Example sentences of "[modal v] be [v-ing] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But independent councillor Tony Moore said : ‘ We should be looking to private business to help bail out the museum . |
| 2 | But what they do ask for , and what we should be calling to this government to honour the existing contracts at Swan Hunters , to allow the workers at Swan to complete the work on the three vessels already in the river . |
| 3 | Is there anything I should be doing to this flat ? |
| 4 | Very soon I should be talking to English people again , people who were on my side after all . |
| 5 | If your talents are more those of an illustrator you should be applying to one of the commercial studios which supply agencies and magazines . |
| 6 | The first reaction to ‘ if you want money , get lost ’ was that Steen must be referring to potential blackmailers , but then Charles realized how unlikely that was . |
| 7 | St George 's Channel lies between the Welsh and Irish coasts so , unless Captain Bunsby is even more confused than he appears , he must be referring to some smaller channel off the eastern coast of Kent in DS 23 , since the Goodwins and the Downs are both in that region . |
| 8 | In learning to create these kinds of grooves you must have a direction with the music , and to develop a direction you must be listening to that kind of music . |
| 9 | It requires organisation and planning , as one group usually follows another and for the changeover to be smooth all departments must be working to maximum efficiency . |
| 10 | Thus factors other than the presence of intraluminal unhydrolysed triglycerides must be contributing to faecal bile acid loss in this group of patients . |
| 11 | Even if they had to take sewing lessons first it would still be less expensive and the idea of hiring a wedding dress must be unappealing to many brides . |
| 12 | she must be going to High Down Hill . |
| 13 | They might be talking to each other . |
| 14 | If dietary deficiency seems to be a factor , the counsellor should be able to help the counsellee ascertain which factors in the diet might be contributing to poor health , perhaps in consultation with the books mentioned above , or with a nutritionist or dietitian . |
| 15 | Hitching contacted John Taylor , Professor of Mathematics at King 's College , London , who suspected that Lewis might be responding to small changes in magnetism . |
| 16 | But we think we might be going to another do in February , it 's actually in two or three weeks . |
| 17 | We 'll be flying to Nice or somewhere like that . |
| 18 | Er , do n't feel a bit disappointed that during my presentation I 'll be expecting to this hospital , I 'll take you to the operating room , er |
| 19 | It looks like I 'll be getting to both . |
| 20 | Now , ambulance crews have put together a video of some accidents which they 'll be showing to young drivers . |
| 21 | Erm while I would n't disagree with with that general sentiment , I would probably disagree with what that figure should be but we 'll be turning to that er next week . |
| 22 | The last council yes and why not and this council and we have n't heard the end of it yet , well I 'll be coming to that bit do n't rush , do n't rush me We did ask the Secretary of State not to impose V A T on fuel and light because of the hardship it would impose on the people and in particular elderly pensioners , sick and invalids . |
| 23 | IT 'S DAD 'S WEEK in the Echo and every day we 'll be talking to famous sons and daughters about the favourite man in their lives their dad . |
| 24 | I 'll be talking to arch modernizer Harriet Harman , and John Cole takes a sideways look at the Chancellor 's dilemma as he prepares his first budget . |
| 25 | And as ag I will , I 'll be returning to this obviously in consideration of Italy and Germany , but it is perhaps worth making this point now . |
| 26 | He 'd be talking to some man all evening , they 'd be getting on very well indeed as far as we could all see , but then Miss P would still be there alone when the lights went on , and the man would have gone . |
| 27 | The euphemistic linguistic representation of sexual foreplay as in L'Esquiriel may be titillating to different readers to various possible degrees , but in general such presentations in the fabliaux are either too absurd or too blatant , or both of these , for the fabliaux to stand any serious comparison with the verbal eroticism of modern pornographic narrative . |
| 28 | For example , delay on the project may be owing to either lack of information from the surveyor or the failure of the contractor to progress the works at the required pace . |
| 29 | This may be contributing to current depression of desire and loss of human potency . |
| 30 | Some dealers , all sitting together , would be listening to these lines for hours on end . |