Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] be [vb pp] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Howard has suggested that threats of force directed at any person for whom the complainant ‘ has or is presumed to have strong affections ’ should negative consent . |
| 2 | Two large stainless steel cylinders , the latest in high pressure dyeing technology , have been installed and are expected to become operational by mid November . |
| 3 | All breeding and laying flocks have to be registered and are required to undertake extensive testing for salmonella at every stage of the hens ' lives . |
| 4 | Policies are evolved in a wider environment in which problems emerge that are deemed to require political solutions , and pressures occur for new political responses . |
| 5 | The application of the assessment process to the process of intervention and , if necessary , the development of a support network will then build upon the strength and resources identified and be designed to provide additional resources and services to minimize risk and improve the quality of life . |
| 6 | A depletion of transmitters is therefore likely to be associated with impaired performance and to render the organism more vulnerable to frustration , loss and other life stresses that are expected to increase adaptive demands . |
| 7 | A senior British officer , on a visit to the trenches , is quoted as being astonished to observe German soldiers walking about within rifle range behind their own line . |