Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] or [conj] [pron] be " in BNC.

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1 A catastrophe can happen when the system energy is no longer channelled as intended by the designers or because there is a release of toxic substances or both .
2 The District Council has accommodated the highest proportion of Greater York growth of all the districts surrounding York over the last ten years , and therefore I think it likely that it would expected to accommodate the largest proportion of the fourteen hundred dwellings that would be accommodated in the new settlement , erm I do not think that any of the settlements or that there is sufficient land within the Southern Ryedale area to accommodate that level of development without adversely affecting character of the settlements , or compromising greenbelt objectives , as I mentioned this morning , and also I question whether or not erm whether th most of the settlements in the Southern Ryedale area have only a minimal s minimal service base anyway on which to tack any large housing growths , and I do n't necessarily foresee any subsequent rise in the service base of those settlements as a result of the housing being added on to them .
3 well , I do n't know whether that man over there is cleaning the windows or whether he 's having to look at the double glazing again
4 Cos any spare the men or that they were usually away for a har taking up a harvest .
5 It is designed to help diabetics when dealing with queries at airports or by the police or when they are taken ill .
6 And this he can do unless there are restrictions on the transferability of the shares or unless there are good reasons for failing to apply for registration .
7 I did not say that the world was in a sorry state , that it contained no dangers or that there was in absence of sinister-looking developments .
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