Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Jesus was describing a fulfilled life which could only grow to be better and better . |
| 32 | The Astropath must suddenly appear to be possessed — with lethal consequences . |
| 33 | This is not a wholly negative development , but in the new atmosphere it creates antiracist initiatives can only appear to be a patronizing and unacceptable form of special pleading . |
| 34 | Indeed they do not only appear to be immoral , but dishonest as well . |
| 35 | This was especially true in Scotland , and in particular , Glasgow , which may justly claim to be the deaf ‘ capital ’ during this era . |
| 36 | He was an ex-barrister , a very live wire , who could justly claim to be the founder of the present vastly expanded business . |
| 37 | She did n't much like to be on her own . ’ |
| 38 | In 1932 a journalist wrote of Roosevelt : He is a pleasant man who , without any important qualifications for the office , would very much like to be President . |
| 39 | I would very much like to be able to tell you how many species there are in the ‘ open water ’ group , but to be honest , in common with some scientists as well as other hobbyists , I 'm not sure . |
| 40 | Stephen did n't much like to be reminded of this in public . |
| 41 | I would so much like to be wise , |
| 42 | So maybe you 'd better stick to being just The Strawberries after all . |
| 43 | I would so like to be the proverbial fly on the wall at those Cabinet subcommittees which are currently engaged on passing judgement on so far-fetched a proposition . |
| 44 | ‘ I would so like to be with people . ’ |
| 45 | The thing is that I should so like to be the first to know , officially … ’ |
| 46 | He 's at us all the time , but boys of that age do so like to be morally superior , do n't they ? ’ |
| 47 | However , issues like those listed above can only begin to be seriously addressed if more fundamental assumptions about primary practice are challenged at the same time . |
| 48 | AS A LEAD-UP to the World Cup , I thought I would check to see who can rightly claim to be called favourites for the tournament . |
| 49 | What has been said above about sampling can only hope to be the very lightest of scratches on the surface of what is a vast subject in itself . |
| 50 | However , a great many books that , if one were tabulating them by content , would perhaps have to be called why-dun-its still have in them considerable elements of other sub-genres . |
| 51 | You would quite literally have to be a practising Satanist gone stupid from self-abuse to not know that ‘ Deeply Dippy ’ says more to you about your life than , ooh , lots of other camp ironic pop singers we could mention . |
| 52 | If the video is intended to be little more than shots of the folks taken as and when opportunity offers , you will obviously wish to be burdened with the barest minimum of tackle . |
| 53 | To be completely consistent perhaps Gandhi would not only have to be opposed to the killing of animals for food , but also to the killing of disease-carrying rats , mosquitoes , and venomous snakes , and those forms of plant life that are essential to a vegetarian diet . |
| 54 | An alkali will obviously have to be introduced to neutralise the acid and I am toying with the idea of lime in one form or another . |
| 55 | It could be a fixed amount ( it would obviously have to be something substantially higher than the DM500,000 limit per examination currently applicable to statutory examinations in Germany ) or based on a multiple of fees . |
| 56 | I 'm not sure sure how we could build it into the criteria of But it 's it 's a point which would obviously have to be borne in mind in terms of the str you know , the planning process . |
| 57 | So some of those are items you ca n't satisfy what you need , anyway , so it 's gon na obviously have to be , somebody 's got to go and satisfy some of those . |
| 58 | Hence , worthwhile projects may not proceed or may be unnecessarily delayed , and plans may suddenly have to be changed when constraints are tightened ( see also Likierman , 1984 ) . |
| 59 | Everybody has their own style and tone , and we do n't all have to be clones one and another . |
| 60 | Poets do not necessarily have to be commentators on the historic present ; there is a world within as well as a world without . |