Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [be] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence would need to be of positive performance ; that is , pupils taking the tests should have a high chance of success . |
| 2 | Natural wastage in AEA is currently very low so if there is a need to reduce numbers this will need to be through further redundancies . |
| 3 | We do n't all need to be in working class inner city areas . |
| 4 | Also , he lived in Wales and therefore would need to be in frequent telephone contact with C.N.D. headquarters . |
| 5 | You will need to be in top form during March , June , August , October and November . |
| 6 | To achieve the list of objectives set you will need to be in constant contact with the leading publications in your field and in occasional contact with all the other publications which might be useful . |
| 7 | when some security staff are located outside the hotel , they may need to be in constant communication with their colleagues inside the building , in order to verify that people arriving are bona fide guests , for example . |
| 8 | From this collection of information , which in many cases will need to be in considerable detail , a job description can be written . |
| 9 | It is nature 's version of inductive reasoning : animals learn only cues which tend to predict the imminent arrival of something desirable , like food , and the reliability of the new cue does not need to be by any means perfect . |
| 10 | You do n't need to be against that wall Tom . |
| 11 | I assure you I will strive to be of more worth to the Gold Dragon Hung . |
| 12 | In this more specific area of debate , the issue is whether or not the child will be so badly handicapped that it will be unable to sustain a life which society would consider to be in any sense worthwhile . |
| 13 | Although no country would choose to be without indigenous energy resources , a number of countries lacking access to significant gas , oil , or coal resources have avoided much of the divisive and damaging controversies which have afflicted successive UK governments in their efforts to make the best of being an island built of coal , surrounded by oil and gas and one of the pioneers of nuclear engineering . |
| 14 | The answer would appear to be with less determination than Labour and with fewer changes in policy . |
| 15 | But the arrangement is more artful than it might appear to be at first sight . |
| 16 | Clark 's argument might appear to be on firmer ground had he restricted the human comparison to total imbeciles ( anencephalics and the like ) where the complete lack of linguistic ability , and even of its behavioural prototypes in many cases , would prevent any appeal to exclusively human propensities . |
| 17 | I 'm not demanding we spend the entire weekend locked in a clinch , ’ Vitor said impatiently when she started to protest , ‘ but we should appear to be on good terms . |
| 18 | The accusation of soliciting was avoided , but she did appear to be on friendly terms with rather too many American and Canadian soldiers . |
| 19 | Water quality does not appear to be of great concern to these hardy fish , although an approximate simulation of Amazonian habitats does encourage them to exhibit better coloration . |
| 20 | This does not seem to me a very sensible strategy , because on the face of it these ideas would appear to be of potential relevance to pedagogic practice . |
| 21 | Contamination of environmental surfaces within the Edinburgh outpatient clinic did not appear to be of clinical significance given the scarcity of evidence for nosocomial spread . |
| 22 | The metabolic expression of the thrifty genotype favouring non-insulin dependent diabetes would appear to be via selective tissue insulin resistance and relatively high basal and stimulated insulin concentrations . |
| 23 | The secret is to arrange the stripes so that they do not appear to be in regular order and this can be done in a number of ways . |
| 24 | To a casual observer water on a surface may appear to be in complete contact with it . |
| 25 | That 's what we mean by the year , and at opposite sides of its orbit a nearby star , for example , will appear to be in different directions relative the background of very much fainter , more distant stars , and we can use that to see how far away it is . |
| 26 | Beethoven 's Fifth Symphony — neither do they appear to be in any way neurotic . |
| 27 | She does n't appear to be in any pain , and she seems quite happy and healthy . |
| 28 | When this is no longer so , the fact of a male priesthood makes God appear to be in some way peculiarly male , such that He needs a male priesthood to represent Him . |
| 29 | When the two partners first set up on their own — according to Byrne , with only $5000 capital and giving up a secure future — they did so under the guise of an employment agency , so that they would not appear to be in direct competition with their ex-employers . |
| 30 | and Miller does not appear to be against this type of revenge . |