Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [art] [noun pl] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Once the observations are completed the parents can devise a hypothesis about what is maintaining the problem behaviour .
2 Most people , when they went out at night or approached another village , carried a stick or a handful of stones ; if one or two dogs in a pack had been wounded the others would pick up the aggressive intention and drop back sullenly .
3 Employees at the company 's plants in Chester and Filton , Bristol , have been told the redundancies will come early next year .
4 And to be a fair traded product , the charter says that erm the company who are selling the products should have an input at that level .
5 To establish that a vehicle has been stolen the Police must have a record of its reg no .
6 If a lower rate were to be introduced the museums would stand to benefit by around DFl.3 million ( £1 million ; $2 million ) per year .
7 He must also be hoping the measures will save his political neck .
8 ‘ I 'm hoping the doctors 'll have broken the news about her husband and her daughter , sir , ’ said Camb as they crossed the black and white checkerboard foyer of the station .
9 Failing such information or evidence being furnished the Directors may give the person from whom the information or evidence required notice that , if the information or evidence in question is not furnished within such periods as may be determined by the Directors and stated in the notice , the Directors may refuse to register the transfer in question or ( in case no transfer is in question ) may require that a Transfer Notice be given in respect of the Shares concerned .
10 Failing such information or evidence being furnished the Directors may give the person from whom the information or evidence required notice that , if the information or evidence in question is not furnished within such periods as may be determined by the Directors and stated in the notice , the Directors may refuse to register the transfer in question or ( in case no transfer is in question ) may require that a Transfer Notice be given in respect of the Shares concerned .
11 You 've probably all been in situation where you seen people zigzag across the road because they think they 're being followed the ladies will do it because she thinks a bloke is following her and the men are probably thinking does she think I 'm following her ?
12 As forensic scientists began examining the explosives and ‘ terrorist paraphernalia ’ found in two holdalls 50 yards from a main road , it was being suggested the bags may have been hidden , rather than dumped , more recently than first thought — possibly within the past weeks .
13 Dampness and lack of ventilation are as welcoming to insects as they are to wood fungi and once these conditions are rectified the beetles will feel less inclined to stay .
14 But while the arguments continue in Westminster , families such as the Grassies 's are hoping the reforms will make it easier rather than harder to make ends meet .
15 They are hoping the authorities will turn their customary blind eye .
16 The computer-enhanced pictures are considered to be a vast improvement on the old photo-fit style in terms of clarity , and detectives are hoping the men will come forward quickly .
17 The Commission helps to create around five thousand new jobs a year.And all the small firms exhibiting at the Three Counties are hoping the orders will keep flowing in .
18 Will he also ask the manufacturers to consider the possibility of installing devices to enable stolen cars to be traced , so that if a terrorist murder is committed the police can get on the track quickly ?
19 The princess , looking tanned and relaxed , led her sons into a waiting minibus when the party arrived in London and it is expected the boys will join their father this weekend .
20 I am confident once the uncertainty is resolved the problems will die down . ’
21 Simply program the required switch commands into a TriAxis patch and every time that preset is selected the combos will comply with its orders .
22 It 's suspected the fires could have been started because of a dispute over mooring rights on the river .
23 Now Mr Davies is told the gypsies can stay , but only for five years .
24 If too much medium is used the oviducts may float around making the flushing manipulations much more difficult .
25 It 's understood the jobs will disappear over the next few months as part of a slimming down exercise .
26 It is hoped the slabs will block the conduit from which the main force of the lava is said to be bearing down ‘ like a train ’ , causing it to break up and cool .
27 Although ballooning on micturition is a commonly cited indication , the studies of Gairdner and Øster suggest that if this physical sign is ignored the symptoms will resolve as the foreskin becomes spontaneously retractile ( unless balanitis xerotica obliterans develops ) .
28 She 's hoping the thieves will show some charity and return them .
29 By the end of the first week 's dieting the scales will start to reveal the true story of your excellent rate of' weight loss , and from then on it will be downhill all the way to your ideal weight !
30 Simplifying somewhat , we might say that a structural approach to language teaching lays emphasis on systemic knowledge and makes the assumption that once this is acquired the learners will discover for themselves how it is put to use in communication .
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