Example sentences of "[verb] to be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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31 This we think we can discount for a number of reasons : first , the magnitude of the risk aversion would need to be rather large for the result ( that an increase in a is good ) to be reversed ( particularly when the reservation value is generally above the mean price ) ; second , subjects were paid proportionately to their total profits over 16 decision periods ( 32 decisions ) so that any risk aversion would already have been significantly averaged out ; third , the subjects appeared to be trying to make as much money out of the experiment as possible ( implying that they were behaving in a risk-neutral fashion ) ; fourth , the majority of the responses to two questions on the questionnaire indicated risk-neutrality .
32 The building will need to be carefully leak-proofed against the outside air , and customers will have to enter by an air-lock .
33 Their legs would need to be proportionately stronger , more like a reptile 's or a mammal 's , in which case they would need to have the metabolism of either a reptile or a mammal .
34 Cook for about 15–20 minutes until soft and puréed , stirring occasionally — they do not need to be completely smooth .
35 The terrain varies greatly , from relatively flat to quite hilly , so you 'll need to be reasonably fit .
36 Apart from this statutory function , such an Association would need to be largely self-financing , which implies a structured system of membership subscriptions .
37 Organisations will need to be technologically aware .
38 It it would need to be either one or the other I think .
39 Men who took such actions clearly felt that they had a secure prospect of work and that they did not need to be particularly submissive to their lords .
40 They are poor climbers but since there are no predators in the tree tops , they do not need to be particularly agile .
41 Also , you will need to be particularly careful with your diet if you are not to suffer from fatigue .
42 In some rural areas the population served may need to be even smaller if villages are far apart .
43 Either the top or the bottom step would need to be just one sleeper high , to give a total rise of 2ft 6in ( 75cm ) .
44 It 's tempting to consider bottle-feeding instead , as babies take longer to digest formula milk , so feeds do n't need to be so frequent .
45 This flow chart is fairly complete ; not every petrographic study will need to be so thorough , but particular paths are easily selected .
46 In this supporting role your Orc units do n't need to be so large and there is less need to provide standards or characters .
47 For such changes to be successful , they would need to be so large that they would undermine price stability in the Community .
48 Yet such carers do not need to be highly skilled , though they require careful selection , close supervision and extensive in-service continuing training .
49 However , the emplacement vessel or platform would need to be highly sophisticated — perhaps a larger version of the Glomar Explorer .
50 So bones of giant humans , 6 metres tall ( to give a fictional example ) , would need to be disproportionately thick to such an extent that mobility and agility would be virtually nonexistent .
51 However , past experience at other rubbish-burning plants , such as the Greater London Council 's incinerator at Edmonton in North London , suggests that the Corby version will need to be extremely efficient to make a profit .
52 The statement also recognised that , in terms of accuracy , integrity , consistency and up-to-date status , the quality of the index would need to be extremely high .
53 The ground does n't need to be perfectly smooth like a putting surface for a well-hit putt from off the edge of the green to finish very successfully .
54 Each zone in a multi-zoning system will need to be comparatively small in area because many journeys are very short in distance and all or most journeys must be charged to be fair .
55 ‘ It seems almost cool to play 200 gigs a year and get in the Top Ten , when that 's all it is , you do n't even need to be that good !
56 However , if this holist conception is to provide a standard for at least some explanations within the social sciences , and if it is to avoid the difficulties discussed in Part II , it is obvious that it will need to be greatly refined and elaborated .
57 Some area officers are concerned that the new common core would appear to be lengthening the total training period during which a trainee will need to be under close supervision .
58 But whoever killed him did n't need to be especially fit with a weapon like that in their hand . ’
59 The positioning of the reference card does need to be fairly accurate if it nearly fills the space allotted .
60 This is acceptable — the view area does not need to be entirely precise .
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