Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | However co-operative the Pentagon may wish to be , the American industrial lobby in Congress usually intervenes at a late stage to protect its own narrow interests and the projects collapse . |
| 2 | ‘ Supplies of suitable coal in the future can not be guaranteed and unless the current experiments with oil firing are successful then it is likely that steam operation on S.M.R. may have to be abandoned in a few years time . |
| 3 | The market in the countries of the CU may come to be dominated by producers in one of them . |
| 4 | IT SEEMS remarkable that Gershwin 's Porgy and Bess should have to be the object of rediscovery . |
| 5 | The Six agreed to draft a treaty on these lines , but as a compromise de Gaulle was asked to accept that the Atlantic alliance with America should be safeguarded and that ‘ Community co-operation ’ on economic issues in the EEC should continue to be developed . |
| 6 | ‘ But Jamie or Gary should prove to be suitable donors . |
| 7 | the role of Ptah might appear to be very definitive , but it offers a particular explanation of existence . |
| 8 | And he does not like to be reminded of the gaffes he made as deputy chairman — branding the young unemployed as workshy , or musing on Radio Ulster whether Ian Paisley might like to be prime minister of a united Ireland . |
| 9 | ‘ The 5-0 defeat at Liverpool on Saturday could prove to be a watershed , just like our 9-0 defeat a few seasons ago . ’ |
| 10 | Come along , Mr Curtis , I think Mrs Sutherland 'd like to be alone for a bit . ’ |
| 11 | Leading Wren Lilith Penrose would have to be watched , or Lucinda and Jane would be in it , right up to their ear-holes . |
| 12 | I wanted to make large-scale improvements and extensions to my life , and to do so Dennis would have to be demolished . |
| 13 | By these standards , Levi would appear to be an imperfect Jew , and this could well be an opinion that underlies the talk about his later books being not nearly as good as his earlier ones . |
| 14 | On Feb. 20 the Information Minister was quoted as saying that Kuwait will have to be " purified of intruders … who seek to sow doubt in the unity of Kuwaiti ranks " . |
| 15 | And we do n't suppose that the United States will continue to be so generous with its aid , once the FDR takes power ! |
| 16 | The British Empire and the United States will have to be somewhat mixed up in some of their affairs for mutual and general advantage . |
| 17 | If the attributions are correct , then pieces by Alberti , Domenico Scarlatti , Eckard and Wagenseil will have to be added to those listed in the standard catalogues . |
| 18 | ‘ Mr Appin will try to be clever , ’ said Miss Resker happily , ‘ but if we watch him carefully , we shall see his lips move . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ That surely means that Edward will have to be married right away to a foreign princess — someone old and ugly whom he hates , I doubt not , instead of the one he loves . ’ |
| 20 | Client connectivity is more problematic as application requests from NT to UnixWare will have to be directed through the NetWare IPX/SPX protocol . |
| 21 | The whole scope of the duty to secure provision for adults as it will be divided between the funding councils and LEAs will continue to be supported from public funds . |
| 22 | September that , in calculating the transfer of funds from local authorities to the funding councils in recognition of their new responsibilities , the resources attributable to those courses for which the LEAs will continue to be responsible will be left within local authorities ' standard spending assessments . |
| 23 | LEAs will continue to be able , as now , to respond flexibly to local demand and to the needs and circumstances of their local communities , taking account of the ability of students to pay fees . |
| 24 | Weary with the struggle to be understood , and fearful , like Solzhenitsyn after him , that to collect his prize in Stockholm might prove to be a one-way journey , Pasternak declined his honour , writing to Khrushchev that , for him , exile would mean death . |
| 25 | Clearly , then , some problems with UDC may need to be investigated , including the following : |
| 26 | In an open court statement after the private hearing , the Family Division president , Sir Stephen Brown , said Gemma would continue to be a ward of the court . |
| 27 | He said that , if the Bill is passed unamended , the preserved railways in Scotland would have to be dealt with under the Private Legislation Procedure ( Scotland ) Act 1936 . |
| 28 | Will she tell some of her hon. Friends that a recent independent study has shown that if the basis of representation in Scotland were equated with that in England , the Conservative party in Scotland would cease to be an endangered species and become an extinct species ? |
| 29 | Of course , Jeanne would have to be careful with such a large dog that , in his enthusiasm , he did n't bowl other dogs or people over , or frighten them . |
| 30 | The German authorities decreed that the second weekend in January would have to be used for matches , as a weekend in February would be lost because of the European tournament . |