Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BBC-1 bosses , inflicting this on our screens in the new Good Morning show , should be shown being force-fed with porridge as so-called celebrities read out the honeyed words . |
| 2 | Erm and I I I think again like , what should erm we should be doing is more of the developmental , preventive type of work . |
| 3 | Yet the circumstances in which ( 2d ) might be uttered are likely to be quite different from those in which the first sentence of extract ( I ) was uttered . |
| 4 | That such a stage could be reached was due to the work of three men . |
| 5 | Such activity that could be measured was higher at 30°C than that at 42°C . |
| 6 | In both cases , the conditions under which liquor may be sold are subject to the provisions of subs . |
| 7 | First , Marx and Engels argued that one of the reasons why capitalism would be destroyed was due to the internal contradictions of the system itself . |
| 8 | The necessity for the function to be characterised as ‘ judicial ’ before procedural constraints would be imposed was integral to this approach , because only bodies exercising such functions would be suited to adjudicative procedures . |
| 9 | Most assessment procedures are developed in order to provide a particular kind of interpretation and because of this the criteria against which the child 's language will be evaluated are implicit in the procedure . |
| 10 | A child is not to be taken as having a learning difficulty solely because the language ( or form of the language ) in which he is or will be taught is different from a language ( or from of language ) which has at any time been spoken in the house . |
| 11 | People buying shares in British Telecommunications Plc will be able to deal in shares by punching the keys on a normal push-button telephone : the retail investment company ShareLink Ltd said the service , the first such scheme in Europe , is being offered as part of the marketing campaign for BT3 , the UK government 's sale of a third tranche of British Telecom shares , marketing of which began yesterday ; the system will later be extended to cover other shares ; the government 's remaining shares are to be sold in July ; pricing and details of whether all the remaining 21.8% stake will be sold are due in June . |
| 12 | The arms on a tea-tray we will be selling are those of the Duke of Northumberland and I am fascinated to read that his first wife was divorced by him in 1779 . |
| 13 | Free advice on the law relating to badgers and on how farm damage caused by badgers can be tackled is available from the ADAS wildlife biology units . |
| 14 | The time period that funds can be invested is critical in maximizing the returns from investments . |
| 15 | That such a choice between working emotionally or technically can be made is useful for teachers to be aware of . |
| 16 | ‘ Sackholders ’ which look like dustbins but lack proper handles which can be grasped are INADEQUATE for loose refuse and MUST NOT be used except to hold tied plastic sacks . |