Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] or [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Child does not like to be touched or even looked at ; very ill humoured ; moans , whines and complains ; often a white tongue , thickly coated ; white sputum ; nausea and gagging . |
| 2 | They will want to know about a childminder who fails to provide a safe environment or where children appear to be neglected or ill cared for . |
| 3 | Again , because treasures served to denote prominent persons , they are most likely to be listed or even described in written records , as well as featuring in works of art . |
| 4 | All life-forms exist ultimately to be eaten or otherwise consumed by animals : by predators , for example , ( you can include man ) , by microbes or by auto-digestion . |
| 5 | Tree branches , whole trunks , were blasted into the air , then fell to the ground , only to be interred or repeatedly thrown upward by further explosions ; likewise mangled machinery and dismembered human bodies and those of horses . |
| 6 | A huge area has since been cleared for the construction of flyovers , underpasses , multi-lane carriageways and slip roads , with forlorn office blocks and high rise flats standing around them , either waiting to be demolished or recently erected . |
| 7 | Not to be trusted or even understood but to be treated with caution and sometimes indulged . |
| 8 | Under careful examination , moccasins , Navajo patterned rugs , and costumed kachina dolls often turn out to be woven or simply stamped out by factories in Taiwan or the Philippines . |
| 9 | According to the World Health Organization it may soon be possible for these disorders to be controlled or even eliminated — but since there is no cure , this can only mean by early detection in the fetus and abortion . |
| 10 | Rock climbers fall onto runners , but one misplaced step on a ridge like Snowdon 's and you are likely to be hurt or even killed . |
| 11 | PRUDENTIAL has launched a new range of flexible pensions products which can be converted to a free-standing additional voluntary contribution and vice versa , and allow contribution levels to be reduced or even suspended altogether for up to five years . |
| 12 | FOODS TO BE AVOIDED OR SEVERELY LIMITED |
| 13 | Because the bills are the forfaiter 's only security , the bills will require to be endorsed or otherwise guaranteed by an acceptable bank , unless the buyer is of undoubted financial standing . |
| 14 | If , as seems likely , the trend continues for the curricular domination of individual subjects to be supplemented or indeed replaced by a more fluid organization of learning in terms of either modular units or work-related competencies , this is also likely to strengthen the support for records of achievement with or without a component of external examination . |