Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ use towards another person ’ This phrase means that the threats etc. must be towards another person . |
| 2 | The study also specifically addresses the impact multimedia information products may have on traditional information sectors such as library services , publishing and bookselling so may be of interest to readers active in these areas . |
| 3 | We may assume that he is not spying on players and so must be on the lookout for managerial talent . |
| 4 | So we can put some limits on the project : the chairs must be upholstered ; modern in the simplicity of their lines but not ‘ Cubist ’ for want of a better term ; easy on the eye and bottom ; they should fit in with other existing furniture ; and naturally should be of strong construction so that they will be heirloom quality . |
| 5 | You just need to glance at the front pages and leader columns of the Tory papers to see the free advertising alone must be worth millions to the Tory Party . |
| 6 | Yeah , I 'm out tomorrow night , I 'm out school , selling books again so should be at home |
| 7 | The porter 's wife who let us in might be worth talking to . |
| 8 | The stimulus which carried Boycott and Steele along might be of help to others who took on the world from modest beginnings . |
| 9 | ‘ And I only wish that I was family and so could be of help to you and had some rights to see you . |
| 10 | One way to avoid selective cover only would be for the government to insist on a compulsory levy on all commercial insurance policies , and this has been suggested by the Association of Insurers and Risk Manager in Industry and Commerce ( AIRMIC ) which represents about 300 UK insurance buyers . |
| 11 | A warm front had passed the previous day , leaving the usual warm sector haze , the following cold front was still hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic so would be of no interest to the mainland for a few days . |
| 12 | As in so many other matters , the judge should be given the discretion to tell the press that they may not publicise the name of a person , because to do so would be in contempt of court . |
| 13 | However the young couple were determined that whatever time they had left together would be as husband and wife . |
| 14 | The best she could hope for now was that they could form some sort of working relationship , even though every minute they spent together would be for her sweet agony . |
| 15 | I presume all our seed boxes are on board , but , as it is customary , all letters were thrown overboard , so shall be at a great loss to find things . |
| 16 | That move alone would be worth around £2m . |
| 17 | That movement alone would be worth the price of this CD . |
| 18 | At the age of twenty-one , after some years as a clerk in a dry goods store , Marshall went to Chicago , telling his sceptical boss that he would one day own a store so big that the doors alone would be worth more than the boss 's entire business . |
| 19 | All further head movements will be from the current cylinder to the next and so will be of minimum duration — 3 to 10 ms for modern disks . |
| 20 | Finally , the market square in Aylesbury is still closed for major work and obviously will be for some time , and you need to still avoid that area . |
| 21 | I can also appreciate that not all the statistics requested necessarily will be to hand but hope you can provide as much information as possible . |
| 22 | ‘ And if we can shift one half of one per cent of the products from outside the area to within , that alone will be worth £2million to Darlington . ’ |
| 23 | The value-shifting provisions described in 5.2.6 below can be of particular relevance in this context , in determining the price ( and therefore the amount of the inter-company loan account ) at which the targeted assets are transferred to Target . |
| 24 | When , however , some women did wish to join the larger societies in the 1870s , the societies found their doctors unwilling to treat women unless they paid higher contributions than men , on the grounds that women were more often sick and would make heavier demands on their services , which thus would be of greater benefit to poorer women . |
| 25 | Perhaps a look elsewhere would be in order . |
| 26 | Should it be proved to the satisfaction of the House that the benefits that I have described will accrue , any decision to stay outside would be of immense disadvantage to us . |
| 27 | Downstairs would be in darkness , so any light going on would attract the attention of the night porter . |
| 28 | RANDOM Century Audiobooks offer two-cassette abridged readings of books which have been or shortly will be in the public eye — prize-winners , high-profile new publications , books newly made into films — and the company set their readers high standards . |
| 29 | The area in which Sue Grayson Ford is going to be judged most critically will be on her programming of exhibitions . |
| 30 | The joint working arrangements described in 5 and 6 above will be in place from October 1990 onwards . |