Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] [adv prt] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whoever wrote the lyrics to that should be locked up for an affront to the English language . |
| 2 | Power sharing was understandably crucial for SDLP and it proposed that government should be carried out by an Executive with cabinet posts in proportion to party strengths in the Assembly . |
| 3 | In the House of Commons , Clement Attlee reiterated that it would be impossible for Britain ‘ to accept the principle that the most vital economic forces of this country should be handed over to an authority that is utterly undemocratic and is responsible to nobody ’ . |
| 4 | The laws should be backed up by an effective inspectorate , it states . |
| 5 | The requirement for disinfection of food contact surfaces , therefore , applies in general only to those areas where high risk foods are handled or to situations where levels of micro-organisms must be kept down to an acceptable level to maintain shelf life . |
| 6 | Insurance cover must be taken out with an insurance company which is a member of the Motor Insurers ' Bureau ( MIB ) . |
| 7 | This means that bilingual education must be focused on from an early age and given a high profile throughout the school system . |
| 8 | Long hair must be held back with an elastic band : clasps and metal grips are not allowed . |
| 9 | Most manufacturers stress the ‘ plug-in ’ convenience of mains signalling , but some systems must be wired in by an electrician . |
| 10 | Being treed by the great wonder-rabbi Shmuel ben Issachar might be written off as an occupational hazard ; being trapped — on an assignment officially aborted-by an undead amateur is unforgivable . |
| 11 | Through the provision of contracts on admission , and ongoing reviews of each resident 's career in the Home , difficulties might be ironed out at an early stage . |
| 12 | Even the quest for fire , an element of nature taken for granted in the twentieth century , Whitaker felt could be held up as an artifact of wonder through the medium of Doctor Who . |
| 13 | These could be linked up via an information system to form an integrated undertaking . |
| 14 | Therefore I think it would be a better idea if units could be set up and the children could be taken out of an ordinary school for perhaps one or two or three years , according to how much time is required , where they could give the individual attention and the specialist teaching to help them to overcome this particular problem . |
| 15 | The tale of how an astute Cornish furze-cutter came to be founder of one of the great landed families of Cornwall , with one of the County 's most famed stately homes , could be looked on as an ideal example of Thatcherite-style enterprise and self-help . |
| 16 | Police fear the instrument may have been dumped and could be picked up by an unsuspecting member of the public . |
| 17 | A school that , though equipped with a sixth form , did not have good A level results could be picked out as an inefficient school . |
| 18 | " A fresh action started on the same grounds as one struck out for failure to obey an " " unless " " order may be struck out as an abuse of the process of the court " ( see Bailey v Bailey [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 1129 at 1133 ) . |
| 19 | Subject to the conditions of the scheme , an employee may be paid up to an approved maximum for loss or damage to personal effects . |
| 20 | Time spent on this may be looked up as an investment in that if essential job elements are identified , then the people involved in the recruitment process will be less inclined to develop the criteria as they go along . |
| 21 | ‘ Now if the defendants were bound to charge the plaintiff for the carriage of his goods a less sum , and they refused to carry them except upon payment of a greater sum , as he was compelled to pay the amount demanded , and could not otherwise have his goods carried , the case falls within the principle of several decided cases , in which it has been held that money which a party has been wrongfully compelled to pay under circumstances in which he was unable to resist the imposition , may be recovered back in an action for money had and received . |
| 22 | Tom Berenger 's ‘ Sgt Barnes ’ symbolised the brutalising effects of the war , but in this sequence Stone 's script was honest enough to show how unintended atrocity may be sparked off by an accidental chain of events . |
| 23 | In her statement to MPs , Mrs Bottomley said the reforms would be carried through by an implementation group , and a London initiative zone would make sure the reforms cover the most deprived areas of the city . |
| 24 | The right hon. Gentleman said that the rates were the most unjust form of local taxation , yet under Labour we would have a revaluation that would be carried out on an arbitrary basis such as the market price ; the rebuilding cost ; the maintenance and repair cost ; the private rent value ; the number of windows , the size of the roof , or the view from the property . |
| 25 | Assessment , however , would be carried out by an external assessor who would look at testimonies from the line manager and company director , and a portfolio of documentary evidence and reports . |
| 26 | She would be allowed in as an adjunct , and kept from doing further harm . |
| 27 | Those old Andy Hardy movies always seemed to have a scene where a bunch of American teenagers would be sitting around in an old barn or something wondering where to stage their amateur dramatics . |
| 28 | If suffering a ropey marriage automatically led to that sort of state of grace , half the women in the country would be walking round with an outsize halo above their head . |
| 29 | The light waves emitted from the surface of the star between 10:59:59 and 11:00 , by the astronaut 's watch , would be spread out over an infinite period of time , as seen from the spaceship . |
| 30 | Some of them believed that it would be brought about by an ideal representative of God , an anointed one , a Messiah ( see chapter 8 ) . |