Example sentences of "are [adj] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Anyone wanting to work out what they are due can write to their local Social Security office for a ‘ pension forecast ’ .
2 Whether such attachments are possible will depend very much on how much help and support he or she has received whilst going through the process of loss ( which we will be looking at later ) .
3 Certainly , those who aim to buy when prices are low and sell when they are high can find plenty of Peps where the unit or share price now stands below its former peak .
4 Prominence must obviously be understood in relative terms : if features can register on a reader 's mind in his recognition of style , the degree to which they are salient will vary , and the degree to which the reader responds in a given reading will also vary according to a number of factors , such as his attentiveness , sensitivity to style and previous reading experience .
5 But the future is never clear , and there are often things that we are afraid might happen to us .
6 So people who are unemployed can claim income support .
7 Just proving that you are right and they are wrong will lose the election for you .
8 Now what my constituents who are interested would like to know is , what actually does President Mitterrand want ?
9 People who are interested should write to me at the address below .
10 A failure to recognize that interpretation and conceptual evaluation are different may lead to the assumption that ideas from one area of enquiry are self-evidently relevant to another .
11 Should this be achieved , the frequently cited fear of many parents of not being able to look after their children when they are old would cease to be a matter of concern .
12 Where this is impracticable , groups or categories of stock items which are similar will need to be taken together .
13 The only certainty is that those nations that are victorious will write what is later termed ‘ history ’ , and will do it in such a way as to justify their actions .
14 ‘ Them that are lucky 'll get fresh meat later on , ’ he retorted .
15 Returning to work before you are fit could infect others and delay your recovery .
16 Now Darwin got from this this idea that somehow sudden things are miraculous , are natural , erm but admittedly they may happen but I mean there is a miraculous element about sudden things , whereas things that are natural should happen gradually , and he retained this view in spite of changing his ideas about all sorts of other things , and let us now see why the gradualism was so important a component of his theory of evolution .
17 What appears clean to one person will not necessarily appear clean to another and , even to the same person , an operation where standards are constant may present a different picture on different days .
18 It implies that those movements in aggregate demand which are predictable will have no effect on real output and , by implication , employment or unemployment , but will only affect prices .
19 10 Send pictures only to those editors who you are sure will want to print them .
20 d Options It is likely that mildly demented people who are undisturbed will continue to attend " ordinary " day centres and geriatric day hospitals .
21 However , it can be argued that prescribing of psychotropic drugs when marital and social difficulties are pre-eminent might encourage the patient to believe that such problems are due to ‘ illness ’ and therefore not surmountable by his own efforts .
22 But , as Spenser 's discussion of the Old English going native in A View of the Present State of Ireland reveals , the destructive interior elements when placed in an environment where their exterior corresponding elements are present may gain possession of a potentially good individual or group and bring about degeneracy .
23 In a separate publication1 , I feel that I have shown that the inter-reaction processes involved when two dominant forms of ion are present can cause one ion form to screen the geomagnetic field effective on the other form to bring about a resonance at a frequency of up to 1.5 times higher that that for a single ion .
24 Carrying a tent where mountain huts are prolific may seem an unnecessary burden , but it allows total flexibility and we soon discovered the benefits of camping where we chose .
25 In the above excluded instances the MAS team will remain an important member of the client 's team , acting as a catalyst/manager of the process , but the lead role as far as the public are concerned would fall to either a merchant bank or stockbroker with suitable experience in the public arena .
26 I think that you 've made the point that those who are concerned must go and , and speak to the clerk and look at the er specifications
27 One MP said : ‘ It 's a rotten job , under constant scrutiny and most of those who are critical would take fright if they were offered it . ’
28 But finds that are deteriorating ( such as iron objects which corrode rapidly in damp conditions ) , that have been preserved by unusual conditions ( such as waterlogged wood or leather which dry out and warp or crumble if left untreated ) , or any others which are fragile may need conservation in a laboratory to prevent further decay and to strengthen them , so that they can be handled and studied .
29 First , it seems clear that although the wide range of credit types which are available should let people easily find and use their best-value choice , lack of knowledge and the very widespread practice of tacking a particular credit arrangement almost automatically on to a particular shopping transaction combine to make rational choice of credit relatively rare .
30 For single women especially , who may feel that they have to give up a career , knowing what facilities are available could prove a veritable godsend .
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