Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] to be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She added , by way of conversation , that she must wait patiently to be relieved of the burden of living .
2 We must invest now to be ready . ’
3 The arts enable us to assert ideas and judgments which we may recognize collectively to be true which can not be proved in other ways , through empirical experiment , for instance .
4 This snowstorm might put them off , but we would do well to be extra watchful tonight . ’
5 This is highly regarded and influential in police circles and the social worker would do well to be aware of its thinking .
6 But in the sphere of education , the concept would appear still to be flourishing , even if in a somewhat limited form , as stated above .
7 For the older child one warning of your intention to use this method would seem only to be fair .
8 This may seem only to be valid comment upon a fundamentalist ‘ wing ’ of Christianity .
9 The inclusion of this demand , in the context of feminism , may seem now to be obvious , but the struggle to make sexuality a respectable platform was an acrimonious one .
10 After the first few lessons it is important to take it easy and not rush around as this may undo the teacher 's work and the process will take longer to be effective .
11 There can be no doubt that on Sheet 145 of the Ordnance Survey , with which we are immediately concerned , there are by-roads which will prove eventually to be Romano-British in origin .
12 There are , as Mr Moynihan points out , only seven countries in the world that can claim both to be homogeneous and to have no border problems .
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