Example sentences of "things [vb mod] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | However bad things might prove to be decades hence , in 1984 , they could not be so bad that religious feeling would simply have died out ; and he promises to visit Orwell in his illness , which he did . |
| 2 | It was warm over here by the fire and there was an unpleasant stench of stale giant and the surreptitious breaking of wind from Goll the Gorm who had eaten too much onion broth again , but these things would have to be overlooked . |
| 3 | Mind you , things would have to be very bad indeed before I 'd do that . ’ |
| 4 | She knew , ’ said Raynor thoughtfully , ‘ that long-ago Queen , that there would be times in Ireland 's history when things would need to be hidden . ’ |
| 5 | The principles of analogy ( things will tend to be as they were before ) and local interpretation ( if there is a change , assume it is minimal ) form the basis of the assumption of coherence in our experience of life in general , hence in our experience of discourse as well . |
| 6 | All these things will have to be replaced or you will feel draughts . |
| 7 | Other things will have to be altered as well , of course , for the date of the election is not an isolated fact ( there are no isolated facts , which is why there can not be a world similar to ours in every respect except one ) . |
| 8 | But other things will have to be worked through . |