Example sentences of "' [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's be more efficient and make the tax payers ' money be used wisely . |
| 2 | Nonetheless , it is experiment that decides , not theory , and Jones recommended to the DOE that the chemists ' proposal be funded despite his unresolved reservations . |
| 3 | It recommended that the pace of girls ' education be slowed , that physical education reflect the need of girls for ‘ smoothness and expressiveness ’ and of boys for ‘ strength and energy ’ , and that allowance be made for the effect of menstruation , which condemned many girls ‘ to a recurring and temporary diminution of general mental efficiency ’ . |
| 4 | From this time onwards and for ever , the jealous love of the Lord of hosts ' will be known in this child . |
| 5 | The test of the system coincides with the announcement that the second conference for woodturning instructors ' will be held in Sweden from 28–31 May 1992 . |
| 6 | For credit managers , most of the Infocheck services are already available , Jordans ' will be on Prestel in the near future and Prestel also has the ability , not currently carried by Telecom Gold , to interrogate the BT Directory Enquiry phone- base . |
| 7 | ii ) purchase attitudes and intentions ' will be shaped by basic behavioural determinants already discussed in this and the previous chapter . |
| 8 | It adds that , at current rates , the forests ' will be effectively logged out within 40 years . |
| 9 | It was vital that 3 months ' treatment be given to Rhys before his third birthday to avoid irreversible deterioration . |
| 10 | Already in Britain there are plans for putting into communication the computer-based personal information systems of DHSS , the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Centre , the Police National Computer and the Inland Revenue ; and the embossed plastic cards with unique machine-readable numerical identifiers which are now issued automatically to all school-leavers to mark their entry into the National Insurance scheme will in a few years ' time be , in effect , national identity cards . |