Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phone bookings should be made up to a fortnight in advance on 0229 66063 . |
| 2 | To be accurate , ‘ private press ’ should be applied only to a press where the owner 's or operator 's chief objective is to print a fine book , without being at the mercy of a publisher 's instructions and a first necessity to show a profit , even though he may sell his wares through commercial channels . |
| 3 | Smith therefore felt that the manufacturers ' allocations should be cut back to a more realistic level than the BEA 's plant-ordering programme , while he allocated more steel for the foundation and building work on power station sites which was the bottleneck . |
| 4 | The tallest Turk has resigned and in a fit of unparalleled generosity the Commander has ruled that his uniform should be sent instantly to a fast dry cleaners . |
| 5 | Most difficult to resolve in the struggle for jurisdiction over clerks who were charged with crimes was whether they could be tried twice , as clause three of the royal Constitutions of Clarendon ( 1164 ) outlined , first in the king 's court and then in the church court , and whether , if found guilty , they should be handed over to a civil court for the passing of the sentence . |
| 6 | When the Bill came back to the Commons the question whether its reinsertion should be left again to a free vote of the House would raise some very difficult problems . |
| 7 | It should be clear that such a restoration is not to be undertaken lightly , and it should be entrusted only to a skilled professional . |
| 8 | To reproduce the slurring of the chords on to the octave D on the 3rd beat of each bar a pianistic effect — the chords must be tied over to a quaver on the 3rd beat , the bassoons , tuba , double bass ( pizz. ) , timpani , and bass drum supplying the octave Ds . |
| 9 | Since calls must be made close to a node , then why not simply find a telephone kiosk — must work these days and the cost will only be at the standard rate . |
| 10 | From the safety angle , the Bosch tacker will not fire if picked up by the trigger — the nose must be pressed on to a surface for firing . |
| 11 | Poorly ventilated and stagnant spaces must be opened up to a constant current of air by the introduction of new ventilation openings as even a vigorous attack of dry rot can be arrested ( but not reduced ) by exposure to fresh air . |
| 12 | All damage to school property must be reported immediately to a teacher or to the Deputy Headmaster . |
| 13 | But while County are tipped to go up this time , Francis could be stepping on to a bigger stage before next spring . |
| 14 | The next minute you could be called out to a sudden death . |
| 15 | Given this , the production index could be revised down to a fall of 1 per cent . |
| 16 | This feeling of being addressed in a special , understanding way does not happen with the best children 's theatre , and greater credit could be given even to a young audience , with less recourse to pantomime-like delineation of character . |
| 17 | In the old days in Shetland ( and still today in Faroe ) this meant the animals could be driven on to a beach and killed . |
| 18 | The magnitude of the NLD 's victory placed into question the validity of the SLORC 's stricture that the sole purpose of the election was to establish a Constituent Assembly without legislative power , whose task would be to draw up a new constitution before power could be handed over to a " strong " government , generally interpreted as meaning one acceptable to the military . |
| 19 | It need only be a few seconds of me singin' or something but you 'd be gettin' straight to a certain type of literate , intelligent audience . |
| 20 | In addition , employees may be granted up to a maximum of three days ' special leave . |
| 21 | Under competitive tendering requirements , the responsibility for the production of meals may be contracted out to a commercial organisation . |
| 22 | By using arcs struck about the assembly points and passing through the other attachment points on the intermediate link , the member may be Positioned initially to a chosen point on the locus of point P ( see Figure 7.42 ) and then rotated to generate an attachment point on the locus of point Q ( link C ) . |
| 23 | The levels of these may be increased up to a thousandfold over basal . |
| 24 | Problems arising from faults in carpet manufacture or fitting may be passed on to a body like the British Carpet Technical Centre , which can sometimes offer a testing or arbitration service . |
| 25 | So , for example , someone met initially at work may be brought home to a meal , or arrangements may be made to go out to the theatre , perhaps . |
| 26 | It has now transpired that this money can not be guaranteed , and the estate may be sold instead to a private buyer . |
| 27 | A case involving a murder charge would be referred on to a Crown court . |
| 28 | John Carter , on the other hand , concluded that ‘ as generally understood , the term private press would be applied only to a shop where the work was hand-set and hand-printed ’ . |
| 29 | She had merely telephoned to let him know that she would be handing over to a girl called Kate . |
| 30 | This is surprising since the European Court of Justice ( ECJ ) has ruled in that the refusal to engage a pregnant woman and a dismissal on grounds of pregnancy are a form of direct discrimination covered by Council Directive 76/207/ EEC without the necessity to resort to comparisons with the treatment which would be meted out to a man in a comparable situation . |