Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [vb infin] to be " in BNC.
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| 31 | As crime is related to the pattern and outlook of the society in which it occurs , so penal methods may need to be adapted to the society in which they must operate . |
| 32 | Although the bulk of candidates may continue to be those whose aim is to complete a full HNC or HND course , many , who are interested in retraining or improving their skill level in a specific area , might welcome the opportunity to study for just one or two HN Units . |
| 33 | Unfortunately , this is often a bilateral condition so both eyes may have to be removed . |
| 34 | The distalmost papillae may appear to be slightly curved . |
| 35 | Books may have to be held very close to the eyes . |
| 36 | However , if the Institute is going to plan for the needs of 2001 AD , the whole idea of space occupied by books may need to be revised . |
| 37 | Notation which is to be inscribed on the spine of books may need to be shorter than that used in catalogues , indexes , databases and bibliographies . |
| 38 | Studies of working memory in animals may seem to be rather remote from the standard , acquired distinctiveness procedure . |
| 39 | Out of necessity , some organic sprays may have to be used but this is avoided as much as possible . |
| 40 | These two goals may prove to be incompatible and yet each will have its supporters . |
| 41 | songs may have to be rewritten , particular studio engineers or producers may not be available when first required , band members may fall ill and the record company may delay the release of the album ‘ until the market is right ’ . |
| 42 | The long overdue government guidelines on restraint in children 's homes may have to be re-drafted . |
| 43 | A gradual reversal of the parent/child roles may have to be adjusted to , as the elderly parent moves further on into old age and becomes more dependent in every way , and sometimes the inner fears and insecurities of an old person express themselves in jealousy , possessiveness and resentment of the daughter 's contacts with other family members or friends , which can create many embarrassing situations , and the need for small deceptions to keep the peace . |
| 44 | Now , if the children have grown up and the wife wishes to embark on a career , or return to her former one , or if an elderly relative needs to receive full-time care , the roles may need to be redefined . |
| 45 | Fellow PFK readers may want to be aware of this , should they be fortunate enough to find themselves in , or near , the principality . |
| 46 | But readers may wish to be aware that there is more room for dispute than our sketch suggests . |
| 47 | But the tenants of three of the forest townships , namely Alne , Tollerton and Newton , refused to agree to the disafforestment of Galtres Forest on the terms proposed by the royal commissioners , whereupon in March 1631 the king ordered that the lands of those townships should continue to be ‘ within the jurisdiction of a forest and the forest laws ’ . |
| 48 | A sizable majority of respondents in each of the remaining categories , including local law societies , agreed that grants to individual clients should continue to be unlimited . |
| 49 | Readability , as we have known it , may not be dead , but the utility of formulae must continue to be seriously questioned in the light of current research findings . |
| 50 | Wainwright 's books must continue to be available to all who are prepared to accept his own work , as he wrote it , and as the product of his own generation ( and preferably bearing the cherished stamp of the Westmorland Gazette ) . |
| 51 | Not one of them has enjoyed internal political loyalty and they have therefore lacked the strength or authority to transact formal negotiations in which controversial concessions might have to be made . |
| 52 | Biochemical and genetic influences might come to be better understood in dynamic balance or imbalance with each other , and with others — social , cultural , spiritual and cosmological . |
| 53 | When a waiter asked me , and the people I was eating with , sentence ( 2 ) in Task 2 , we understood him , even though , in textbook terms , his words might seem to be nonsense . |
| 54 | It might not be Ramsgate , but Broadstairs might prove to be quite enjoyable after all . |
| 55 | kids might have to be uprooted all over again because it 's too far from her |
| 56 | Ellwood was n't telling Carey how tight things were , or what methods might have to be used . |
| 57 | Order , for example can function as a noun or as a verb and the transition probabilities of both senses to following words would have to be computed . |
| 58 | Their legs would need to be proportionately stronger , more like a reptile 's or a mammal 's , in which case they would need to have the metabolism of either a reptile or a mammal . |
| 59 | Might it not follow that other steps would need to be taken to help curb local unacceptable populations of rats and mice ? |
| 60 | Reform could take many guises , but there would have to be large investment in housing renewal , educational provision and job creation , while steps would need to be taken to reduce the real but , Scarman argued , not institutionalized , racism apparent within the Metropolitan Police . |