Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [noun] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I looked for , but only occasionally glimpsed , was the recognition that , though differing frameworks of shared assumptions may be barriers to effective understanding , the rewards can be substantial — if not for what we learn about the alien systems then for what we may discover about our own previously unquestioned beliefs . |
| 2 | Previous research has suggested that there may be barriers to particular types of occupation which selectively prevent women from entering them . |
| 3 | Less severe forms of sanction include rebuke , withholding of praise and demanding repetition of work ; in more serious cases there may be referral to senior staff , detention , putting a pupil on report , writing to parents and calling them into school , referring the pupil to a special unit in the school and ultimately exclusion from school . |
| 4 | I do n't accept that is it necessary or even likely that it would that it would er The the damage which could occur by developing Skelton or expanding Skelton erm to the east or to the south would would be damage to different aspects . |
| 5 | Why does the books business still have sale or return , a practice that would be anathema to other fast-moving consumer goods industries ? |
| 6 | There will be visits to major publishers and a number of booksellers , offering participants a behind-the-scenes view of the German trade . |
| 7 | Interspersed with the lessons will be visits to historical sites in Britain and abroad . |
| 8 | WEDGWOOD will be hosts to Australian cricketers and their supporters in an under 15s match on 12 July . |
| 9 | First , there will be resistance to external influence , and this will manifest itself as consensus norms within the dialect that affirm solidary behaviour . |
| 10 | This means that there will be time to fast after the death of Jesus in the sense that it will be , for a short while , a time of great sorrow . |