Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [noun sg] [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 On the issue of ‘ conservation of the environment , ’ some witnesses to the House of Lords Select Committee suggested that aid should be given where farming must be continued to conserve the environment , to maintain the countryside and to protect the coastline , and that food production is a secondary consideration .
2 Its position was that considerations of comity should be fully addressed before discovery should be allowed to proceed by means not fully recognised by the foreign sovereign State concerned .
3 From 5 July only five strokes will be permitted before action may be taken
4 It was clearly felt that PAF should be regarded entirely as an automatic fee in recognition of a teacher qualified and belonging to a professional Society .
5 In Perkins v Jeffrey [ 1915 ] , 5 KB 702 it was said that evidence could be called to prove a similar course of conduct towards other females where a defence of accident or mistake is put forward .
6 It has been said that regard must be had to the nature of the contract broken , the position of the parties to the contract , the grounds for the breach , the means employed to procure it , the relation of the person procuring it to the person who breaks the contract , and the object of the person procuring the breach .
7 On the basis of certain assumptions about the chemical heterogeneity of the mantle and a postulated marked increase in viscosity with depth , it has been argued that convection would be confined to the asthenosphere , that is to a maximum depth of about 300 km ( Fig. 2.1 7(A) ) .
8 The SDF and others further to the left also argued that capitalism must be abolished , but by revolutionary means if necessary .
9 Incidentally , if our Government really believed in the principle of subsidiarity , they would have ensured that decision-making would be decentralised within the United Kingdom as well as within the Community .
10 By that time , however , refrigeration techniques had ensured that meat could be brought from much further afield : beef from North and South America , mutton from Australia and New Zealand .
11 He says that Mr. Slope knew that when he visited Madeline he was going against everything he believed , he knew he could be ruined and society would be scandalized , but ‘ he could not help himself ’ .
12 Enquiries into the loss will still have to be made but care must be taken not to ask questions where the answers might incriminate the policyholder .
13 Enquiries into the loss will still have to be made but care must be taken not to ask questions where the answers might incriminate the Policyholder .
14 These early studies did not , however , establish whether any particular form of exercise was beneficial , nor whether there was a threshold of activity that has to be exceeded before benefit can be detected .
15 This is mostly conjecture ; and our opinion that the instrumental bass line of the duet was polished before publication can be dismissed as subjective .
16 ( 15 ) If a tender offer is made in competition with an offer made under the Code , the Panel must be consulted and consideration will be given to extending the offer period of the Code offer , circulating the tender offer to all shareholders and requiring the buyer to disclose dealings of his and his associates in accordance with Rule 8. 4.8 What is the difference between a partial offer and a tender offer ?
17 She had somehow always thought that love should be made with the mind as well as the body .
18 Alternatively , vouchers are supplied and payment may be made by cash or cheque at banks and showrooms .
19 Check that the proposed area for the procedure is clean , windows are closed and disturbance can be avoided .
20 Throughout the work , the on-ramp from the A72 and Larkhall at junction seven will be closed and traffic will be diverted via Hamilton before joining the motorway .
21 The advantages of this arrangement are that the formalities and costs of insolvency are avoided and settlement can be made quickly and with minimum fuss .
22 The new NLS video will be shown and wine will be served courtesy of the Library .
23 If , for instance , if extremely problematic strapping , splints or plaster of paris treatments are used and treatment should be started as soon as possible after birth , so the sooner you notice these things the better You 've all had your hospital experience , has anybody not actually seen a child with erm club foot ?
24 The new capitalism of the impersonal multidivisional enterprises and the financial institutions deploying employees ' saving has produced a specifically capitalist ‘ socialisation ’ of production , embodied in social forms and practices which in many cases will have to be deconstructed before socialism can be developed .
25 Also on Sept. 18 UK Prime Minister John Major referred in a television interview to " fault lines in the ERM revealed over the past few days " , and said that there was no imminent prospect of the UK returning to the ERM , which itself needed reform , while Bundesbank president Helmut Schlesinger said in Washington on Sept. 21 that serious negotiations would be needed before sterling could be readmitted to the ERM .
26 The file must have been opened before EXT# can be used to find its length .
27 Some legal definitions need to be agreed before progress can be made , including a definition of the environment and what constitutes damage .
28 Although these various studies have demonstrated that TV can be acquired other than sexually , as with gonorrhoea , such cases probably make up a very small minority of the total .
29 The terrible attack on a taxi driver in St. Mary 's primary school yard today , which also affected the school children within that area , must be condemned and sympathy should be expressed to everyone who has been affected by this terrible act .
30 The needs of each learner will be recognised and work can be planned to meet them .
  Next page