Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] be [vb pp] " 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 | 11.1.2 either party suffers distress or execution , commits an act of bankruptcy , goes or is put into liquidation ( otherwise than solely for the purpose of solvent amalgamation or reconstruction ) , or seeks any form of protection against its creditors from any competent Court or tribunal , |
| 3 | As the pace of his life increased , this wildness became ingrained and its Purpose more obscure ; it became harder to understand what he was pursuing or being pursued by . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Within this tendency , the basic ‘ facts ’ or ‘ structure ’ of a given society and/or period are received or are established by general analysis , and their ‘ reflection ’ in actual works is more or less directly traced . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It is to claim or be committed to the fact external to me that my code is NW3 2RT . |
| 12 | He wrote that there were well-to-do and respectable men in each district who either planned or were informed of all cattle stealing in their localities . |
| 13 | The case has the hallmarks of a debtor who is unable or unwilling to make a payment , not of a debtor who genuinely thinks or is advised that the amount charged by the solicitors was unreasonable . |
| 14 | ‘ Held with the intention ’ has come to mean brought into being with the intention , on the part of anyone , and subsequently held , by him or by anyone else' ; and if that is what the draftsman intended or was instructed to express , the conclusion is irresistible that he did so with a degree of competence that would not have disgraced a chimpanzee learning the piano . |
| 15 | Alternatively , the profit was earned by the exploitation of property assets and arose or was derived from the places where those assets were when sold or licensed and remain ; all outside Hong Kong . |
| 16 | Fixation at this stage may result if toilet training is too harsh and demanding or is begun too early or too late . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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) ) . |
| 20 | The side of the car opposite the landing stage , rustily flimsy at best , had fallen or been pushed away , leaving a jagged edge all round . |
| 21 | She had either fallen or been pushed on to a spike on the plough ; the level of her blood alcohol gave some credence to the idea that she had fallen . |
| 22 | Mary had fallen or been pushed into an open fire , more than once . |
| 23 | Prisoners and wounded were few , most of those who had fallen or been disarmed being killed as they tried to surrender or lay helpless on the battlefield . |
| 24 | One or more drops of blood must have fallen or been spilt from the weapon before Harry fell and had then been smeared along the carpet as the body was dragged against the wall . |
| 25 | Looms are most frequently indicated by loom-weights , annular in form , for weighing down the warp threads on upright looms ; they are occasionally found in rows in the base of sunken buildings where they may have fallen or been taken off the loom , or originally stacked in a column . |
| 26 | By nightfall on this first day of the battle , about 60,000 British troops , nearly half the original attack force , had fallen or been taken prisoner . |
| 27 | It was not immediately clear whether she had fallen or been murdered . |
| 28 | Some of the 40 staff are expected to retire or be relocated . |
| 29 | Is he also a key person in any decisions made about the other offices which may exist or be proposed in his nation ? |
| 30 | ( a ) Child at risk Under s47 a local authority must investigate the circumstances of any child who lives or is found in its area : ( i ) if informed that the child is the subject of an emergency protection order or is in police protection ; or ( ii ) it has reasonable cause to suspect that the child is suffering , or is likely to suffer , significant harm ( s47(1) ) . |