Example sentences of "[adv] they [vb mod] [adv] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If politicians came to the conclusion that education was too important to be left to the educators , bear in mind the massive input of public resources , education 's failure to demonstrate significant improvement of standards , poor marketing , uncertain professional leadership and the fact that every year youngsters leave school ignorant of much they might reasonably be expected to know and lacking skills that could have been acquired in 11 years of schooling . |
| 2 | Maybe they just ca n't bear to contemplate it , or perhaps they 'll just be forced to wait . |
| 3 | If the directors are authorised generally they may also be given power , by the articles or by the resolution , to allot equity securities as if section 89(1) did not apply or applied with such modifications as the directors determined . |
| 4 | Usually they can still be understood by other speakers of English , so why is it important to learn how weak forms are used ? |
| 5 | Unless Blake chooses to make the details public they will never be known for certain . |
| 6 | Trapped in a cruel flesh joke , desire burns holes so deep they can never be repaired . |
| 7 | Least successful so far in winning customers has been the Eucom joint venture between France Telecom and the Deutsche Bundespost Telekom , but even they may well be welcomed as WorldPartners by AT&T , despite the heavy whiff of state bureaucracy that hangs over both of them . |
| 8 | Today they would probably be snapped up but sadly the collection , bought by a London gallery , was lost last year in a warehouse fire at Heathrow . |
| 9 | I earned a few sous so I became more fantastical , maintaining I had met Brahmins who killed themselves on funeral pyres ; men with monkeys ’ heads and leopards ' bodies ; giants with only one eye and one foot who could run so fast they could only be caught if they fell asleep in the lap of a virgin . |
| 10 | These , and many other problems , have to be worked through patiently with the help of the wife , and fortunately they can often be resolved successfully . |
| 11 | If applicants are unable to comply with 5(i) then they may still be admitted to the panel if able to demonstrate a suitable level of experience . |
| 12 | ‘ Then they should definitely be burned . |
| 13 | If the system does n't come up with them much more convincingly than it is doing at present , then they will probably be found outside . |
| 14 | In the field of cancer therapy it is well known that irradiation can cause tumours and yet they can also be treated by radiation and many of the drugs used in chemotherapy for tumours can also cause tumours . |
| 15 | Otherwise they should now be pruned back hard . |
| 16 | If the work has not gone too far , there is often some blank page , or part of one , where these can be noted ; otherwise they will normally be printed on a special slip or leaf which can be ‘ tipped-in ’ ( lightly attached by glue or paste at the inner edge ) . |
| 17 | Until relatively recently they could only be reached by sea or on foot , and even now that they are more accessible , they still retain much of their charm and unique character . |