Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most cases , there are insufficient surviving remains to make it worthwhile conserving the site for public display : if it has been fully excavated , all that may remain to be seen are , literally , a few depressions in the natural subsoil , even if what was excavated above was quite spectacular . |
| 2 | " If long putters enable more people to play without jeopardising the integrity of the game , we think they ought to continue to be used , " Bloch said . |
| 3 | Some may prefer to be given a global picture of what is involved in the task and then be allowed to fill in the details as they need them . |
| 4 | Some may prefer to be presented with a prescribed set of facts and skills , whilst others may learn best by being encouraged to discover things for themselves , often as solutions to problems . |
| 5 | A biography of an artist is a tricky proposition for a writer , since the artist may prefer to be judged through art , not life ; the incidentals of an everyday activity , not altogether under the artist 's control , are rather unimportant compared to the artist 's concentrated effort to create paintings or sculpture . |
| 6 | They may prefer to be left alone and hate having to depend on others who are less capable than themselves . |
| 7 | Claudia , you may want to be checkin' yer motor every minute or so . |
| 8 | May want to be rubbed , massaged . |
| 9 | I venture to add a few observations of my own only because I have to confess to having been a somewhat reluctant convert to the notion that the words which Parliament has chosen to use in a statute for the expression of its will may fall to be construed or modified by reference to what individual members of Parliament may have said in the course of debate or discussion preceding the passage of the Bill into law . |
| 10 | She ought to demand to be taken back to London . |
| 11 | If Eadwine was slain not in 633 but in 634 , the battle of the Winwaed will have occurred not in 655 but in 656 , so that Bede 's 633–55 may need to be emended accordingly to 634–56 . |
| 12 | By contrast , the Historia Brittonum claims only a ten-year reign for Penda , dating it evidently from the battle of Cogwy ( ch. 65 ) — Bede 's Maserfelth , which Bede dates to 642 but which again may need to be emended ( in accordance with any adjustment of Bede 's other Northumbrian dates ) to 643 ( HE 111 , 9 : V , 24 ) . |
| 13 | By November of the year 655 or 656 — Bede gives 655 ( HE 111 , 24 ) but again this date may need to be emended in the same way as Bede 's other Northumbrian dates ( see Appendix , Fig. 7.3 ) — Penda was able to challenge Oswiu at the battle of the Winwaed with a mighty coalition , for he had spent the intervening thirteen years consolidating his position . |
| 14 | However , if the memo is to be copied to others or is likely to ‘ go public ’ , then a more formal tone may need to be employed . |
| 15 | There will , of course , always be certain competencies or aptitudes that may need to be tested , e.g. colour blindness or spatial awareness . |
| 16 | If so , either the parties most affected need attention , possibly through a change to the proposed reward patterns , or the pace of change may need to be slowed to give those most affected time to adapt . |
| 17 | The couple may not be aware of this process and this issue may need to be handled carefully during the course of therapy . |
| 18 | If this conclusion is correct then either much more may need to be done to force changes in the underlying culture of Whitehall , or the FMI may be laid ‘ to rest as soon as the architect [ Mrs Thatcher ] is removed ’ ( Gray and Jenkins , 1984 , p. 427 ) . |
| 19 | These are matters which , with due regard to the personal privacy of those who have been together so long , may need to be aired , sometimes in the context of plans for the future . |
| 20 | If the patient lives in a house with a downstairs toilet , a downstairs room may need to be turned into a bed-sitting room for him . |
| 21 | Sometimes the horse may need to be stopped quite firmly , but a yank will only aggravate the situation and make the horse anxious , so creating another problem of tension to cure . |
| 22 | Action : A DC may need to be assessed by a user outside the specified user 's hierarchy |
| 23 | 17.18 All pupils should be expected to keep a file containing work in progress , as well as completed pieces , which may need to be selected and filed separately for the purposes of moderation and final assessment . |
| 24 | If some aspects are not feasible then either the range or direction of the investigation may require to change or , in the extreme case , a new investigation may need to be selected . |
| 25 | Unemployment may still be rising quite sharply ; underlying inflation will not be much lower than it is now ; sterling may need to be supported by a rise in interest rates . |
| 26 | In such cases it may need to be supported at the level of verbal consciousness , and , like grieving as the gateway to reattachment , should not be prematurely foreclosed . |
| 27 | For example , in credit transfer a certificate may need to be supported by a portfolio of evidence , while in APL some certification may be produced to support the portfolio . |
| 28 | This may need to be supported by actual action likely to undermine public confidence in the exchange . |
| 29 | Old unresolved conflicts may need to be exposed rather than hidden or disguised . |
| 30 | The child and parents may need to be exposed to intensive care and contact with each other ( Iwaniec and Herbert 1982 ) . |