Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The truth of this creed would then become accepted as axiomatic and be regarded as an article of faith , although , to those who closely examine the propositions they may well appear to be self-evidently true . |
| 2 | Most people have absorbed the idea that there is some sort of accountability at the end of life and that they may well need to be preparing to ‘ meet their maker ’ . |
| 3 | Stereolab always look tonight as if they 've got a few more tricks up their sleeve than anyone else around at the moment , and in an age where recycling the past to create a spurious version of the future is the order of the day , they may well prove to be a benchmark of quality for their times . |
| 4 | They may also prove to be useful when it comes to breeding , a point that will be covered later in the series . |
| 5 | Excitable children can have a similar effect , and so they may also have to be shown how to behave towards a puppy . |
| 6 | The literal translation of onyxectomy , however , is simply ‘ nail-cutting-out ’ and that is what vets are doing , even though they may not like to be reminded of the fact when they record their day 's work . |
| 7 | Mock solemnity of this kind may seem rather tiresome , just as practical jokes are often not funny to those on whom they are played ( they may often appear to be lightly camouflaged forms of aggression ) , but such jokes were characteristic of the society in which he now moved : it is difficult to imagine him playing tricks on Pound or Lewis , for example . |
| 8 | They may therefore need to be read to or to listen to ‘ talking book ’ cassettes . |
| 9 | While cleaning staff are busy working on one floor , they may suddenly need to be directed to another room . |
| 10 | They must also continue to be so for a reasonable time after delivery . |
| 11 | They should not try to be fair to other countries . |
| 12 | So compared with the commercial clout of the continental magnums , they 'll just have to be satisfied to remain as miniatures . |
| 13 | The qualifying condition , however , in this particular instance , was that Mrs Beattie and Mrs Friar could hardly be classed as neighbours and even the most cock-eyed optimist would never even hope that they might even begin to be pleasant to each other . |
| 14 | Approaching the fabliaux with a mind prepared to find moral instruction in the texts , however unpromising they might superficially seem to be for such interpretation , is something that we can reconstruct as an authentic medieval mode of reading — " " All that is written is written for our doctrine " " as St Paul has it — although there is little direct evidence for the application of such literary theory to vernacular literature as well as the classics before the fourteenth century , and even then the extent of such application is difficult to assess . |
| 15 | Because they could not stand to be in the company of his wife , they rarely saw him . |
| 16 | Considering they had also beaten New South Wales convincingly they could justifiably claim to be the top provincial side around . |
| 17 | However , they were also quite pricey , as they could well afford to be , so I designed my own after a first disaster with one of the Ken Smith ledger rods . |
| 18 | He was stationed in an old chapel in Chuckery because the Americans once they 'd started they were putting them everywhere or anywhere they could just get to be with them before V Day they were even in little chapels , churches , outhouses anywhere they could possibly and there were guns and bits of trucks on every spot of land where they could get them the er , I 'm getting out of context I was just thinking about a tank , a First World War tank that they used to have those as well in the field gun in the er arboretum which were disappeared soon after the war they went for scrap and they came and they used , people used to have a lot of wrought iron railings as well they took those as well they came along with burners and went off to the war effort , but er like I say the Americans and of course as kids they were very generous with kids and we absolutely loved them . |
| 19 | The result is a discourse in which certain expressions , such as " the river had not gone away either or the mountains " ( p. 31 ) must be interpreted as " literally " representing the perceptions of the people , whereas for us they would normally have to be interpreted metaphorically . |
| 20 | It was generally assumed that they would probably prove to be complementary to each other , but what the optimum mix would be was far from clear . |
| 21 | In other words , they would simply like to be valued for the important role they play . |
| 22 | When the two partners first set up on their own — according to Byrne , with only $5000 capital and giving up a secure future — they did so under the guise of an employment agency , so that they would not appear to be in direct competition with their ex-employers . |
| 23 | No talk of going out for meals then , everyone rushed off to their respective homes , grateful for the knowledge that they would not have to be back in the Variety Theatre until the ‘ half ’ on the Monday evening . |
| 24 | All have accepted the social norm , which they would use to condemn others and by which they would not wish to be condemned . |
| 25 | Aylwin stated that this did not apply to the present Chief of the Armed Forces , Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte , the former dictator , who was not due to retire until 1998 , but that it would " re-establish to future presidents of Chile a power which they would not wish to be denied " . |
| 26 | You 'd think they would n't want to be seen in public ; but no , there they are , living it up , and my own daughter aiding and abetting them as if she were doing some thing clever . |
| 27 | They would n't want to be near warehousing units of course but erm there 's a lot of new building going on and with so much competition Thinking of Imelda for a job , I mean there 's , there 's loads of places here as well for her Exeter Hospital you know the Torbay . |
| 28 | If , by some political catastrophe , government social services were abolished , they would soon have to be recreated in private form . |
| 29 | It was clear then that the staff would not only have to work extremely hard , and be at their most alert , they would also have to be unusually flexible . |
| 30 | Today , many unfortunate people have too much enforced leisure , when they would actually prefer to be occupied . |