Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now you will rightly be wanting to know the source of these inevitable distortions that the government should take action to offset . |
| 2 | Moreover , the ‘ curved path ’ , ‘ whirling mass ’ , ‘ cosmic wheel ’ or spiralling vortex described by the ancients as the integrating pattern of cosmic universal energy , can only be seen to have the endorsement of modern research and understanding . |
| 3 | I quote further it should only be used to signify the unity of the church and it should provide a sharing in the means of grace . |
| 4 | This table will only be used to facilitate the retrieval of obsolete material e.g. discarded Supplement text ( which has been incorporated into OED material ) . |
| 5 | provided that a member or a beneficial owner of a share shall only be required to reimburse the Society to the extent that the Society has been unable to recover the amount of the grant from the recognised body or the officer or employee committing the act or default or the personal representative , trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator or any such person . |
| 6 | In the ordinary course of a liquidation , for example , people can only be forced to attend the court where their evidence is needed to fill gaps in the company 's records . |
| 7 | It lies flat in the road about half-way down the street , and can swiftly be raised to block the progress of an unauthorised vehicle . |
| 8 | Because the firm finds it hard to keep pace with demand , other conversion shops around the country may soon be licensed to do the job . |
| 9 | But more important than that , the title also represented a triumph in the battle against time which he has been waging since he learned that he might soon be forced to quit the Tour . |
| 10 | MANY will take it as a further surrender to Common Market bureaucracy that an inspectorate will soon be established to regulate the smell of farm manure . |
| 11 | He gave his first television interview on June 24 — apparently as part of the KGB 's media campaign to demonstrate its commitment to working within the law — and announced that a Supreme Soviet commission would soon be established to supervise the work of all law-enforcement agencies . |
| 12 | But they will soon be battling to resolve the differences in their personalities . |
| 13 | However , at the other end of the scale these relations may complement each other , and thus be used to explain the stability of a particular form of social organisation . |
| 14 | It cam thus be used to monitor the effects of treatment . |
| 15 | This morphogen concentration gradient can thus be used to determine the position of the cells . |
| 16 | The group , which includes a barrister , a law professor and representatives of the police and social services , also suggests that in rape and other sexual assault cases , judges should no longer be required to direct the jury about the danger of convicting the accused on the uncorroborated evidence of the alleged victim . |
| 17 | The political and ideological factors that had led to popular support for and involvement in the inter-imperialist war of 1914–18 and the anti-fascist war of 1939–45 could no longer be used to justify the use of means of warfare which , it became clear , not only involved disproportionate suffering but endangered the future of humanity . |
| 18 | Individuals were rational , and war was not a rational tool of foreign policy , since it could no longer be used to achieve the goals traditionally associated with it . |
| 19 | They say that until now paclitaxel for human drug use has been from felled trees , but in 1993 sources other than Pacific yew bark will be used on a commercial scale , and by 1995 they hope actual trees will no longer be needed to produce the drug . |
| 20 | It will have to be made clear that although understanding will be forthcoming as inevitable emergencies arise , in the final analysis she will generally be expected to meet the requirements of the contract of employment . |
| 21 | Firms will be expected to provide accounting information to their successors even when a fee dispute is still outstanding , and firms undertaking additional work will normally be expected to notify the incumbent . |
| 22 | The man , who can not be named to protect the identities of his victims , pleaded guilty to five sample counts of rape , three indecent assaults , one charge of buggery and one of gross indecency . |
| 23 | The couple , of Acton , West London , can not be named to protect the girl 's identity . |
| 24 | The 38-year-old man , who can not be named to protect the identity of his victim , tortured her with an electric stun gun during the ordeal in front of their children , the court heard . |
| 25 | If they had not abandoned you then you would not be here , you would not be wanting to run the width of the compound to drink the shit you would n't give your dog at home . |
| 26 | Do not be tempted to overfeed the fish on the last day before leaving ! |
| 27 | But amateur explorers should not be tempted to approach the hole too closely . |
| 28 | Do not be tempted to throw the toy too far ahead as this will be counter-productive . |
| 29 | A note of warning : do not be tempted to wash the mud off potatoes with a hose , as they will not store well in the clamp if you do . |
| 30 | Rangers ' John Brown , consistently impressive for his club and a member of the Scotland squad against Portugal earlier in the season , will not be selected to meet the Germans . |