Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb mod] be [verb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is further evidence that the issue of whether top roles should be split is complex , and that prevailing wisdom , which favours splitting the roles , should be challenged — something Rick Greenbury had the courage to do on his appointment as chairman and chief executive of Marks & Spencer . |
| 2 | The choice of where clients with ulcerated limbs should be treated is extremely important . |
| 3 | " What these so-called scientists should be doing is to study effects . |
| 4 | As well as workplace organisation , a further level at which cross-national comparisons may be directed is the ‘ internal ’ government of trade unions and the extent of democratic control by their membership , as opposed to oligarchic domination by the leadership , since unions are formally democratic institutions . |
| 5 | The question of whether the compulsory audit for small companies should be retained is one on which the views of practitioners dealing with small companies particularly deserved to be heard . |
| 6 | Every actor knows that whether or not collective benefits will be secured is not going to be influenced by his personal contribution . |
| 7 | This lack of consensus on the way semantically and grammatically related sentences should be characterized is itself troublesome enough to a sociolinguist seeking guidance from syntactic theory ; but to make things even more difficult , the very notion of semantic equivalence is a disputed one . |
| 8 | But one insider who believes more radical changes will be needed is the erstwhile engineering director , Michael Dunn , who resigned this week to join an engineering consultancy group . |
| 9 | Further there are several non-academic characteristics which are also highly significant determinants of wastage , and even when all academic and non-academic characteristics are taken into account , the degree of certainty with which potential non-graduates can be predicted is still small |
| 10 | The view that upsetting issues should be avoided is one that has already been addressed . |