Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [vb pp] by some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iii case this book should be read by some fundamentalist searching for straws to prop up his prejudices , let me state categorically that all my experience ( such as it is ) has led me to an unqualified acceptance of evolution by natural selection as a sufficient explanation for what I have seen in the fossil record . |
| 2 | But to see what this talk of the linguistic expression ‘ replacing ’ the natural expression really means we must consider , in order to reject , the prevalent notion that if someone says ‘ It hurts ’ or ‘ I 'm afraid ’ , and they are not lying , then what they say must be justified by some observation . |
| 3 | While a moving-coil meter does not exhibit any steady deflection when sinusoidal current passes through it and must be preceded by some form of rectifying circuit before it can register such current , other forms of meter exist that respond usefully by themselves to sinusoidal current . |
| 4 | In response to the SNH access paper , he adds : ‘ While this might be opposed by some landowners and managers , it nevertheless offers an opportunity , as yet untried , for SNH and government to work out an acceptable scheme for appropriate legislation and test it publicly . ’ |
| 5 | Similar pressures might be felt by some people today — to fight , or to risk injury in certain situations , and so on . |
| 6 | The wall was as it had always been … but at the centre was a black smear , like the blackened smear that might be left by some kind of fire ; as if a blowlamp had been held there . |
| 7 | For example , UNCLASSIFIED and RESTRICTED may be defined by some organisations to be suitable for microfiching . |
| 8 | Certainly no generalisation can be made except that the successful diffusion of the knowledge of soil conserving practices is often one essential change that is required — even although the knowledge may be possessed by some cultivators already . |
| 9 | This may be achieved by some clause in the guarantee such as ‘ Apart from his obligations under the terms of this guarantee , the manufacturer shall not be liable for any loss howsoever arising . ’ |
| 10 | A further problem for the Church is that it may be seen by some people as a stepping-stone to a political career . |
| 11 | The fact that it may be interpreted by some readers or viewers as pornographic is secondary . |
| 12 | Finally , remember that if a cold front is due in the summer-time , it may be preceded by some hours by a line of unpredicted severe squalls and storms . |
| 13 | Spreads may be expected by some traders , such as those who have views on subsequent movements in relative spot and futures prices but not price levels , to have a superior risk-return performance to single positions in futures . |
| 14 | Clues for an explanation for this discrepancy may be provided by some laboratory studies . |
| 15 | The chaos would be compounded by some schools claiming grant-maintained status . |
| 16 | Thus both management and employees would be covered by some sort of bonus scheme , maybe related to different indicators of performance . |
| 17 | The trees would be improved by some firm , blacker over-painting but I have not made this alteration . |
| 18 | It is no exaggeration to say that every committee , every department of every local authority , in Britain will be affected by some aspect of the 1992 process . |
| 19 | Most used headings , such as Country life in Figure 16.1(a) , will be accompanied by some indication of their relationship to other terms . |
| 20 | The emotional , mental and spiritual levels form an energy field around the body known as the aura , aspects of which can be seen by some people and which have recently been partially demonstrated by modern technology . |
| 21 | Once this is achieved — and this , it is held , can be done by some sort of physicalist theory of mind with strong behaviourist elements — then most of the insoluble problems of early modern philosophy disappear . |
| 22 | Most health education and health promotion campaigns are based on the assumptions that individual lifestyles play an important role in experiences of health and disease , and that individual behaviour can be influenced by some combination of information , emotional appeal and suggestions for change . |
| 23 | Of course , there is a definite limit to the strength of cross wind that can be accepted by some machines , particularly those fitted with tail-skids rather than tail-wheels . |
| 24 | Similarly , the gaseous molecules given off by plants may be smelt by us humans , but can be identified by some insects from their characteristic infrared emissions . |
| 25 | Nor did we reflect on the way in which work can be used by some people as a substitute for living an authentic life . |