Example sentences of "[ex0] [vb mod] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In places there may appear to be almost none ; yet we know that huge numbers of diatoms are produced , but that most are rapidly consumed . |
| 2 | Thus , there may appear to be a urethritis when the main problem is in fact an infection in the bladder or in the kidneys , or , more locally , in the prostate gland . |
| 3 | Although there may appear to be numerous difficulties , do n't be discouraged . |
| 4 | There may appear to be only one suitable candidate for the job . |
| 5 | There may appear to be an element of paradox in the notion of semantic relations between lexical units whose meanings , at least on the strong version of the contextual view , are partially constituted by those very relations . |
| 6 | In primary and early secondary school there may appear to be no harm done , but when pupils get older and disaffected with school , their teachers become part of ‘ the system ’ . |
| 7 | There may appear to be a snag to this account : if how ? is compatible with both versions , and if in the " unacquainted " version we could replace imagine by suppose , why is it that ( 46 ) is ungrammatical ? : ( 46 ) how did Oliver suppose her ? |
| 8 | When an added stress threatens a newly won independence there may need to be , a temporary reuniting . |
| 9 | There may need to be a large number of meetings and discussions between the consultant and the client even after the candidate is appointed to ensure that things are running smoothly . |
| 10 | Where there are boys alone in the front rows there may need to be parallel opportunities for girls , either by turn or by the formation of a second choir . |
| 11 | In answer to one of the questions posed by employees in meetings throughout the Group , Chief Executive Kneale Ashwell explained : ‘ If , as expected , 1993 remains on a par with 1992 , we will have some over-capacity , so there may need to be some small pockets of short time working . |
| 12 | there may need to be a separate contract dealing with specific services . |
| 13 | If the sale of Target will generate an allowable loss there may need to be an intra-group transfer of beneficial ownership of Target before the management buy-out , so that the loss can be utilised by a group company which will , in the same accounting period , realise gains from the the disposal of other assets . |
| 14 | There was indeed something rebarbative — as there may prove to be about The Manson Family when and if we see it on stage here — about the use of a serious story for a work which struck many as frivolous and even posturing . |
| 15 | There may prove to be less difference between some modern versions of Christianity and Buddhism and psychoanalysis than appears at first sight . |
| 16 | There may prove to be groups of patients with LQTS in whom alpha rather than beta adrenoceptor stimulation is more arrhythmogenic and vice versa . |
| 17 | ‘ This promotes the refocusing of attention from a region where there may happen to be high quality accidental word matches to events whose word match quality may not be as great , but are the best matches in their regions . |
| 18 | In any living venture , it is impossible for any of the partners to be detached from the natural dynamics of working together in the project and there may have to be a realignment of membership during the course of the enterprise . |
| 19 | ‘ There may have to be some tough decisions . |
| 20 | There may seem to be something excessive and paradoxical in this emphasis on a distant precedent as an important key to medieval kingship . |
| 21 | There may seem to be a lot of garlic involved here , but do n't let that put you off — this country-style stew is based on a Menorcan recipe and the traditional slow cooking gives the dish a sweet , mellow flavour . |
| 22 | There may seem to be no problem for an editor under these circumstances : each paper is assessed on its merits and published accordingly . |
| 23 | Pervasive though this negative tradition is , it does n't quite answer why it is that in a post-Christian society there should continue to be so much indifference to the claims of animals . |
| 24 | ‘ In the long term , there should continue to be significant commercial interest ( in such policies ) , ’ Bob Miller an economic analyst with Hudson Research Europe told New Scientist . |
| 25 | Some of the equipment in here must have cost a small fortune — it would be dreadful , would n't it , if there should happen to be an accident ? ’ |
| 26 | I 've got a knackered left arm where the car went over it ; they took a piece of bone out of the shoulder , so there 'll need to be a lot of physio on it . |
| 27 | There 'll have to be … |
| 28 | Though , of course there 'll have to be an inquest . |
| 29 | There 'll have to be a union meeting . |
| 30 | There 'll have to be a funeral . ’ |