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Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [be] [conj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The other thing that we ought to perhaps consider is whether you should change the timetable at all Richard to look at jobs that people expect will be taught .
2	Well it certainly is but er I 've grown potatoes myself for years and never had any trouble with them boiling into the water but this year I can not get a good potato , all of my usual favourites like Estima which I 've found is a usually good all round potato , it it 's a monkey for boiling into the water and one thing I can only assume is that the weather 's had a lot to do with it , my ground 's been waterlogged most of the season .
3	It could only have been because he read his poetry .
4	If Herod felt threatened by a recently born child , it can only have been because of what the child intrinsically was — a rightful king , for example , with a claim to the throne which even Rome , in the interests of peace and stability , might recognise .
5	you know , so the rebellion against him could just as easily have been because he was raised as an Egyptian or that , that the , you know the between monarchism from the past could also have been .
6	A journey to the capital in the late 18th century can scarcely have been as harrowing an affair as that made to Kent by William the Emigrant in 1711 .
7	Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted
8	What Labour could hardly claim was that it had a magic formula for preserving peace with the unions , although the St Valentine 's Day ‘ concordat ’ with the unions was milked for what it was worth .
9	However , what you should always remember is that the picture must contain a reasonable amount of detail if it is not to look dull .
10	Scottish Office Minister of State Lord Fraser , launching the package in Edinburgh , said : ‘ What we must always remember is that the victim is never to blame .
11	And if Madame stayed close to him , it can hardly have been because she thought he needed looking after .
12	This could hardly have been because large ears suited the climate ( there are strong offshore winds ) .
13	The last thing you would ever imagine was that he was an art museum director ’ .
14	I mean what a what I think I 'll probably do is if we can get like erm something that 's obviously our crowd and then either putting , say , Stella back on or something like that
15	All we can reasonably conclude is that they happened at the same time .
16	Part of his objection may also have been that one 's trade and one 's home had in most cases parted company by that date , a development that William Morris was later to deplore .
17	Could it also have been that the extent of available free labour resources had been exaggerated ?
18	It may also have been that the government was unwilling to lend further strength to the clamour for the reform of the Official Secrets Act ( which has now happened ) that had been mounting for some years .
19	Even though she has become Princess of Wales , the price Diana will probably pay is that she never gets to wear a crown .
20	What the tourist will also find is that among the Arab nations , there are none more genial than the Omanis .
21	All that I can honestly say is that after collecting the facts I do decide one way or another , without having any reasons which will satisfy you if you do not share the same standards .
22	I guess what I would really like is if I could get my own club and have everyone come to where I was !
23	What we can now see is that for the first timefor a very long epriod we have inflation at a ver low level and the clear prospect of growth without inflationary difficulties .
24	The law has come too late for Anna McGurk , all her parents can now hope is that by the passing of this bill , some good will finally have come from her death .
25	What will now happen is that er the contractor will regrade the land , erm but we will grass-seed it erm with Don , er our groundsman will look after and maintain that er so that it 'll be reinstated er over the next er six months .
26	Only later did I appreciate what sacrifices my mother made to give it to us , and how lonely she must often have been when we were all away at school ; after our father 's death she became almost possessively devoted to us .
27	But what will really happen is that you will be killed by the soldiers and the world will be rid of a smooth , plausible rascal . "
28	What they will now allow is that Shakespeare revised his plays .
29	What the prosecution must now prove is that D was committing a crime ( not being a crime of negligence or a crime of omission ) , that in committing this crime he caused V 's death , and that what he did when committing this crime was objectively dangerous .
30	Some are so widely separated that their motion relative to each other is too small to be measured at all , and all we can really say is that they are travelling through space together , at the same rate and in the same direction .