart throb destined to slip into Kevin Costner 's shoes in years to come . |
| 9 | Another complicating factor is the large number of organisations that are inevitably involved in all the different aspects of rural development , although on the small scale of Lewis and Harris they would appear already to be somewhat better integrated than in many other places . |
| 10 | As we 've seen , until the fences were raced over , no-one could do more than guess how stiff they would turn out to be . |
| 11 | If , from the very beginning , you are able to listen to your children 's point of view and discuss things with them , they will grow up to be your friends and to respect what you say . |
| 12 | We hope that both questions will be pursued with equal vigour and no doubt they will turn out to be unpredictably related to each other . |
| 13 | It is therefore vital that they are given the right sort of care , so they can grow up to be well developed and strong physically , mentally alert , contented and emotionally stable . |