Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | As with external assessment in the primary phase , we believe that new methods of testing pupils ' reading skills may need to be devised , building on the best of GCSE practice . |
| 2 | Old unresolved conflicts may need to be exposed rather than hidden or disguised . |
| 3 | Some roads may have to be narrowed to single-track width in order to force lorries onto the central sections which are sufficiently strong to bear their weight . |
| 4 | ( WES ) So many people now descend on the Wye Valley every summer that conservationists say some roads may have to be closed at peak times to restrict the number of visitors . |
| 5 | Contrary to the general principles of distribution certain products may have to be restricted to named users who have special training . |
| 6 | It may therefore provide the incentive for the most thorough pre-purchase behaviour , and marketers hoping to supply such products may have to be prepared for extensive enquiry and investigation before they will manage to sell any of them . |
| 7 | At the outset , the plaintiff may be slow to contact a solicitor , negotiations for a settlement may drag on , the extent of the plaintiff 's injuries may not become clear until the end of a lengthy period of treatment , investigations may have to be carried out to ascertain the evidence , expert opinions may have to be obtained , communication and action by both sides may be poor and slow , the advice of counsel may be taken , pleadings are often extended , the length of time spent waiting for the trial to begin can be substantial , and errors may be made by the professionals involved . |
| 8 | The combination of methods utilized by smaller authorities may have to be different from those employed by larger authorities , but they have similar training objectives , and many similar needs , which should be recognized as such . |
| 9 | Under such circumstances speculative capital movements can not be relied upon to offset any temporary deficit on the current account because capital flows may prove to be volatile in an uncertain world . |
| 10 | At the outset , the plaintiff may be slow to contact a solicitor , negotiations for a settlement may drag on , the extent of the plaintiff 's injuries may not become clear until the end of a lengthy period of treatment , investigations may have to be carried out to ascertain the evidence , expert opinions may have to be obtained , communication and action by both sides may be poor and slow , the advice of counsel may be taken , pleadings are often extended , the length of time spent waiting for the trial to begin can be substantial , and errors may be made by the professionals involved . |
| 11 | Public utilities such as electricity , gas , water and telecommunications provided the best examples of what were considered to be natural monopolies , although when technological advances are made , certain industries formerly classed as natural monopolies may cease to be so ( eg telecommunications ) . |
| 12 | But theoretical analysis suggests that credible punishment strategies may need to be quite subtle and sophisticated , which leads to the conclusion that so-called ‘ tacit ’ collusion may in practice turn out to be ‘ secret ’ collusion . |
| 13 | Members of the project envisage that up to 50 more birds may need to be introduced over the next two years before a self-supporting sea eagle population can be established . |
| 14 | Better provided classrooms may have a number of computers , but groups may have to be rotated in turn to use a computer , while other groups carry out other tasks . |
| 15 | If this is not the case then the purchaser may face arguments from the vendor by way of defence relating to completely different matters ( eg a bad debt provision is in fact excessive as a defence to a claim relating to non-payment of PAYE ) and detailed accounts may need to be drawn up every time there is a breach of warranty ( ie in order to see if there is some surplus which compensates ) . |
| 16 | Such national rules may have to be challenged by individuals in national courts or by the Commission before the ambit of this restriction of the ‘ general good ’ is finally resolved . |
| 17 | In addition , the suitability requirement may apply and the material interests disclosure rules may have to be complied with ; caveat emptor may well have disappeared . |
| 18 | That juries and courts should appear to be taking an increasingly lenient view of these acts of retribution is more disturbing again . |
| 19 | Proposals should have to be advertised locally , the manifesto says , and customers should be given a right of audience before the licensing authorities to oppose unwelcome changes . |
| 20 | Myopia tends to progress throughout the growing period and spectacles may have to be changed every six to twelve months . |
| 21 | King has promised a positive outlook from his team , but warned that the home fans may have to be patient . |
| 22 | The trade unions fear that wage demands may have to be lowered because of the refugees ' greater flexibility and readiness to work for less money . |
| 23 | Both Paschero and Masi think that disorders in the spiritual sphere underlie all chronic conditions , but while Orthega argues that several different remedies may have to be used before the patient can be cured , treating each layer as it presents rather like peeling an onion , both Paschero and Masi advocate just one remedy for each patient and consider that the patient does not change the chronic remedy at all throughout life . |
| 24 | When an extra radiator is fitted all these valves may have to be adjusted , as the available water has to be reallocated between the increased number of radiators . |
| 25 | Third , clients may need to be prepared to wait until the start of the next course , which might not be for up to two months . |
| 26 | Specific steps may need to be taken . |
| 27 | Particular attention will be paid to whether the markets serve the needs of industry , how they influence industrial location and what practical steps may need to be taken to improve market performance . |
| 28 | After the menopause the vagina becomes drier and less elastic , so husbands may need to be a bit more gentle , especially at first , and a little more persevering . |
| 29 | Further studies with a defined glucose polymer where electrolyte composition is constant but osmolality and substrate concentration is varied with a range of monomer and polymer concentrations may lead to be a better understanding of these phenomena . |
| 30 | Statements between these delimiters may need to be assembled twice in order to resolve any forward references . |