Example sentences of "[modal v] be and be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the horizon and the problem stood , as it were , on their own feet ; they could be and were independently established . |
| 2 | Written documents could be and were easily forged whereas seals , crosses , medallions etc. were , in the way in which they had been developed and used in pre-Norman Britain , distinctive individual objects , which were less easily forged , more identifiable and more obviously linked to particular individuals . |
| 3 | ( Penley 1988 , p. 11 ) Teresa de Lauretis has described this shift towards a greater interest in reception as in part a delayed effect of feminism 's construction of a new social subject — women — who may be and are legitimately addressed in cinematic practices . |
| 4 | The dangers of dependence on rich men would be and were regularly pointed out : if the local parties were not themselves independent then they would have to turn to rich outsiders to fight their elections for them , as The Times pointed out in 1911 : |
| 5 | The Engineer 's Representative under the terms of Clause 1 subclause 1 ( e ) of the Conditions of Contract shall be and is hereby authorised to act on the Engineer 's behalf in respect of the following Clauses of the Conditions of Contract : — |
| 6 | 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 . |