Example sentences of "and [vb mod] [verb] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority further contend that a wife who has reported a rape by her husband to the police may subsequently regret having done so and may wish to be reconciled with him . |
| 2 | Some of the modern hymns have a very shallow doctrinal content and may need to be rejected for that reason , whatever their other virtues . |
| 3 | The grammar and lexicon may be incomplete for the task at hand and may need to be supplemented . |
| 4 | The preferred approach is likely to vary between countries , depending both on market characteristics and corporate profiles , and may need to be modified slightly in the light of subsequent deal structuring recommendations . |
| 5 | Be aware of the fact that the last word may sound different , especially if it is a tone language ( list intonation ) , and may need to be listened to in another position in the list . |
| 6 | Staff need , however , to strike a delicate balance between giving optimistic support and encouragement on the one hand and accepting on the other that some individuals do not wish to , or can not , change as a result of disability and may need to be helped , therefore , to cope with permanent social impairments and distressing symptoms . |
| 7 | Refusal to sit is often associated with constipation and soiling and may have to be taught before bowel movements can be encouraged . |
| 8 | Eunice Paxman , chairwoman of the National Care Homes Association , predicted that some SSD contracts with residential homes would be placed under further strain and may have to be renegotiated . |
| 9 | The Department of Energy has recognized that its current termination date for subsidizing such projects , 1998 , is too tight and that many projects will be unable to raise the necessary finance beyond that date and might have to be abandoned . |
| 10 | They actively seek to expand their influence and would appear to be aiming to cover most of west London … the group can be expected to continue in their attempts to undermine the police , but are unlikely to be successful except in conditions of widespread disorder , general strike , etc , when they might have a potential for destabilisation . ’ |
| 11 | This explanation , it has to be admitted , is not wholly convincing , and would appear to be contradicted by the actions of investors and the fortunes of firms . |
| 12 | A DC9 or BAC 111 can not hold so many passengers and would tend to be loaded later . |
| 13 | ( 1 ) incomplete adaptation — since not all features of JC would be sufficiently salient to be " noticeable " for the purposes of adaptation , some of these would " slip through " and would fail to be adapted ( 2 ) inconsistency — due to possible learning or memory constraints , or perhaps for other reasons not well understood , some adaptations would be made haphazardly , so that the same item might appear sometimes in its LE variant , sometimes in its JC form ( 3 ) misadaptation — where the systems of JC and LE differ in such a way that adapting correctly requires recognising a contrast that exists in JC but not in LE , we would expect LE speakers to " get it wrong " some of the time , creating forms which are neither the target ( JC ) nor LE . |
| 14 | Coverage of non-deposit creditors would be eliminated and would continue to be denied to deposits in the foreign branches of US banks . |
| 15 | However , the existing bus fleet was if anything even more worn out than the tram fleet and would have to be replaced before the tram conversion could commence . |
| 16 | George Augustus who lost his last race in Germany in the stewards room is down for the Grosser Preis Von Baden and would have to be supported . |
| 17 | George Augustus who lost his last race in Germany in the stewards room is down for the Grosser Preis Von Baden and would have to be supported . |
| 18 | The impact of that on Leeds residents perception of the migration opportunities is quite different quite different from a new settlement on a very accessible corridor which would have to be promoted and would have to be built quickly to be to present itself as a successful venture . |
| 19 | We looked at him in disgust and just stood there popping our bubble-gum while he explained to her that she had betrayed her tribe and would have to be tied to the totem-pole . |
| 20 | Vice-President Virgilio Godoy stated that the murder , which was seen as a setback for the attempt of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro to promote national reconciliation , should not go unpunished and would have to be solved " even if this has to be done outside government institutions " . |
| 21 | Michel reported that in 1989 the cost of debt servicing had surpassed the funds available in loans and grants and would have to be paid for out of foreign exchange . |
| 22 | But the optimism of workers at Rover 's Cowley plant in Oxford and the Stratton St Margaret site in Swindon turned to anger 18 months ago , when the European Commission announced that sweeteners worth almost £45m that helped clinch the deal , were illegal and would have to be paid back . |
| 23 | Principally the visit had been to see a senior boy with lifelong problems who had suddenly become unmanageable and would have to be admitted to an asylum , but while there he had been asked to assess Anna Beckett , a child who had moved him strangely . |
| 24 | Future developments could include scanning and storing Herbarium sheet images on optical disk , but this is a much larger project , and would have to be carried out in co-operation with other institutions , perhaps with European Community funding , as this would be at the forefront of information technology . |
| 25 | Because his wife had made dishes of it as first-night presents for the cast , apart from Titania , who was on a diet and would have to be dealt with in some other way . |
| 26 | One of the men was ill and very weak and would have to be brought out on a stretcher . |
| 27 | She was advised that formal evidence would have to be called in order for her to form an opinion under section 7(5) of the Act of 1976 as to whether the defendant should be remanded in custody or on bail on the same or more stringent conditions , and that accordingly the hearing would in effect be a trial and would require to be heard before at least two justices . |
| 28 | The requirements which would be entailed by a access onto Drum Brae Terrace as an alternative have been discussed and would require to be assessed in relation to the likely traffic movements . |
| 29 | According to Judge Abraham Sofaer , Brunei was picked especially because it received no assistance already , and would seem to be returning no favours ; it was never intended to get anything beyond appreciation . |
| 30 | The straight lines on the charts may be over-simplified , therefore , and would need to be treated with some caution . |