Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be [adj] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most likely way in which a booking contract may be frustrated is through severe illness on the part of the guest . |
| 2 | A second group in whom this technique may be valuable is those in whom the number of stones or technical difficulties such as diverticuli , may expose the patient to a protracted procedure which even if successful may be detrimental for the patient — that is , the old and frail . |
| 3 | For , according to Moore , to say that an action would be right is to say that the total results of doing it would be at least as good as would be those of doing any alternative . |
| 4 | Then f may now be written as the quadratic form of which the matrix is the leading minor of A of order b — 1 , and we may deduce , corresponding to ( 22 ) , unc Now , by putting unc we establish a similar result for unc and so on , so that finally we establish that unc From ( 21 ) it is clear that a necessary and sufficient condition that f shall be positive is that Di shall be positive , all i . |
| 5 | Where DIY can be expensive is in the preparation of the meetings ' technical content . |
| 6 | Whether such a policy would be desirable is debatable , but certainly no society has been willing to divert the necessary resources to the police in order to come anywhere near such a policy . |
| 7 | But , as an exile friend says , threatening to throw himself in Chihana 's footsteps , ‘ It seems the only way the media will be interested is if something happens to someone else . ’ |
| 8 | The only way people can be safe is to assume they could be the thieves ' next target and do what they can to protect their horses . |
| 9 | A second major subgroup for which plural anaphora may be appropriate is collections or sets introduced through descriptions which , in fact , identify the individual elements out of which the sets are formed . |
| 10 | The creative work to which his life will be devoted is the expression of a sensibility which makes it increasingly distasteful , and eventually impossible , to keep any one area of experience permanently apart from any other . |
| 11 | Anniversary date for the periodic charge The Government think it right as a corollary of the introduction of these reliefs , that the first anniversary date on which the periodic charge under paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 to the Finance Bill will be payable is the anniversary date next after 31st March 1980 . |
| 12 | THE case for believing the letter may be genuine is backed by several facts . |
| 13 | The reason why acquittal would be wrong is explained by my noble and learned friend , post , pp. 1110H — 1111A : |
| 14 | The time at which these two factors must be present is when the statement is made . |
| 15 | To say that if it were raining the balcony would be wet is to say this : among possible worlds where it is raining , the one which overall is most like our actual world is also one in which the balcony is wet . |
| 16 | What we have as premiss for the dependent conditional that if it were raining the balcony would be wet is roughly this : in that possible world most like our own in which it is raining , the balcony is wet . |