Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] and [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Both sides consist of a majority of decent men , but the histrionic hotheadedness of the few seems incurable and will be eliminated only by their omission .
2 The diesel never feels slovenly and can be hurried along snaking back roads with the sort of haste which soon makes you forget that derv , not four-star ( or unleaded ) , goes into its fuel tank .
3 The question which should be addressed in evaluation is whether the progress is satisfactory and , if not , where it falls short and could be improved .
4 The latter phenomena have been extensively analysed in the limit B 0 , in which the Ikeda mapping becomes one-dimensional and can be realised in a so-called hybrid system in which the feedback is electronic rather than optical .
5 In a statement , the foreign ministers said political and economic reforms in Poland and Hungary had made considerable progress but added : ‘ The process remains fragile and could be called into question by economic problems .
6 Where the Act prohibits exclusion of a head of liability the clause which seeks to exclude that liability remains valid and can be enforced in relation to other heads of liability , subject to the other provisions of the Act .
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