Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [adj] [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The agreement on aircraft specified that the USA would be allowed to have 150 bombers , each equipped with a maximum of 20 cruise missiles , although only 10 would be counted under the START rules . |
| 2 | Nine people died from infectious diseases in the district last year , said Miss Pattinson , although not all could be attributed to food poisoning . |
| 3 | ( b ) It prevents the overlooking of such standard matters of enquiry as the existence of undischarged mortgages , covenants for production covering all the title deeds which will not be handed over , the proper stamping of documents , etc. ( c ) It makes the dictation of requisitions on title hours or days after your examination a simple matter ( although preferably this should be done at once — one bite at the cherry ) , and obviates the chance of missing any points you observed on investigation . |
| 4 | Appeals against his conclusions would be heard by an independent tribunal , which would be able to impose penalties of up to 10% of turnover ( although initially this would be limited to £1m ) . |
| 5 | It is based on army issue shovels and although very compact could be used to dig anything from a small surface hole to a trench ! |
| 6 | If only some can be verified , the non-observation statement will be no more than weakly verifiable . |
| 7 | I often think back on those days ; they seemed so halcyon , but I do n't regret their passing , for the days now are sweeter , even if so many must be spent apart . |
| 8 | Does the right hon. Gentleman propose that in 1994 , when the review is completed , that safeguard protecting the company 's directors against the threat of unlawful trading while technically insolvent should be lifted ? |
| 9 | Especially in accounts of how one sibling became the main carer for a parent , there is a sense of people guarding their own position , lest too much should be expected of them . |
| 10 | With all the background noise now prevailing , it was doubtful whether all that would be heard in the castle . |
| 11 | The view of human nature as fundamentally aggressive can be expected to prevail in those domains where it corresponds with social and cultural ideology . |
| 12 | From this point of view analytic expressions such as those of Van Fo Fy & Savin ( 1965 ) are of more use than numerical data ( though presumably these could be fitted for comparison purposes by polynomials or other means ) . |
| 13 | No deaths occurred in South Asians ( 95% CI 0 to 1590 , χ 2 2 1 =0.2 NS ) , though only 0.2 would be expected . |
| 14 | Many knitters who are familiar with the band program will probably agree that it is the most useful program ever published , as so much can be done with it ! |
| 15 | Over the entire period , there were twenty-two cases of under-25 leukaemia , when only eleven would be expected , and in one critical period — from 1964 to 1978 — there had been fifteen cases where six would have been normal . |
| 16 | This vision of the company as socially responsible can be interpreted as being very closely linked if not identical to the corporist vision . |
| 17 | In reality , the risk is really rather slight , though even this can be eliminated by taking more trouble to rinse off all the detergent from the cat 's dishes . |
| 18 | There need not be too much detail here , as too much will be laboured and unnecessary . |
| 19 | Moreover , anyone categorised by his GP as chronically sick should be covered , as the list of prescribed illnesses is outdated . |