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 | 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 . |
| 7 | They may therefore need to be read to or to listen to ‘ talking book ’ cassettes . |
| 8 | While cleaning staff are busy working on one floor , they may suddenly need to be directed to another room . |
| 9 | They must also continue to be so for a reasonable time after delivery . |
| 10 | So compared with the commercial clout of the continental magnums , they 'll just have to be satisfied to remain as miniatures . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Considering they had also beaten New South Wales convincingly they could justifiably claim to be the top provincial side around . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In other words , they would simply like to be valued for the important role they play . |
| 19 | If , by some political catastrophe , government social services were abolished , they would soon have to be recreated in private form . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Today , many unfortunate people have too much enforced leisure , when they would actually prefer to be occupied . |
| 22 | They will particularly have to be wary of the aerial threat posed by striker Kevin Francis , at 6ft 7ins the tallest player in the Football League . |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps they will just want to be there anyway . |
| 24 | They will also tend to be authoritarian , conservative and controlled in their thinking . |
| 25 | Not only will internal verifiers need to understand the operational requirements of the scheme , they will also have to be aware of the exact nature of the role of the assessor and have the ability to oversee groups of assessors . |
| 26 | They will also need to be worn for phone-in programmes . |
| 27 | Well obviously Miss the magistrates will need to be satisfied there are grounds why they should bind him over they will also need to be satisfied that there is a fear for the future otherwise they will not bind him over . |
| 28 | They will also need to be satisfied that there is a fear for the future otherwise they will not bind him over . |
| 29 | If data archives hold their data long enough , however , they will eventually come to be seen as historical sources , and in reality there is no intrinsic difference between the 1991 census and that of 1891 . |
| 30 | If Compact goals are framed carefully and sensitively they should demonstrate , for successful students , evidence that they will subsequently prove to be reliable , conscientious and creative at work . |