Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the matter certainly can not be resolved until much work has been done , especially on individual firms and industries . |
| 2 | I do n't know if that point has been put across yet , but Truna is black . |
| 3 | ‘ We did n't know if another bomb had been planted on another platform , ’ admitted Miss Godfrey , who uses the station three times a week . |
| 4 | Significant amounts of gas may have been generated , and it would be interesting to know whether geochemical work has been done on the gases found in Jurassic reservoirs to see whether any Palaeozoic contributions are present . |
| 5 | If this module is a package , a flag to indicate whether this module has been reserved for issue as a product ( TRUE ) or not ( FALSE ) . |
| 6 | The results he reports shows very wide variation in the way work was organised after new technology had been introduced on the shop-floor . |
| 7 | The administration of additional inspired oxygen seemed to be of benefit ; in 15 patients with baseline hypoxaemia this would be expected as episodic desaturation has been reported to be more severe if baseline hypoxaemia is present . |
| 8 | Imagine if that ship had been hit … |
| 9 | It will also be granted if any defence raised is shown merely to be a delaying tactic . |
| 10 | The contrast between the view that moral distinctions are detected by sense and feeling and the view that they are revealed as necessary truth to reason was a central theme in the moral philosophy of David Hume ( 1711–76 ) , whose philosophy is recognized as empiricism brought more or less to perfection . |
| 11 | To them stress occurs when that point has been well passed , and tiredness becomes exhaustion , commitment becomes slog , resourcefulness becomes desperation and challenge becomes threat . |
| 12 | yeah , to see if that car 's been sold , stolen or whatever and yet a solicitor come he said your solicitor will be able to pick up the phone , take you through the right channels , see if he 's sold that car , he has n't sold the car , who 's he sold it |
| 13 | I checked behind the wall ‘ phone to see if any mail had been stuffed there for me but , as usual , there was nothing . |
| 14 | Lady Eleanor took me into her confidence and told me how every day , late in the evening , she went down there to see if another letter had been left . ’ |
| 15 | On Aug. 1 , the Council of Ministers ordered the privatization of dachas to be stopped until corresponding legislation had been passed . |
| 16 | The J/44 is very much a performance yacht , so the deck is laid out mainly for racing although careful thought has been given to cruising requirements . |
| 17 | ( 1 ) The decision about a paper 's suitability for the journal should be an early one , and no revisions should be requested until this decision has been made . |
| 18 | There seems to be a view in the medical profession that in such emergency circumstances the next of kin should be asked to consent on behalf of the patient and that , if possible , treatment should be postponed until that consent has been obtained . |
| 19 | The main problem when using crimps is you ca n't actually see whether any damage has been done to the main line when the pressure is applied to the crimp . |
| 20 | ‘ Overt violence or other potentially injurious coercion is not to be used before noninjurious coercion has been exhausted ’ Bernard Berelson ( ex-President of the Population Council ) and Jonathan Lieberson |
| 21 | In efforts to get fresh air circulating through the boat quickly , her conning tower hatch and possibly one on her casing were opened before full buoyancy had been achieved . |
| 22 | No land would be crossed unless previous permission had been granted . |
| 23 | Under an indemnity , a person is liable on a pound for pound basis for any loss , whether or not the purchase price would actually have been reduced if that liability had been discovered prior to contract . |
| 24 | Moreover , under section 11 and section 37 , a person aggrieved by a demand has a right of appeal against it and proceedings can not be brought until any appeal has been finally determined . |
| 25 | The power of local education authorities has been reduced whilst additional power has been given to central government and the revised and highly decentralised governing bodies of schools and colleges . |
| 26 | This is the date that by law the government must review the budget process to determine whether enough progress has been made in reducing the deficit to avoid automatic spending cuts . |
| 27 | In many , the enclosure award of Georgian days was only the final clearing-up of remnants of open field that survived after piecemeal enclosure had been going on for generations or even centuries . |
| 28 | A balanced perspective of the role of chance is difficult to develop or maintain when common sense has been drilled out during training . |
| 29 | Only time will tell if homoeopathic treatment has been successful . |
| 30 | On Aug. 21 the WEU meeting in Paris was informed that the West German coalition government was to begin talks with the opposition parties on a possible amendment to the constitution to remove this barrier , but it was thought unlikely that any such measure could be enacted before German unification had been completed . |