Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] they [be] [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Usually they take about three weeks to make but a further nine months can elapse before brass-polishing is completed especially if they are to be exhibited before use .
2 Three years after publisher Robert Maxwell sacked twenty one journalists from the Pergamon Press company , it 's been announced tonight that they 're to be paid thousands of pounds in compensation.The deal brings to an end one of the longest runing disputes in British trade union history .
3 Even for low attainers projects are done individually if they are to be assessed .
4 Keeping vegetables in the fridge , and preparing them just before they are to be cooked , helps preserve the vitamin content , too .
5 Long-nets have to be set properly if they are to be effective .
6 All presidents must move carefully and skilfully if they are to be effective leaders .
7 While courses such as intravenous therapy updates are readily acceptable and have immediately observable results in terms of clinical care delivery , less tangible skills such as teaching need to be built up gradually if they are to be successful , another factor which may affect motivation .
8 It was revealed later that they are to be held outside Liverpool at one of Britain 's four special secure units for child offenders .
9 ‘ Do n't you ever touch me again ! ’ she yelled , rather inauspiciously if they were to be cast as lovers .
10 Windows have to be cleaned often if they are to be kept clean , and literary clarity , too , is always likely to be an effect of long labour .
11 The return system , we , we say to the girls they must come back but they 're to be incorporated within the round .
12 But , in so far as they are to be seen as sons of the lost primal mother , they clearly represent the manic alternative to the depressive self-punishment of the followers of Cybele or the castrated and killed sons of the Great Mother represented by Attis and Tammuz , by the dead and dismembered Osiris , or the crucified Christ .
13 Even if they were to be separated , one would know that Susan was somewhere .
14 But even if they were to be drawn up from scratch with the express aim of reducing the level of severity in sentencing , there would still be a danger that discretion might simply be displaced to an earlier point in the system , such as the prosecutorial decision .
15 The assumption seems to be that research involving animals , particularly if they are to be harmed in any way , must at least be justified in advance by its probable benefits for human beings , or possibly other animals .
16 Scrub potatoes in cold water with a vegetable brush or domestic scouring sponge , particularly if they are to be cooked in their skins .
17 They must be available accurately and consistently if they are to be relied upon .
18 New Times has pondered whether there would be such vehement opposition about sending ‘ our boys ’ abroad again if they were to be sent to fight for Iraq .
19 It may be prudent to have them specified , particularly with regard to theft and accidental damage , and certainly if they are to be covered for use in other places .
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