Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [conj] [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Close has an insurance business to run , an excuse that will be accepted . |
| 2 | Four months ' observations of QB 1 reveal an orbit that would be expected for a Kuiper-belt object , although there is still considerable uncertainty in the eccentricity . |
| 3 | None the less , research has shown that a surprisingly large proportion of the population has not only had an experience that could be called religious , but that , for many , this experience consequently affected their lives in some quite important way . |
| 4 | He denounced democracy as a psychopathic expression of inferiority and compromise as an aberration that must be crushed out of existence . |
| 5 | As commander-in-chief — he would not co-operate with Spanish generals on any other terms — Wellington was loth to regard native troops as an instrument that could be used with safety in battle . |
| 6 | Overexpression of IRF-2 is tumorigenic , an effect that can be inhibited by increasing the expression of IRF-1 . |
| 7 | This is not an allegation that can be levelled at Frank Tipler , a cosmologist at Tulane University in Indiana . |
| 8 | Generosity , however , was not an emotion that could be found in many Palestinian hearts in Lebanon , and the hatred that burned in 1948 was eagerly taken up by a new generation . |
| 9 | And biologists at universities are wary of spending years designing an experiment that may be postponed or lost in space . |
| 10 | ( i ) Describe briefly an experiment that could be carried out to obtain these results in the laboratory . |
| 11 | The English are sometimes accused of caring more about animals than fellow humans but it is not an accusation that can be levelled at Christine Hall . |
| 12 | From Dundonnell a cart track leads up from the road to the plateau of An Teallach and can be followed until the twin peaks of Beinn Dearg come into sight . |
| 13 | Amendment of the Irish constitution is , of course , a matter for the Republic , but I am glad that it continues to be an issue that could be tackled in fresh political talks . |
| 14 | All being well , it will now go on to become an infant and will be born around 40 weeks after conception takes place . |
| 15 | Any system that costs the British taxpayer more than £2.5 billion , only half of which reaches farmers , is an absurdity and must be abolished . |
| 16 | ‘ The eschaton is a future event but , to the extent that our lives are determined and qualified by it , it is also a contemporary event , an event that can be seen in the signs of the times ’ ( Nolan 1976:76 ) . |
| 17 | He had attacked Eliot for worshipping culture , which I considered about as false an imputation as could be imagined . |
| 18 | This is not an enterprise that can be completed in a few months . |
| 19 | Second , everything you draw is an object that can be selected , moved , reshaped or deleted independently of the rest . |
| 20 | The ‘ thing itself ’ , the ‘ substance ’ , is thought of as an object that can be separated from its attributes . |
| 21 | YEARS ago Peter Brook held up Debussy 's Pelleas et Melisande as an example of an opera that could be condensed without being harmed . |
| 22 | YEARS ago , Peter Brook held up Debussy 's Pelleas et Melisande as an example of an opera that could be condensed without being harmed . |
| 23 | By this definition , marriage is an arrangement that should be terminated once it no longer meets the needs of one or other of the partners . |
| 24 | This call is most often given just after the female has laid an egg and may be used to attract males for further mating . |
| 25 | This suggests that economic and political factors are vital in shaping the nature and extent of the effects of changes within these institutions , an argument that will be examined more closely in later chapters . |
| 26 | " Nevertheless , it is an argument that could be used . |
| 27 | The result is a profound advance from the position of Britain in the '70s to that of Britain in the '90s — an advance that must be continued . |
| 28 | However , when such play becomes hurtful or frightening to one of the children involved it may have effect equal to that of interference by an adult and should be regarded accordingly . |
| 29 | But that that 's a little thought that I have , a gut feeling you know an instinct erm that might be an area that could be chosen concentrated on this year . |
| 30 | When a record can not be placed in its home position , it must be stored at an address that can be located quickly . |