Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [noun] to be " in BNC.

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1 It may make sense to be tested if you are or intend to become pregnant , as about 13% of babies born to HIV positive mothers are themselves infected .
2 It also insisted that each committee must recruit candidates to be trained by the Union to act as local health workers .
3 Chelmsford must beat Pelicans to be sure of heading the East League at the break .
4 The correspondence principle states that we should expect wages to be rising more rapidly the larger is X i .
5 ‘ If you will make such a mystery man of yourself , ’ Robbie retorted , ‘ you must expect people to be curious . ’
6 But in the High Court , Parker LJ has stated that whilst the creation of an admissions policy is a matter of discretion for the LEA itself , that policy must enable consideration to be given to exceptional cases and therefore should not be too rigid .
7 A careful scrutiny of existing policies and their implicit and explicit assumptions should do two things ; it should enable choices to be made at the level of general strategies , as to what is most conducive to equity or equality , it should also enable individual teachers in individual schools to compare their circumstances with those of others and learn which innovations seem to suit what circumstances and to take heart from the struggles and successes of their colleagues .
8 These future scenarios should permit deductions to be made about the particular environmental variable in view , whether this be technological , economic or whatever .
9 The boldness of so many of her contemporaries in changing direction in their career or in life generally should encourage Janet to be bold in following her own inclinations .
10 In the future , therefore , we must encourage publishers to be a little more forthcoming about the basis on which they offer readability data , and look carefully to see whether what they have calculated really is the population mean of the book in question .
11 First , we must take care to be clear in our own minds as to the accuracy we require for our research .
12 Regulators should resist pressure to be lenient
13 We had all been prisoners long enough to know that you must allow people to be unbalanced if they felt like it .
14 What should happen if [ J. ] suffers an episode before then which should require ventilation to be applied mechanically to save or prolong his life ?
15 Customers must check statements to be sure of their accuracy .
16 The general consensus of the meeting was that we should help people to be aware of the sacredness of human life , and how precious is this gift from God .
17 This facility has been sought by UK businesses and should help traders to be more competitive with their counterparts in other member states , some of which already operate such a scheme .
18 As Lord Wilberforce said , the GLC might direct fares to be raised or services to be adjusted ; or might make a grant to the LTE .
19 This seems unlikely , however , because one might expect females to be just as much in need of protection as males .
20 If some unit larger than the grapheme is used , such as a ( vowel + consonant ) unit , one might expect gead to be pronounced to rhyme with bread , because the most common pronunciation for — ead is the one used for bread .
21 You might expect Christians to be the last group of people to be involved in strong confrontations .
22 The estimate for the two albums is £150,000–200,000 , and one might expect interest to be shown by an Italian State collection such as the Museo degli Argenti in Florence .
23 Under a Labour government we might expect television to be somewhat more favourable to the Labour Party .
24 The first order of meaning is available to participants but the second order of signification is a ‘ hidden ’ level of meaning in that it is not readily available to participants ( who might believe striptease to be erotic ) and needs to be generated by an analyst who knows that it is there and so looks for it .
25 I mean , when I 've got over that then I 'll have time to be decently frightened of you . ’
26 From the sudden change in Rune Christensen 's demeanour it seemed she might have cause to be optimistic .
27 Well … well … its just blummin not on … it might force hamsters to be renamed amongst other serious repurcussions .
28 Sun is set to cut prices across-the-board this week on its desktop line as part of its transition to Viking starting May 19th : just how deep they 'll go remains to be seen .
29 and shall expire fifteen months from the date of this resolution or , if earlier , at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company in 1994 , save that the Company may before such date make an offer or agreement which would or might require securities to be allotted after such date and the directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired .
30 It must be true that Nanny was a liar and a trouble-maker because he could hear her saying all those terrible things that might cause Frankie to be taken away for ever .
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