Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of the Agadir crisis , he had declared bombastically that it was ‘ high time this insolent clique in Paris should be made once more to feel what a Pomeranian Grenadier can do ’ He edited a book for children , entitled ‘ Germany in Arms ’ , glorifying war , and was fond of speaking to German youth about the forthcoming ‘ happy — cheerful war ’ whatever that meant . |
| 2 | There were frequent complaints that the limits were too low and should be increased more regularly to avoid unnecessary administrative waste , with increasing numbers of applications for extensions , delay , irritation and so on . |
| 3 | Early potatoes should be sprouted indoors now to go out in spring . |
| 4 | The hands should be pre-set slightly forward to encourage a descending strike . |
| 5 | At age 16 the General Certificate of Secondary Education ( GCSE ) should be the main form of assessment , especially in the core subjects ; ( e ) the results of assessment should be used both formatively to help better teaching and to inform decisions about next steps for a pupil , and summatively at ages 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 to inform parents in simple and clear terms about their child 's progress . |
| 6 | the results of assessment should be used both formatively to help better teaching and to inform decisions about next steps for a pupil , and summatively at ages 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 to inform parents in simple and clear terms about their child 's progress . |
| 7 | The points should be sharpened vertically downwards to give a chisel point ( except on vertical front points , which are sharpened as an ice-axe pick ) . |
| 8 | Once on the new side , the rig should be thrown well forwards to complete the turn on to the new tack . |
| 9 | This must be done very carefully to ensure that the opening of the oviduct remains intact since it is extremely difficult to insert a needle once it has been damaged . |
| 10 | Union researchers must be used more systematically to support the party 's work . |
| 11 | To ensure the best and most appropriate access to that information , historians might be advised once again to pursue collaborative initiatives with scholars in other disciplines who will also rely as heavily upon such materials . |
| 12 | ‘ Cup places are up for grabs and I 'll be watching carefully tomorrow to see if any player is saving himself for the semi-final , ’ said Malone . |
| 13 | Because in the next five years , we 'll be doing even more to create even more solutions . |
| 14 | I 'll be following soon enough to make sure you get to your room and have that bite o ’ supper . |
| 15 | There are two things that could be done relatively easily to ameliorate this situation . |
| 16 | It was therefore assumed in the culture that there were ‘ universals ’ and that it was the universal , rather than particular instances of that universal , which could be said most truly to exist . |
| 17 | Today people conceive as ‘ real ’ that which , within a dominantly Platonist framework of thought , would have been held to be a particular instance of what could be said most truly to exist . |
| 18 | Most of the tensile stresses in tools are due to bending and by keeping stone tools short and compact stresses could be kept low enough to ensure reasonable durability . |
| 19 | ‘ I never miss Midnight Mass at St Martin's-in-the-Field , ’ Oscar told him , ‘ so I 'd appreciate it greatly ii the meeting could be concluded quickly enough to allow me time to get there and find a pew with a good view . ’ |
| 20 | Ian Renilson , operations manager for Fife Product Innovation , said he believed product innovation was the most fundamental method of wealth creation which could be harnessed more effectively to generate real economic growth . |
| 21 | Software Transformation 's technology provides a framework of software programming tools that is claimed to transcend differences in graphical user interfaces and varied operating system characteristics such as memory allocation and file systems so that applications need be developed only once to run on a variety of systems — currently Apple Computer Inc 's Macintosh , Microsoft Corp 's Windows , Novell and Univel Inc 's UnixWare and Unixes from Digital Equipment Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co and Sun Microsystems Inc , with versions for OS/2 , AIX and NT on the way . |
| 22 | Software Transformation 's technology provides a framework of software programming tools that is claimed to transcend differences in graphical user interfaces and varied operating system characteristics such as memory allocation and file systems so that applications need be developed only once to run on a variety of systems — currently Apple Computer Inc 's Macintosh , Microsoft Corp 's Windows , Novell and Univel Inc 's UnixWare and Unixes from Digital Equipment Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co and Sun Microsystems Inc , with versions for OS/2 , AIX and NT on the way . |
| 23 | Eventually , when the region got small enough , it would be spinning fast enough to balance the attraction of gravity , and in this way disklike rotating galaxies were born . |
| 24 | Cassie wondered hazily whether in Johnny 's book it would be considered all right to force himself on the other sort of girl , whoever she may be ! |
| 25 | However , a band would be doing incredibly well to sell 15,000 jazz LPs throughout the UK . |
| 26 | He estimates that an executive sous-chef working in a top London restaurant or hotel would be earning between £25,000 and £27,000 , whereas a head chef in contract catering at a director 's dining room , for example , would be doing very well to earn £20,000 . |
| 27 | The literature on the distribution of earnings is massive and no attempt will be made here either to summarise or evaluate it . |
| 28 | Linighan , who will be examined again today to see whether his nose is actually broken , had played for 100 minutes in great discomfort after Bright 's dreadful challenge but joked : ‘ You get used to taking knocks like that I 'm a Hartlepool lad . ’ |
| 29 | The Latics were one of only four sides to beat the League champions last season and Royle said : ‘ They will be going all out to put that right . ’ |
| 30 | In true Libran fashion you will be going all out to cultivate new friendships , but take care that you 're not led astray ( into a field of cow-pats for instance ) . |