Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus more is at issue than whether the Lithuanians , Latvians and Estonians should be allowed to go or be made to stay . |
| 2 | The doctrine , which may be concerned with national liberation , the emancipation of a class , the emancipation of women or some other general aim which is felt to be important by large numbers of people , has also to include or be founded upon a social theory which can elucidate the principal issues , clarify the objectives and ways of attaining them , and outline alternative forms of society . |
| 3 | In this context an assignment may be considered " terminated " , because it can not affect or be affected by the other process , and is free to terminate at any time . |
| 4 | This is what Thomas S. Szasz is implying when he writes about ‘ definition ’ : ‘ In the animal kingdom , the rule is eat or be eaten ; in the human kingdom , define or be defined . |
| 5 | It seemed to me that ‘ eat or be eaten ’ , a phrase with literal meaning in the animal kingdom and metaphorical in the human , is in anorexia re-interpreted and used through the symptoms of the disease with literal force . |
| 6 | It 's now been agreed that while modules with less demanding outcomes should exist in many areas of the catalogue , these modules should not be separately listed or be labelled in a way which implies restricted use . |
| 7 | To claim that 1 know that my postal code is NW3 2RT is evidently to claim or be committed to more than that 1 believe it . |
| 8 | It is to claim or be committed to the fact external to me that my code is NW3 2RT . |
| 9 | The material itself may also have broken or be rusting . |
| 10 | The report and accounts are sent to all shareholders and loan stock holders of the Company , but only the holders of ordinary shares in the Company are entitled to attend or be represented at the above meeting . |
| 11 | When an act or omission involving fault which might otherwise be regarded as founding an action occurs , there must , in order for such act or omission to be regarded as negligent , be then and there in existence some legal person to sue or be sued . |
| 12 | In such circumstances , one or more persons may be appointed to sue or be sued in a representative capacity as having a common interest with all other persons ( Ord 5 , r 5(1) ) . |
| 13 | Some of the 40 staff are expected to retire or be relocated . |
| 14 | Is he also a key person in any decisions made about the other offices which may exist or be proposed in his nation ? |
| 15 | In explaining why he had gone along with ‘ doctoring ’ data so as to secure a contract deadline , a supervisor pointed out , ‘ If I refused to take part in the fraud , I would have to either resign or be fired ’ . |
| 16 | If I refused to take part in the … fraud , I would have to either resign or be fired . ’ |
| 17 | A probationer constable sought , inter alia , an order of certiorari to quash the decision of the Chief Constable that he should resign or be discharged . |
| 18 | ( c ) if , at the date of the offer , the offeror holds shares carrying 50 per cent or less of the voting rights attributable to the equity share capital , and the offer is for debentures or for non-equity share capital , the offer must include or be accompanied by an offer made by the offeror for the remainder of the shares comprised in the equity share capital ; |
| 19 | They would never know or be affected . |
| 20 | Faced with fierce competition , many of the country 's 380 or so small and medium-sized banks will merge or be taken over . |
| 21 | It is therefore necessary to ask the question : in what circumstances can persons , other than the original landlord or landlady ( L ) and the original tenant ( T ) , sue or be sued upon the covenants in the lease ? |
| 22 | For many it was their first introduction to a New Age in which the governments and countries would fall or be changed , society and the family would expire and a new order would rise up out of the ashes of old values and beliefs . |
| 23 | On a business sale the acquirer must insure or be joined as a beneficiary under the vendor 's insurance from the date of signing of the contract . |
| 24 | ‘ He wo n't get caught drink driving or be found rampaging through hotel bedrooms . ’ |
| 25 | They may be identified by the nature of the relationship that they involve and be termed ‘ gift ’ , ‘ exchange ’ , and ‘ synergistic ’ . |
| 26 | Other factors — such as de Gaulle 's deep-rooted suspicion of British designs on the French empire and the personal animosities which developed between him and various British and American officials — aggravated tensions but their root cause was a complete disagreement as to whether Free France should act and be treated as an independent sovereign power . |
| 27 | And it 's something to do with that and an embargo date 's a little bit like that , and in a sense , you may well be able to stop people actually publishing the thing , but they will still know and be working on it if it 's of any importance , so use embargo dates advisedly . |
| 28 | Terrified of choking and terrified that the rope would give way , that she would fall and be eaten alive by those metal teeth , she screwed her eyes tight and prayed . |
| 29 | Or will the people discover the lie and then be less ready to accept and be guided by his rulings than if he had been more open from the start ? |
| 30 | Word Up Women 's Cafe offers a space for new and established woman writers to come and be heard in Hackney — so come and listen , the first Fri of every month — for details phone 071 254 9632 |