Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be [verb] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inclusion of related subjects can thus often help the user with a specific search , particularly where he is not adequately familiar with the subject being sought or the way in which the subject is likely to be handled or packaged in the literature . |
| 2 | Instead , consider whether there is any evidence for the jury ( sufficient to require the judge to leave the case to the jury ) ; if there is , explain how the judge would direct the jury , and state whether a verdict of guilty would be likely to be upheld or upset on appeal . |
| 3 | Some of the largest US banks , e.g. Bank of America or Citibank , have earned up to 50 per cent of their annual profits from international operations ; thus a US banking presence overseas is likely to be maintained or increased in future years . |
| 4 | On the other hand , they are less likely to be apprehended or detained by the police for drug and/or non-drug offences . |
| 5 | Children picked by paedophiles were likely to be reabused or become abusers themselves . |
| 6 | Within a short space of time the data files are likely to be lost or become obsolete as the technology of the host institution changes . |
| 7 | ‘ the rule is that no one is bound to answer any question if the answer thereto would , in the opinion of the judge , have a tendency to expose the deponent to any criminal charge , penalty , or forfeiture which the judge regards as reasonably likely to be preferred or sued for . |
| 8 | The arguments for and against their management styles seem likely to be won or lost over the brandy and cigars at dinners before tomorrow 's monthly meeting of the BBC board . |
| 9 | Mr Blunkett had been reviewing some of the scientific evidence about the connection between deprivation and ill health or premature death , and immediately before your intervention had referred to children in social class 5 being six times as likely to be burnt or knocked down in accidents as those in social class 1 . |
| 10 | The inherent slowness can be disguised by locating various data that are likely to be retrieved or correlated , in close physical proximity on the disc . |
| 11 | All to be humped or carried on one 's back |
| 12 | Two or more maps would be needed if the detail shown is not to get too great to be displayed or absorbed by the user . |
| 13 | The empiricism here is not so tight that all theoretical terms and assumptions must refer directly to observables , but all substantive hypotheses must be able to be confirmed or falsified . |
| 14 | Others , such as skills and attitude are able to be modified or enhanced . |
| 15 | Again he laid the final stone , knowing there was no more to be won or lost . |
| 16 | We ask for three O eight to be referred or opposed if it is not and that you support motion three O nine as it 's in line with current policy . |
| 17 | The Prince 's defence of blood sports , which so many of his friends find indefensible , is a curious inconsistency , and one on which he is not keen to be challenged or criticized . |
| 18 | We do not think the criterion can be put any better or more clearly than it is put in R.S.C. , Ord. 62 , r. 12(2) and would hold that , on the true construction of the 18 February 1985 mortgage , the defendants are entitled to be paid or to retain out of the mortgaged property all their actual costs , charges and expenses ( including the receivers ' remuneration ) except in so far they are of an unreasonable amount or have been unreasonably incurred and with any doubts as to whether the costs have been reasonably incurred or are reasonable in amount being resolved in favour of the defendants . |
| 19 | Rosemary is one of the best small-to medium-sized shrubs for the garden , its only drawback being that it is liable to be damaged or killed by severe cold . |
| 20 | In the present case if Mr. Tully refused to disclose his dealings with the moneys of Abbey or Wessex or refused to produce copies of the documents relevant to those dealings , he would be in breach of the order of Buckley J. and liable to be fined or imprisoned by the judge for contempt of court . |
| 21 | It was therefore desirable in the public interest that statements made to the appropriate authority investigating a complaint against a police officer should not be liable to be produced or disclosed or referred to in any proceedings save disciplinary or criminal proceedings officially brought against the police officer in question . |