Example sentences of "[det] [vb mod] [verb] to [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most cases , there are insufficient surviving remains to make it worthwhile conserving the site for public display : if it has been fully excavated , all that may remain to be seen are , literally , a few depressions in the natural subsoil , even if what was excavated above was quite spectacular . |
| 2 | ( b ) Capital As the capital resources of the firm will have been reduced by the amount required to acquire an outgoing partner 's share in the practice , so that may need to be recouped from the incoming partner ( possibly with additional contributions being needed from the continuing partners ) ; or , in the case of an increase in the number of partners , additional capital may be needed to finance new activities or new offices . |
| 3 | Some may prefer to be given a global picture of what is involved in the task and then be allowed to fill in the details as they need them . |
| 4 | Some may prefer to be presented with a prescribed set of facts and skills , whilst others may learn best by being encouraged to discover things for themselves , often as solutions to problems . |
| 5 | Some of its sections and their subdivisions may be found unnecessary when applied to a particular problem ; some may require to be expanded . |
| 6 | Once allocated it should be a prime task of the particular worker to do a full assessment , in the knowledge that this may need to be repeated , as the health , morale or circumstances of the elderly person at risk can change rapidly with a knock-on effect . |
| 7 | This may need to be supported by actual action likely to undermine public confidence in the exchange . |
| 8 | She expects her son-in-law to be just the same kind of husband and father , with all the same values and priorities , and finds it difficult to accept him as a man with a different set of strengths and weaknesses , however happy he makes her daughter , and this may need to be pointed out to her . |
| 9 | Even in the case of the large church with a regular new members ' class , this may need to be supplemented by a sponsorship scheme in which the converts are matched with church members of the same sex and similar age and background , to help them find their feet and be introduced to the family . |
| 10 | If drainage is a serious problem , this may have to be tackled before fertility can be built up . |
| 11 | If the pot-au-feu is for a special occasion you include as well a boiling chicken , but since so many kitchens are n't equipped with a soup pot large enough to hold a chicken at the same time as all the meat , this may have to be cooked separately . |
| 12 | The appellant is supposed to have a right of reply , but this may have to be sacrificed if it has grown too late . |
| 13 | This may have to be sawn off with a junior hacksaw if it has rusted in place |
| 14 | This must continue to be funded as before to maintain basic development of the technology . |
| 15 | Some might need to be tossed out ; indeed it was these younger fry who mostly glared at one another . |
| 16 | One member of the group might seek participation and greater responsibility , whereas another might want to be told what to do . |
| 17 | While this might seem to be stating the obvious , the fact is that this issue has not received a great deal of systematic ( as opposed to post hoc ) discussion in the literature . |
| 18 | This might seem to be moving away from Golyadkin , but in point of tone The Double and The Possessed draw closest to one another , and to Don Quixote , in the ludicrous materialities of preparation , and in their juxtaposing of very particular odds and ends with an airy universality which in lesser hands would be emptiness . |
| 19 | This would seem to be linked with the capacity to provide egg-laying sites all the year round for the obligate fig-wasp pollinators , as well as to the year-round provision of food for the specialized dispersal agents such as howler monkeys and bats , which may travel long distances , in the case of Artibeus jamaicensis in Mexico up to 10km , to feed on figs . |
| 20 | This would fall to be considered under the occupiers liability section of a contents policy even where the occupant is merely a tenant and responsibility for maintenance of the pipes lies with the owner . |
| 21 | If it were to hold a known instrument off a bed casting then this would need to be declared ; ie " design of a bracket to support instrument off bed " . |
| 22 | This would seed to be borne out by Gandhi 's remark : ‘ I would say ‘ means are after all everything' ’ . |
| 23 | This would have to be followed up by provision of appropriate help . |
| 24 | Since none of these appear in Journal Citation Reports , this would have to be assessed by a combination of factors : |
| 25 | Since none of these appear in Journal Citation Reports , this would have to be assessed by a combination of factors : |
| 26 | Finance Minister Ruth Richardson said that this would have to be made up from other cuts in public spending . |
| 27 | It is difficult to envisage the numbers it would be necessary to accommodate during this period , however I would estimate a rough requirement to accommodate 30 to 40 staff , although this would have to be kept under review in the light of the public 's response and changes required to known data . |
| 28 | ‘ Four weeks ago there was a lineside fire problem with a steam locomotive and our operations people agreed with the promoters that this would have to be monitored carefully . |
| 29 | The United States then argued that if the European members of NATO were unwilling or unable to strengthen the alliance , then this would have to be achieved by permitting West Germany to rearm . |
| 30 | This would have to be remembered in the rough and tumble of debate . |