Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | So unaccustomed may he or she be to the affection that you offer . |
| 2 | DESPITE the Ministry of Defence 's ( MoD ) statement that no more check-flights would be undertaken on Vulcan B.2 XH558 — enabling the flightcrew to stay current should the decision to ground her be reversed , or she be flown to her next owner ( FP November , p26 ) — the mighty Vulcan flew again from Waddington , Lincs , in October and was due to fly again as this issue went on sale . |
| 3 | When arriving at the foreign post , will he or she be in a less senior capacity than in the home country because of unfamiliarity with local customs and methods of working ? |
| 4 | There is no demand on the soloist that he or she be a composer , and therefore be able to produce new scores . |
| 5 | On the other hand , the better the change-manager understands each main party 's schema , each party 's perception of what is risky for it and each party 's ability to exercise power to disrupt , the better will he or she be able to develop an appropriate change strategy and recognize where the strategy may be at risk as events unfold . |
| 6 | This merits test is often expressed by asking the following question : ‘ If this applicant were the private client of a solicitor would he or she be advised to take or defend the action ? ’ |
| 7 | It recommended that the preliminary hearing be abolished , that the district judge be required to conduct the hearing on an interventionist basis , that he or she be required to give reasons for a decision and explain the rules of law and that specific guidance should be provided on the expenses recoverable for small claims . |
| 8 | Of course , the user of a GIS would not be concerned exclusively with relative or absolute location to the exclusion of the attributes of the spatial entities , nor would he or she be interested solely in the non-spatial characteristics ( the attributes ) of the spatial entities . |
| 9 | all the things that happen , all these sighs of oppression , because I think really what we 're talking about , whether it be within the family or it be within the media , all the signs of women as er sexist |
| 10 | And I think it would actually need , if it 's going to be taken on board , somebody appointed to look at this , or it be put in somebody 's job brief and I would have thought ideally that it would be placed with the community worker , and I do n't know quite how we 're placed for community workers in East Oxford , but maybe it 's something we could put to that department . |
| 11 | Fish that must needs bite or themselves be bitten , |
| 12 | Be careful to ensure that all the original deeds , or examined copies or abstracts thereof , will be handed over , or yourself be very thorough in examining the title , because the Registry normally requires all copies or abstracts to be marked as examined against the original ( including photocopies ) . |
| 13 | It is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places one , and utterly like ; for at all times they have been divers , and may be changed according to the diversities of countries , times , and men 's manners , so that nothing be ordained against God 's Word . |
| 14 | The answer is not difficult , if we remember that each meeting of the Assembly was different in composition from all others ; personal oratory and ascendancy , not party organization , decided the issues , and that is why the absence of Kimon mattered so much : he would have given his usual speech on the ‘ special relationship ’ with Sparta , urging that nothing be done to the Athenian constitution to which oligarchic Sparta would take mortal offence . |
| 15 | A report on the Royal Navy by the Commons defence committee gave a dire warning of the impact of the cuts already under way , let alone those that my be in prospect . |
| 16 | Thus perception , as he conceives it , is tied too closely to the human paradigm ; those normal contexts in which we require that someone be able to tell us about what they see . |
| 17 | Do n't let that someone be you ! ! |
| 18 | I hope you do not think me unduly vain with regard to this last matter ; it is just that one never knows when one might be obliged to give out that one is from Darlington Hall , and it is important that one be attired at such times in a manner worthy of one 's position . |
| 19 | When Hare speaks of universalisability he refers to the requirement that one be prepared to support one 's ethical judgements by precepts couched in completely general terms . |
| 20 | One day when he was extremely unrealistic and euphoric , I really became upset ; it was like going in to see a stranger — he was receiving a high dosage of morphine at that time — and I called his pulmonary doctor and requested that something be done or an explanation be given . |
| 21 | Several local pressure groups were emerging during this period , demanding from their MPs and councillors that something be done . |
| 22 | Secretaries and Research Assistants , and asks specifically that something be done about the business of the House — that is , that a motion should be put on the Order Paper to ensure that the register is published , as it contains an astounding cross-section of commercial lobbying organisations . |
| 23 | The requirement for robustness also demands that there be leg braces to create a strong rectangle around the rear seat joint , the point of maximum strain in all chairs . |
| 24 | In the process his demand that there be no further large scale immigration infuriated the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , who retorted : ‘ I do not need any education on the importance of strict immigration control for entry into this country . ’ |
| 25 | It requires , among other things , that there be so many buyers and sellers that none can affect prices ; if a firm cuts its output it will not push up the price . |
| 26 | ‘ Men that are much fixed upon matter … may … forget that there be such things in the world as Spirits … and at last that there is a God , and that their souls are immortal . ’ |
| 27 | That the argument will not do as it stands is , in fact , conceded in the Three Dialogues , where Berkeley allows Hylas to make the point that , although the existence of a sensible thing might consist in its being perceivable ( as in the premiss ) , it does not ( a fixed upon matter … may … forget that there be such things in the world as Spirits … and at last that there is a God , and that their souls are immortal . ’ |
| 28 | The following year the new President , a Presbyterian , had to repeat the injunction , this time directed at the gallery , insisting that there be no applause , either ‘ by our hands , and still less by our feet ’ . |
| 29 | He insisted that there be no increase for the rest of his reign , a wish which was adhered to , so that in 1870 the original sum had not been altered . |
| 30 | The requirement that there be a real possibility of a breach of the peace before they act is rarely subject to close judicial scrutiny . |