Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [modal v] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is more , in 1990 , the new American Express Mediterranean Open will be off-limits to the South Africans as that company has chosen southern Spain to stage its inaugural event . |
| 2 | He did eventually speak to Klein , who after some persuasion accepted his apologies , and then went on to tell him there was to be a party at Taylor and Clem 's house the following day , and he was sure Gentle would be welcome if he had no other plans . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , if a good sleep is imperative , say before an important meeting , then a short-acting hypnotic might be helpful ( it needs to be short-acting or its effects might last into the next waking period ) . |
| 4 | The accelerated gastric emptying of both liquids and solids in the patients with idiopathic DU may explain why their ulcer disease was more difficult to control with antisecretory agents and the use of pharmalogical agents to delay gastric emptying might be helpful . |
| 5 | We believe that the results of this survey help to highlight the clinical circumstances in which tests of gastric emptying may be useful . |
| 6 | Although most of our patients had minimal upper gastrointestinal symptoms and normal gastric emptying , the effect of loperamide on gastric emptying may be beneficial in some patients with chronic radiation enteritis , as chronic gastroparesis is a recognised sequel to abdominal irradiation . |
| 7 | Although Ice Cube 's role as an agent provocateur is unequivocal , his future as a bankable revolutionary must be open to doubt , despite his assertion on the liner notes of ‘ Predator ’ : ‘ I will become an African-American when America gives up the oppression of my people . ’ |
| 8 | HAVING SOLD 200,000 copies of this LP Stateside , Pennsylvanian four-piece Live must be full of hope that ‘ Mental Jewelry ’ will see them emulate Nirvana in providing a fresh and exciting rock/pop crossover in Britain . |
| 9 | Since the debt is being traded at discounted rates on the secondary markets , Conservation International will be able to purchase it for about $1.8 million . |