Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Importantly they ignore one important principle of cricket : a game should be allowed to flow to a natural conclusion within a time framework which makes allowances for rain interruptions . |
| 2 | It has an even white and bloomy coat and a white , chalky inside , which should be allowed to ripen to a soft , flowing consistency before eating . |
| 3 | Strictly speaking , this should be used to refer to an auditory sensation experienced by the hearer . |
| 4 | Whether that period should be spent in bed followed by a prolonged holiday or whether it should be spent returning to a degree of post-infarct fitness will be discussed later . |
| 5 | Care should be taken to conform to a cross-departmentally agreed formula of presentation and content for instance , work cards should conform in size , style and presentation and pre-printed questionnaires , planning sheets , and other documentation should use consistent layout , logos , identification , symbols , typefaces et cetera . |
| 6 | Jacobs , the political adviser to Hodge , believed that steps must be taken leading to a permanent government in Korea : it would not be wise to accept a provisional government , since the Soviet Union had shown skill in eastern Europe in exploiting such a situation . |
| 7 | Has the time not come to investigate the factors which led to the move west from the 13 colonies in North America , to consider how these might be created to apply to a move east from the Urals to provide a similar development in potentially the greatest storehouse of raw materials and energy ? |
| 8 | In February 1988 , the Church of the Stork 's Nest , on the corner of Stirbei Voda and Strada Berzei , not far from the shell of the new National History Museum , could be seen moving to a new resting place in order to improve the angle of the street . |
| 9 | Here there are no words which could be said to amount to a request for property to be made over to Titius . |
| 10 | To aid this process we might introduce structured directories in which documents could be stored according to a common logic for later retrieval or archiving . |
| 11 | On the other hand , the prison population could be substantially reduced without creating a massive crime wave : if the numbers in prison were cut by 40 per cent , this could be expected to lead to an increase in criminal convictions of only 1.6 per cent . |
| 12 | For instance , you may be asked to go to a new and different place of work under the provisions of a mobility clause , or have the emphasis of your duties changed significantly , pursuant to a clause in the contract providing for flexible working . |
| 13 | A subsidiary set of parameters may be devised to relate to a particular stage of the project which is being audited . |
| 14 | At the next level , objects in different domains may be organized according to a comparable underlying logic . |
| 15 | For instance , jacket in I like this jacket may be understood to refer to a particular individual jacket ( the unit ) , or to a type of jacket . |
| 16 | This may be said to amount to a mutual exercise of the individuals ' rights of self-determination . |
| 17 | He may be required to report to a particular individual or place at regular intervals as part of a monitoring process . |
| 18 | It is part of the conventional wisdom of educational theory , that educational realities may be ordered according to a set of polar types to which particular instances or individuals come more or less near . |
| 19 | The Council … believes strongly that a first degree course in Educational Studies lasting three years may be designed to lead to an Honours award … the concept of a three-year degree course in Educational Studies , leading to an Honours or an unclassified degree , will be acceptable provided it combines an adequate period of practical experience in the classroom with a requisite minimum of academic studies . |
| 20 | This may be expected to lead to a purposeful action , purposeful inaction or indifference . |
| 21 | A local bureau may be approached to talk to a group of probation officers . |
| 22 | Similarly , if terms are common in a particular trade , those terms may be held to apply to a contract between parties both familiar with that trade and its custom ( British Crane Hire Corpn Ltd v Ipswich Plant Hire Ltd [ 1975 ] QB 303 ) . |
| 23 | The amount paid would be determined according to a centrally agreed formula , and the budget would be controlled by a manager who would purchase services from whichever public or private agency gave the best value for money . |
| 24 | A lower house would be elected according to a system of proportional representation combining regional and national lists . |
| 25 | Depending on the circumstances and the provisions of the partnership agreement : ( 1 ) he may be justified in treating the service of an invalid expulsion notice as an event which in turn gives him the right to serve a similar notice ; or ( 2 ) he may ( not unreasonably ) be able to contend that the service of an invalid notice is such breach of good faith as to justify his seeking a dissolution of the firm ; or ( 3 ) he may be tempted to sue for damages , though these would be particularly difficult to quantify and it does not seem that the service of an invalid notice would be held to amount to a repudiatory breach of the partnership agreementsee Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction UK Ltd [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 277. ( e ) Waiver of the right to expel Once circumstances exist which might justify the exercise of a power to expel , the partners should not delay bringing matters to a head . |
| 26 | A left hemisphere advantage for matching by name ( Cohen , 1972 ) would be expected to lead to a RVF superiority on a memory search for letter names . |
| 27 | Butter and margarine are close substitutes , and so any increase in the price of butter would be expected to lead to an increased demand for margarine as consumers substitute the latter for the relatively more expensive butter . |
| 28 | The intermediary would then send a boy or servant with the cattle owner to ‘ search ’ for the missing animal , which would be found tied to a tree in a nearby forest . |
| 29 | ‘ Payments will be made according to a formula — even if the parties involved have come to their own amicable agreement . |
| 30 | It will be positioned to appeal to a wide range of shavers including ‘ other systems users , users of twin disposables dry shavers who would prefer to wet-shave and younger shavers ’ , says marketing manager Steve Griffin . |