Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] be [verb] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Point estimates of aquifer recharge can be made from single profiles , and several profiles may be used together to determine regional recharge . |
| 2 | Allowable losses for CGT purposes from a previous year of tax assessment may be brought forward to diminish the value of gains for calculation of CGT in the current year of assessment . |
| 3 | The toes of the kicking foot should be curled outwards to avoid injury , impact being made with the ball of the foot . |
| 4 | The challenge is then to persuade the statutory agencies that their priorities should be adjusted and that money should be found elsewhere to fund these new kinds of service . |
| 5 | Since conventional fighting on any scale was quite unacceptable to the Europeans , flexible reponse should be used essentially to deal with localized crises . |
| 6 | Taxes should be used mainly to develop creative programming on French television . |
| 7 | The text should be consulted both to verify identifications and to check the range of variation . |
| 8 | If the spin stops when the full opposite rudder is applied , the stick must be moved forwards to allow normal flight . |
| 9 | The stick must be moved forwards to make the recovery . |
| 10 | The moral to be drawn from these examples is that apparent compatibility of readings must not be too hastily accepted as proof of generality : each case must be examined carefully to determine whether there are special factors preventing the appearance of zeugma . |
| 11 | To make a contribution to educational policy and practice by generating practical suggestions for how computers may be used effectively to stimulate exploratory and reasoned argument in the classroom , with particular reference to the curriculum goals of English and spoken language development across a range of curriculum areas . |
| 12 | No plan should be inflexible , the services offered and the demands of clients should be monitored constantly to ensure that both are compatible . |
| 13 | If an unexpected event occurs , such as unforeseen ground conditions of the recognition of a deficiency in design information , steps must be taken immediately to respond to the event and to minimize its effects . |
| 14 | In any event the relevant figure should be reviewed regularly to take account of inflation . |
| 15 | The question was whether , in the harsher climate of the late 1970s and early 1980s , the fragments could be welded together to form a new force in British politics . |
| 16 | These fusion proteins could be used similarly to screen expression libraries . |
| 17 | Management training and assistance with environmental protection would be made available , and steps would be taken further to open Western markets to Hungarian and Polish goods . |
| 18 | ‘ The separation has been achieved over the past year , but any contracting out of the providing side will be done slowly to retain stability . |
| 19 | Coming on top of a worryingly high inflation rate and a sequence of record-breaking trade deficits , Labour will be working hard to demonstrate that ordinary people are paying dearly for mistakes which the once super-abundantly confident Chancellor has made in economic management . |
| 20 | Reluctantly , I give Sandy Lyle little chance , not helped by his wife ( a non-golfer ) caddying for him , while David Feherty , Steve Richardson , Colin Montgomerie and Gary Wolstenholme will be hoping just to do their best ; the top 24 , giving an automatic place next year , is probably their aim . |
| 21 | Once an action becomes defended there is to be a fixed period within which the parties will be required either to set the case down for trial , on the assumption that it has not been settled or been otherwise disposed of , or to report to the court . |
| 22 | Millions of pounds which should be spent on health , education and investment will be diverted merely to restore what had existed until the IRA struck . |
| 23 | Good discussions of these and others may be found in various textbooks , notably Downes 1984 ( chapter 6 ) , and no attempt will be made here to duplicate this material . |
| 24 | No attempt will be made here to discuss the chemistry of polymers but certain terms used by the chemists must be defined if the simple physicist 's view of the polymeric state of matter is to be understood . |
| 25 | Marine pollution specialists stressed that the diesel was likely to disperse — but an attempt will be made today to pump ashore 40 tonnes of fuel which is still on board . |
| 26 | He left for Birmingham ahead of the team for a managers meeting yesterday and with coach Jens will be working hard to get the best out of the team against Iceland and against the Czech Republic on Thursday and the USA on Friday . |
| 27 | Action can be said loosely to have all sorts of meanings . |
| 28 | The horizontal distance for the flight of steps can be divided equally to establish the depth of each step , correctly called the ‘ going ’ . |
| 29 | ( Trading losses can be brought forward to offset taxable earnings in future years . ) |
| 30 | The brakes can be used fiercely to minimise the roll , but we let aerodynamic drag do most of the work , leaving them to slow us to taxi speed and steer onto the taxiway ( still ineffectually prodding the rudder pedals ) . |