Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [be] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One area in which the duty to be diligent might usefully be developed is with regard to the installation and supervision by the board of adequate management systems . |
| 2 | Garland ( 1985a ) notes three themes in their programme : reform , prevention — and extinction ; those who could not be reformed were to be eliminated . |
| 3 | Investment is financed out of saving and the last way in which the level of savings can possibly be increased is by the imposition of extra taxes on it . |
| 4 | This includes Schenk , despite her stated belief in the essentially ironic character of wisdom literature ; a belief which seems to imply that the best lesson one can ever be taught is to be cynical ( which might , sadly , be true ) . |
| 5 | But Lord Justice Watkins said : ‘ The only place where the decision can now be reversed is in Parliament ’ . |