Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [be] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cylinders , it was claimed , were designed to be fitted together to form the barrel of a giant 40-metre gun . |
| 2 | In practice , the terms of the sale and repurchase agreement would need to be analysed carefully to reveal its true commercial effect . |
| 3 | Similarly , maintenance staff may need to be sent quickly to carry out repairs at the request of a particular guest . |
| 4 | Smoke alarms need very little maintenance , but they do need to be tested regularly to make sure they are in good working order . |
| 5 | The situation where more than one target responds favourably will then need to be managed carefully to avoid damaging the purchaser 's credibility and the firm 's reputation . |
| 6 | And with that he bent over and lifted me to my feet and told me to be off , which I did not need to be told twice to do . |
| 7 | Though the head needs to bubble with enthusiasm reasonable requests will sometimes need to be refused solely to keep a balance and not let pressures get out of hand . |
| 8 | Equally , the catering enterprise may need to be established quickly to take advantage of market trends . |
| 9 | If they suffer from mild incontinence , they may use a sheath or condom , which has to be fitted correctly to avoid leakage . |
| 10 | This will also affect how far the stick has to be moved forwards to effect a recovery . |
| 11 | During the turn-off , there is time for a reassessment of the height remaining relative to trees and buildings , and a decision has to be made either to continue turning to make a low circuit , or to turn back into wind after using up a little more height ( this is known as an S-turn ) . |
| 12 | A £10,000 bond has to be posted just to get the details . |
| 13 | This will also explain why transfer values will go up if interest rates go down , as more has to be invested now to produce the same sum at retirement date . |
| 14 | A change in diet , like any other change in the lives of the elderly , has to be introduced gradually to succeed . |
| 15 | The job has to be at a senior enough level and it has to be constrained enough to enable the job to be searched . |
| 16 | The jaws are independent so the ring has to be centred carefully to permit turning with the removal of the least amount of material . |
| 17 | In an ideal integrated scheme , cultural controls ( changes in farming habits ) and biological controls would largely supplant pesticides ; in practice , chemical control continues to be an essential component of IPM when a pest population has to be reduced rapidly to minimise financial loss . |
| 18 | Recording needs to be paused here to allow William Russell and Carole Ann Ford time to join the others on the TARDIS set . |
| 19 | Work left on unattended open display needs to be visited regularly to check on wear and tear or even sabotage by children loyal to another school ! |
| 20 | Macro focusing is generally done , not by the normal focus ring but by the zoom lever , and the adjustment needs to be done carefully to obtain maximum sharpness . |
| 21 | I have found that as much as £2.50 needs to be spent just to obtain the outlook for the next day . |
| 22 | The condition on endowments and consumption patterns ( that in the square bracket , generalized to n goods ) may be more plausible than that on physical factor intensities , but it needs to be investigated empirically to assess the likely magnitude of the error involved . |
| 23 | So powerful that it needs to be used circumspectly to avoid reducing self-confidence . |
| 24 | ‘ Alan is going to be left now to rehabilitate . |
| 25 | The ultimate source is Sir John Hawkins , who remarks , in what appears to be a personal recollection , that Handel had ‘ a favourite Rucker harpsichord , the keys whereof , by incessant practise , were hollowed like the bowl of a spoon ’ In justice to Hawkins it must be stated that he does have a reputation for being , for his time , a careful scholar , so it is unfortunate that this brief , almost casual remark , should have been embellished with a little fanciful romancing that appears to be added only to enliven his text with some colourful anecdote . |
| 26 | In future , core samples will have to be examined microscopically to determine the likelihood of failure , but development of the new test is not yet complete and will not be available until summer at the earliest . |
| 27 | The cost of implementing such a strategy had not been estimated , but studies by the Asian Development Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank estimated that US$270,000 million would have to be invested worldwide to introduce sustainable tropical timber management . |
| 28 | With the possible exception of shower trays , deep-seal traps should always be used on single-stack systems : if necessary , the floor will have to be cut away to accommodate them . |
| 29 | It was obvious that not just a few houses , but whole districts including churches , monasteries , and other monuments to past glories would have to be swept aside to allow for the fill appreciation of the splendour of the glorious new order . |
| 30 | Such negotiations would have to be handled delicately to avoid jeopardising the sale of mackerel and herring to Russia on which the Scottish pelagic fleet is dependent . |