Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [vb pp] open " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Plowden Report recommended that ‘ Schools with an age range of 5–11 should usually have at least three classes , each covering two age ranges ’ , but by 1976 Lady Plowden , the chairman of the Committee producing the report , appeared to have altered her views , stating in a Border Television broadcast : ‘ Since the report I have come round to thinking that small country schools should be kept open because of the social value and because of the continuity of community involvement they provide . ’ ) |
| 2 | Let me add that , in taking recent decisions concerning rural areas , the Home Office has almost invariably supported those who have felt that rural courthouses should be kept open . |
| 3 | Where necessary police stations should be kept open and enough policemen should be made available for beat duties and for detection work , I give way . |
| 4 | He says the hospital should be kept open — it 's a jewel . |
| 5 | And it was suggested that the closure programme had not been properly thought out , resulting in some homes being singled out for closure which should be kept open . |
| 6 | If people are sharing a room , you may need to negotiate between them what time lights should go off , or whether doors should be left open . |
| 7 | On the facts of this case it is not necessary for me to decide whether that view is right or wrong , and I should not decide it ; the point should be left open for full argument in a case where it is necessary to the decision . |
| 8 | There is no reason whatsoever why those doors should be left open after five o'clock . |
| 9 | He warned the Church was in danger of being dominated by single issues , such as the ordination of women priests , and insisted the door must be kept open to all , whatever their views on the matter . |
| 10 | ( 7 ) There are special provisions which apply to tenders on the London Stock Exchange ( reg C7 of the Stock Exchange Regulations ) , ie the London Stock Exchange normally only permits " maximum price " tenders , all acceptances must be channelled through Stock Exchange Member Firms rather than direct applications from the public , the offer must be kept open for a minimum of eight days , and the London Stock Exchange imposes detailed procedural and content requirements . |
| 11 | ( 5 ) A partial offer must be kept open for at least 21 days ( Rule 31.1 ) whereas an on-Exchange tender offer is only required to be kept open for eight days . |
| 12 | Rejeuvenation and the Slam crew , co-creators of the as yet unnamed label , will be the first to record , then it 'll be thrown open to DJs , rappers and dance-inspired indie acts . |
| 13 | It was then that she discovered that the balsa-wood screens which formed the walls could be folded open . |
| 14 | I think of all those using this channel : – people who gave generously , of their good money ; people who gave their physical strength ; people who gave limitless time ( even their annual leave from work ) ; people who managed a little time after work ; people who baked ; people who prayed ; the member who supplied the entire plant stall ; people who counted ; the little girl who devised an amusing quiz as her ‘ channel ’ ; people who served , and often withstood the cold winds of George Street ; people who used their artistic talents for communication ; people who lovingly restored the Church afterwards ; our engineer , who invented a ‘ chair-lift ’ for us , and then , literally , put his shoulder to the wheel – and the bright spark who had fired him with the notion ; and finally and uniquely , the couple in Trinity , part of whose house is always given over to storing books so that this channel may be kept open . |
| 15 | While many run-of-the-mill domestic issues may be left open for policy debate and political influence to decide , in every liberal democratic country the core executive monopolizes major issues such as defence and foreign policy resolution , or critical economic decisions ( the dark or secret side of the state ) . |
| 16 | Later the wolf would be cut open while she was asleep , filled up with heavy stones once the little pigs had scrabbled out of her , stitched up again by the woodcutter ; and then she would be driven by thirst to the river , would topple in and drown with the weight of the stones . |
| 17 | Foreign investors would be allowed to take long leases on land , and the under-utilised port would be thrown open to foreign traders . |
| 18 | In contrast with my wishful thinking of the day before , I now found it impossible to visualize anything after the moment when the lights would go out and the window of the block would be thrown open . |
| 19 | This giant jamboree heralds the moment on Sunday when , at one minute past nine — Mickey Mouse time — the gates of Euro Disney will be flung open to the general public . |
| 20 | Weapons will be broken open and the plutonium and uranium stockpiled or processed . |
| 21 | A proportional series which can be extended along both axes simultaneously will be called open . |
| 22 | Thomas Sutcliffe , Arts Editor of The Independent , will be chairing the debate which will be thrown open to an audience including Ian McKellen , David Puttnam and Ned Sherrin . |
| 23 | In addition , on 8 and 9 May two hundred buildings normally closed to the public will be thrown open , including the Archbishop 's Palace , S. Gregorio Armeno , Palazzi Spinelli and Carafa , the Castel dell'Ovo , the Villa Rosebery and the Tomb of Virgil and Leopardi . |
| 24 | Cases that depend on the result of this one will be left open , and methods of valuing benefits previously agreed or accepted in practice will not be disturbed for 1991/92 or earlier years ( p 103 ) . |
| 25 | Cases which depend on the result of Pepper v Hart will be left open and methods of valuing benefits previously agreed or accepted in practice will not be disturbed for 1991/92 or earlier years . |
| 26 | Certainly the keyless chuck is a joy to use , so quick and easy ; the jaws can be spun open to change from a small pilot drill to a larger drill . |
| 27 | The shop can be kept open outside normal opening hours , to meet the needs of the community |
| 28 | The method can work if there is a long time for the change-over , if both channels can be kept open and if it does not matter that the two systems are being used haphazardly . |
| 29 | Obviously , there are limits to how long options can be kept open and fairly soon a commitment will have to be made . |
| 30 | Students may take a wide variety of subjects both from within and outwith the faculty this is one of the ways in which options can be kept open . |