Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there are difficulties with latent defects , for example , characteristics not known to be harmful at the time of delivery , or immunities to harmful substances being subsequently discovered . |
| 2 | A defence of justification does not fail by reason only that the truth of every charge is not proved , if the words not proved to be true do not materially injure the plaintiff 's reputation having regard to the truth of the remaining charges . |
| 3 | Section 5 of the 1952 Defamation Act provides that the defence of justification shall not founder by failure to prove every charge , " if the words not proved to be true do not materially injure the plaintiff 's reputation , having regard to the truth of the remaining charges " . |
| 4 | Although the assumptions behind British judicial procedure were not popularly accepted , the courts soon ceased to be alien because they were used by Sri Lankans in ways which fit indigenous norms . |
| 5 | Why do words receive so much consideration in dispositions widely held to be free of form ? |
| 6 | Then , again , and in this they point ahead to the invention of collage , the letters and numerals stress the material existence of the painting in another way : by applying to a canvas or sheet of paper letters , other pieces of paper or fragments of glass and tin — elements generally considered to be foreign to the technique of painting or drawing — the artist makes the spectator conscious of the canvas , panel or paper as a material object capable of receiving and supporting other objects . |
| 7 | It appears to establish three categories : the first contains wordings generally agreed to be acceptable , the second wordings which appear to have been at some time problematic but are now acceptable , and the third wordings which remain inadmissible . |
| 8 | The use of three strategies also proved to be popular , followed by one , and finally by four or more strategies . |
| 9 | In the early hours of the following day , persons widely suspected to be Round Table supporters shot at and then ransacked and set on fire the offices on Rustaveli Prospekt used by the National Democratic Party and the National Independence Party ( both part of the so-called Congress Movement ) . |
| 10 | Movies only needed to be social when the plot demanded it , and even if some kind of political crisis had to be depicted in a particular story then the attitude or position adopted by the movie would be less important to audiences than the logic of the plot . |
| 11 | In short , the computer system is seen as unreliable , inaccessible , inflexible and therefore largely irrelevant to the needs of local managers Once seen to be irrelevant to local needs , there is little hope of sufficient local commitment to the system to ensure the accuracy of data supplied . |
| 12 | History can vouch for the kind of rapid change of fortune and geography which beset Aubrey and Maturin , nor are their actions ever allowed to be improbable . |
| 13 | Seasonal dummies also proved to be necessary — eurodollar issuance follows a seasonal pattern , with a marked trough in December . |
| 14 | In an assertion of civilian authority , the interim government of Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun on Aug. 1 demoted three top military leaders widely held to be responsible for the shooting of pro-democracy demonstrators by the military in May [ see pp. 38894-95 ] . |
| 15 | We build our description on a survey of biographical and autobiographical publications of a number of well-known leaders generally thought to be visionary , including Lee Iacocca of Chrysler , Jan Carlzon of SAS , Edwin Land of Polaroid , René Lévesque of the Parti Quebécois , and Steven Jobs , formerly of Apple Computer . |
| 16 | William Parente on celluloid sex scenes too posed to be passionate |
| 17 | They see the signs of Satan everywhere , not just within dictators , and others widely acknowledged to be evil , but within individual people . |
| 18 | Are women not expected to be interested in computing ? |
| 19 | Over the past decade it has become accepted that some of the fossils formerly thought to be human ancestors are in fact on the line leading to the orang-utan . |