Example sentences of "of [det] [noun pl] [vb mod] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reliability of some sub-contractors may be questionable . |
| 2 | The cause of such variations can be environmental or ontogenetic . |
| 3 | Euro-dollar demand deposits or accounts are seldom used or available as the balances of such accounts would be volatile and the costs incurred in such a service would reduce the overall efficiency and competitiveness of the euro-dollar market . |
| 4 | They recommended that a limited member of such posts should be available subject to certain safeguards ( Widdicombe 1986 : 154 ) . |
| 5 | The effect of such accidents may be minor or they may be far-reaching . |
| 6 | Particularly in multi-discipline products the number of such departments may be large . |
| 7 | The importance of such developments will be clear : planning for resource-based learning is a taxing and time-consuming activity for teachers , but if the work can be shared , if the expertise and creativity of colleagues can be made easily available , and if the teacher can have ready access to advice , guidance and encouragement , an important contribution has been made and some of the burden shifted . |
| 8 | Although the ordinate scale of such curves may be arithmetic a second scaling is more commonly used which assumes the normal probability distribution . |
| 9 | According to this document , the deployment of such forces would be conditional on consensus in the Council of Heads of State and on the consent of all parties to a conflict . |
| 10 | Everything about the construction and maintenance of such routes should be pro-cycle , so that they retain smooth surfaces , good lighting , shelter from wind , attractive landscaping and protection from vehicles ( Figure 9.2 ) . |
| 11 | First , the existence and application of such principles can be contentious . |
| 12 | The outcome of such discussions should be popular decisions and popular demands ; and since in a democracy it is the people , and not the government or parliament , which is sovereign , it is then the business of government to accept and to implement the popular will . |
| 13 | Some of the propounders of such statements might be guilty of promoting their own companies . |
| 14 | In addition , Jha and colleagues probably selectively excluded patients with progressive disease , since a high proportion of such patients will be dead within 4 years after diagnosis . |
| 15 | For the reasons I have given , I conclude that if ( but only if ) Lautro did not afford to a person or firm served with an intervention notice in accordance with rule 7.3(12) the opportunity to apply to the board to rescind the notice , and/or to appeal against it , then the lack of such remedies would be unfair and the procedure unlawful . |
| 16 | Inevitably , any classification of such bodies must be arbitrary ; clear boundaries between quasi-government and more orthodox areas of public administration can not always be drawn . |
| 17 | Lastly , the matter may now be dealt with by statute as the Secretary of State can pass regulations requiring notice to be given to the Registrar of events which affect the nature of the security under a floating charge and can provide that the happening of such events shall be ineffective until the prescribed particulars have been delivered . |
| 18 | The terms of such arrangements may be different from those provided by the existing STG schemes . |
| 19 | One of these beliefs may be racial superiority , but does not have to be . |
| 20 | Presumably , none of these reactions would be welcome by you ; the punishment that appeared so successful at first sight has backfired . |
| 21 | However , each of these concepts may be potential search keys and as such may be described by terms which exhibit any one of the problems listed in I to 4 above . |
| 22 | It is inevitable that one or more of these sub-groups will be disappointed in me from time to time and I will be disappointed in them . |
| 23 | Further , it was suggested that disciplines embody certain values and that acceptance of these values may be necessary to achieve success in a discipline . |
| 24 | The effect of these changes will be far-reaching and transport will , in many respects , be at the sharp end . |
| 25 | Most of these mutations will be harmful , and perhaps an occasional one will be favourable , but some fraction f are ‘ neutral ’ . |
| 26 | LIMITED NUMBERS OF THESE REELS WILL BE AVAILABLE AND DELIVERY WILL NOT BE UNTIL 11TH MARCH 1991 . |
| 27 | Frequently neither of these strategies will be practical for smaller businesses . |
| 28 | Some of these taxes will be local , but some will come from central government revenue raised through the national tax system . |
| 29 | However , the conclusions of these writers may be open to certain lines of criticism , and some writers who have addressed the question of nuclear weapons and the laws of war have reached conclusions which are significantly different in important respects . |
| 30 | Many of these devices will be subject to legal control , either under statute , such as the UCTA 1977 , or common law rules such as the rule against penalties or the law governing the effectiveness of retention of title clauses . |