Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] be and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sub-section ( 4 ) provided that the power to re-hear should be exercisable only within 28 days of the order/sentence/finding of guilt as the case may be and only by a court constituted in the same manner as that which made the earlier decision . |
| 2 | Later he called me to a meeting of the Executive Council and asked me to say what I thought the principles of the Department should be and how they could be implemented . |
| 3 | Decide how controversial some subjects might be and then try to plan how you will deal with these difficult areas . |
| 4 | Within the fragments only a limited amount of variance in the ordering of the tales is possible ; rather more diverse is the order in which the fragments can be and are found to be arranged . |
| 5 | They have a picture of the sort of person the child should be and of the society he is being fitted for , and they aim to civilize an infant ‘ barbarian ’ , ruled by his wants and emotions , into that person . |
| 6 | Dutch policies applied generally might have a damaging influence on the world economy , it says , ‘ How great such influence might be and to what extent it might be worse that that resulting from the worldwide deterioration in the quality of the environment is not known . ’ |
| 7 | The empirical research carried out here is intended to test the feasibility of this approach , as well as providing some general indications of what the effects might be and of one way by which they can be represented on the final output map . |
| 8 | None the less , new law could be and was made . |
| 9 | We saw a case for considering what our nuclear arsenal would be and whether it was completely necessary . |
| 10 | Please note that her telephone number after the 26th January will be and her new address is : — . |
| 11 | The two rooms in question can be and are still in fact used for the same purpose for which they were used prior to the erection of the staircase . |
| 12 | Right , well I 've been waiting since er what is it twelve o'clock this morning , what on earth this question can be and I certainly did n't er come up with this possible , erm all I can say is that I have always got on extremely well with Tony and . |
| 13 | This difference is all the more complete in that different rights in the same thing or place may be and usually are held by different people or different groups of people in those societies . |
| 14 | Though you may not want the negative situation to arise and though you may do your best to avoid it , once you know what the worst possible outcome would be and that you could cope with it , a great deal of the anxiety is removed . |
| 15 | But the faster the upswing , the more bunched replacements will be and the sooner a new crisis will loom on the horizon . |
| 16 | Tell the interviewee what the next stage in the process will be and when . |
| 17 | ‘ I do not know what the final outcome will be and would stress that there is no obvious solution at this point , but at least we now have adequate time to look at all the alternatives . ’ |
| 18 | In other words , we do not yet know who these retailers will be and who , therefore , will be adding £2 billion to their gross contributions . |
| 19 | To state that gender difference can be and is being maintained through cross-dressing and inversion is to maintain or imply the crucial claim even while apparently surrendering it : the difference in question is capable of working in terms of custom and culture ( and is thereby contestable ) rather than nature and divine law ( which are immutable ) . |
| 20 | Michelle knows all too well how lengthy the legal process can be and she 's relieved her case is at last being heard . |
| 21 | Lewis is better than any modern writer both at explaining what Christian behaviour should be and at analysing its difficulties . |
| 22 | The board ( the managing partners ) makes the decisions about who should be admitted to the partnership , who removed , what their share should be and so on , but there is complex mutual control over this group . |
| 23 | Managers decide what the objectives of the organisation should be and quantify the targets of achievement for each objective . |
| 24 | It is , however , too early to tell what the social significance of these changes might be and whether they indicate a further shift in the social institutions of marriage and the family . |
| 25 | He was full of idealism about what this post offered in terms of opportunity , and over the odd whisky in his pub of the moment , he would talk about what art education could be and should be . |
| 26 | Catholic nationalists could be and were arrested with little suspicion , detained , frequently beaten , and all with little or no possibility of redress . |
| 27 | As the somewhat recalcitrant and irascible member of the famous ‘ What 's My Line ’ panel broadcast on BBC television for years , Gilbert could be and was difficult , but when we met at the Coq d'Or Restaurant on Stratton Street , just off Piccadilly , he was the soul of charm . |
| 28 | Try and think , work out how heavy that tree would be and how difficult it is actually to get a large tree into a lounge , living room , dining room , call it what you will ! |
| 29 | Apart from rumours , equities did little all day as investors waited to see how bad today 's trade figures would be and many were preoccupied with the underwriting of the water issue . |
| 30 | Apart from rumours , equities did little all day as investors waited to see how bad today 's trade figures would be and many were preoccupied with the underwriting of the water issue . |