Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knowledge of being adopted can have various effects — Triseliotis ( 1973 ) says that to be comfortable as an adoptee it is necessary to cope with both the loss of birth parents and their implicit rejection . |
| 2 | The only rational explanation was that the stimulus of being struck must have initiated the whole dream sequence , which , although apparently very lengthy , must have proceeded fast enough to be fitted in between the blow on the neck and waking up . |
| 3 | For others , the feeling of being trapped may arise from an early blueprint drawn up when they were literally helpless and unable to do anything about an intolerable situation or to get out of it on their own . |
| 4 | First , different ideals of the good far from being excluded will form the starting points of the argument about a doctrine of justice . |
| 5 | Slothfulness has always been rife amongst trainees , many of whom it has to be said would feel qualms about putting clients into shares they hear through the grapevine are dubious . |
| 6 | He accepted that it might well be difficult for practitioners to give instant answers to queries on old files , but pointed out that allowing a seven day delay for answers to be prepared would increase the number of days required for each visit ; this would both increase disruption to practitioners and put up costs , possibly even doubling them . |
| 7 | A piece to be presented should have something more than a surface narrative quality in the characterisation . |
| 8 | For a flying delivery to be effected the Vulcan Display Team crew could need to be kept would need to be kept current on XH558 ( they must at least fly every 28 days under current procedures ) which would necessitate check-flights until a buyer is established . |
| 9 | The differences and similarities to be explained will include not only the value of the debt relief , but also the new credit flows obtained and the economic adjustment required , as part of the ‘ debt bargains ’ . |
| 10 | A group ( especially a specialist group such as accounting ) which considers its influence to be neglected might seek to impose rules , procedures , restrictions or official requirements on other groups , in order to bolster up their own importance . |
| 11 | that the witnesses to be examined may give evidence material to the issue ; |
| 12 | But he added : ‘ Displaying banners calling for the manager to be sacked will do nobody any good , and it is best that we all sit down and talk things over . ’ |
| 13 | However , such friendship only opens the door ; thereafter the hard reality of the benefits to be gained and the risks to be run will take over . |
| 14 | Type of literature to be covered may determine , amongst other features , the amount of detail required . |
| 15 | Discussion about how each subject is to be covered will identify who is needed to do the teaching . |
| 16 | Whether a decision is so unreasonable as to be unlawful depends , in Lord Diplock 's words , on whether it is ‘ so outrageous in its defiance of logic or of accepted moral standards that no sensible person who has applied his mind to the question to be decided could have arrived at it ’ . |
| 17 | So far as the latter issue was concerned , to succeed the applicant had to show that the decision was ‘ so outrageous in its defiance of logic or of accepted moral standards that no sensible person who had applied his mind to the question to be decided could have arrived at it ’ . |
| 18 | " It applies to a decision which is so outrageous in its defiance of logic or of accepted moral standards that no sensible person who had applied his mind to the question to be decided could have arrived at it . " " |
| 19 | ‘ so outrageous in its defiance of logic or of accepted moral standards that no sensible person who had applied his mind to the question to be decided could have arrived at it : ’ |
| 20 | The research to be undertaken will attempt to remedy this deficiency . |
| 21 | Secondly , for competitive reasons , new independent companies will also receive preference and , thirdly , companies which are locally based with their headquarters in the area to be served will receive a preference to increase local responsiveness |
| 22 | He says that anyone who wants to be noticed could drive it . |
| 23 | Topics to be debated will include how museums can increase access for the different audiences they serve without trivialising their message or damaging their collections , and how they can deal with competition from theme parks and other ‘ heritage ’ industries . |
| 24 | So that was a contrast from the people near the hospital where I was and , what happened was , we used to do a little service and then anybody that wanted to be seen used to come along and we needed an interpreter and it was a bit like a surgery really , and they would come with any problems , and anyone who was severely ill we would then take back in the Landrover back to the hospital . |
| 25 | During the afternoon , Mr. Penny would somewhat unsteadily make his way to the trap , get in , flop down and lightly pick up the reins ; the pony knowing what had to be done would start off , quickly breaking into a spanking trot as he made his way along Milford Street . |
| 26 | In essence , there is little for local authorities to do , and what does need to be done can wait at least a couple more years ! |
| 27 | I do not believe that a contract which clarifies hours worked or tasks to be done will prevent teachers from caring , but it may make it rather more difficult to implement school-based initiatives . |
| 28 | Where by the order a party is first ordered to do the act , and there is then added a clause in the order that in default of so doing specific consequences will follow , the part that directs the act to be done must use one or other of the above forms of wording . |
| 29 | In assurance oriented valuation engagements the type of report to be given will determine the procedures to be adopted . |
| 30 | No clearer way of indicating the path to be trod could have been made . |