Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A minority which believed itself to be persecuted might well stick together . |
| 2 | Thus , for example , a provision declaring signed accounts to be binding will not apply in the event that a partner is induced to sign a false account believing it to be true . |
| 3 | Even a highly skilled team working with a client whose trust can be won can not compel medication . |
| 4 | As I told you I think I have made observations which lead me to conclude that there are not only high but fertile lands on the verge of our intertropical Regions , and arguing from the Character of the Ranges here I should not be surprised to find in the more distant parts of the Continent , a Country vying with America in richness of Natural products , and I have very little doubts but that the discoveries to be made would amply repay the government any outlay it might make . |
| 5 | If the person taking the blood sample is asked for what purpose it is being taken and replies that it is for an HIV antibody test , a person who does not wish an HIV antibody test to be done should expressly say so , and should also ask for this refusal to be entered in their medical records . |
| 6 | The Liberal Democrat peer Lord Bonham Carter asked whether the Government had any contingency plans if Vietnam refused to accept them , but Lord Brabazon could only say that ‘ hopefully ’ the standard procedures to be used would not involve force . |
| 7 | The DC to be aborted must already exist and must not be in the state IN APPROVAL or APPROVED . |
| 8 | Just for a child to know that someone will be interested in her work or to have the opportunity to do something for someone else and know it will be appreciated can significantly change the child 's attitude to the task . |
| 9 | New roads that would need to be provided would therefore have to come from that direction and and it itself will cut a swathe through the open countryside . |
| 10 | However , if the products are very close , the price mark-up retailers can charge above marginal cost will be low , so the level at which the franchise fee can be set will not prove very rewarding to the manufacturers . |
| 11 | The criteria by which success will be judged will also have to be established at this stage . |
| 12 | What can be found will inevitably vary according to the area under study and the survival of evidence , but it may be wise to capitalise on whatever special feature the particular settlement has to offer , perhaps an old building , church or archaeological site . |
| 13 | The procedure to be followed will usually involve the parish council and the placement of public advertisements in order that any objections or representations can be made . |
| 14 | Detailed analysis of the transaction to be influenced will also help . |
| 15 | Those who wish to be appointed must somehow solicit the good opinion of the prime minister 's appointments secretary . |
| 16 | Perhaps our account of the wizardry of energy juggling involved in the tunnelling process makes it not altogether implausible that a doubling of the height to be scaled could immensely increase the difficulty of the transaction . |
| 17 | It was strange that a sexual union which left nothing to be desired should so clarify the state of her mind . |
| 18 | Contractual liability on a joint account on which an overdraft is to be allowed need not attract the same attention as the grant of a charge over property . |
| 19 | A person who decides not to be tested need not make this decision known to their doctor , but if the question arises of having a blood test for any purpose , they should ask specifically what the purpose of the blood test is . |
| 20 | Concentration of updates in a particular area — case 3 above — reduces the number of blocks that have to be read and in the most extreme case , where all or none of the records in a block require updating , the percentage of records that need to be read would not change due to blocking . |
| 21 | Second , the approach leads to non-falsifiable explanations , meaning that no evidence that can be marshalled could possibly fail to fit in with it . |
| 22 | Q.Ts. wishing to attend a course to which they are not deemed to be attached may also attend on a daily basis at £2.50 per session . |