Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scotch Whisky … the world 's leading natural drink … can only be called Scotch if it is distilled and matured in Scotland … a natural drink … distilled in a land of great natural beauty … it takes nothing from nature which nature will not readily replace . |
| 2 | However , where , as was the case with Akzo 's pricing policy , the prices charged were below average total cost ( that is , including fixed costs ) but above average variable cost , they could only be considered predatory if they were established as part of a plan to eliminate competitors . |
| 3 | The dock company obtained planning permission to operate the dock as a commercial port , which can not sensibly be done other than on a 24-hour basis . |
| 4 | This account sounds extremely critical of professional practice , and it should perhaps be made clear that such approaches have , paradoxically , contributed to considerable progress . |
| 5 | However , it should perhaps be made clear that for most people with schizophrenia , their brains appear completely normal as far as can be made out when looked at under the microscope . |
| 6 | The relation between the effects of habituation and those implied by the Pearce — Hall model can perhaps be made clear if we adopt the elaboration offered by Liddell ( 1950 ) of Pavlov 's notion of the orienting reflex . |
| 7 | Greater unity would strengthen the weakest link in the chain , the village minister : ‘ When sneerers and wonderers ask [ him ] , ‘ Hath any man brought him ought to eat ? ’ it will soon be made clear that good men eat at the table of Divine plenteousness . ’ |
| 8 | This , however , could soon be put right as investors begin to focus on changes which have taken place in the past few years . |
| 9 | A range of modellers should thus be made available and selected according to the needs of the specific problem being investigated . |
| 10 | But when their parent can no longer be left alone and they decide , as many of them do , to leave work in order to care for her full time , their major problems begin . |
| 11 | The unbleached disposable diapers which have recently become available should not be called ozone-friendly as bleached nappies do not damage the ozone layer either . |
| 12 | ( 5 ) If the partial offer could result in not less than 30 per cent but not more than 50 per cent of the voting rights being obtained , the offer must state the precise number of shares offered for and may not be declared unconditional as to acceptances unless acceptances are received for not less than that number ( Rule 36.4 ) . |
| 13 | He says it is absolutely the case that the baby can not be born alive if a Caesarean operation is not carried out . |
| 14 | But he realised that that would n't make sense , since a man can not be struck dumb and then speak of that condition , so what he said , when we asked him how he was , what he said was , very slowly , In Love . |
| 15 | The rules and conditions would themselves be subject to the same human scrutiny and debate as the basic right , and not be adjudged Godly until agreed . |
| 16 | The reason why red in red hair is unique is that the colour it refers to would not be labelled red if anything other than hair were being described . |
| 17 | If subcontracted work can not be brought in-house when factory load falls . |
| 18 | If subcontracted work can not be brought in-house when factory load falls . |
| 19 | It surely can not be thought coincidental that these precise geometric patterns have been set out in the Wiltshire countryside . |
| 20 | He informs Fleming that he had had to put them to work elsewhere and hopes that it will not be thought strange that the men are taken away . |
| 21 | Natural philosophy should not be thought deficient because we are ignorant of the ultimate causes of the characteristic properties and regular behaviour of things . |
| 22 | The actual operations in Burma are undertaken by the State-run ‘ Tourist Burma ’ — over whom we have no control — and we therefore can not be held liable or accept claims for damages resulting from changes , diversions , delays or cuts . |
| 23 | Writers and speakers can not be held responsible unless they authorise , or at least foresee , the publication which causes complaint . |
| 24 | If we do not actually receive the money within this period , our computer will automatically cancel your reservation and we can not be held responsible if that holiday is subsequently not available . |
| 25 | You will appreciate that we can not be held responsible if information material to our task is withheld or concealed from us . |
| 26 | You will appreciate that we can not be held responsible if information material to our task is withheld or concealed from us . |
| 27 | You will appreciate that we can not be held responsible if information material to our task is withheld or concealed from us . |
| 28 | You will appreciate that we can not be held responsible if information material to our task is withheld from us ] . |
| 29 | The Cambodian seat at the UN , it was stated , should not be left vacant before a political solution was reached . |
| 30 | In contrast , an active attack should not be left unattended and can be identified by the clean appearance of the ‘ flight holes ’ and the little patches and piles of fresh bore dust which fall from them . |