Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] [vb mod] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the war my mother worked in a factory making endless ground sheets which I was told could be turned into trench capes . |
| 2 | To Mary , reading that if she did not do so , ‘ this pre-eminence wherein ye are placed shall be your dejection to torment and pain everlasting ’ , it looked more like the kind of bullying to which , on his own account , he would later subject her daughter . |
| 3 | The net result we are told will be an increase in rent for most council tenants in rural areas and a decrease for all tenants in Fleetwood . |
| 4 | The policies which are adopted are important , but the means by which they are implemented will be critical to their effectiveness . |
| 5 | Staff willing to work additional hours beyond those for which they are contracted should be identified . |
| 6 | Indeed , many of the complex molecules of which they are composed would be liable to fall apart . |
| 7 | In order for plates to behave in the manner proposed the lithosphere of which they are composed must be sufficiently rigid compared with the underlying asthenosphere for stress to be transmitted from one side to the other . |
| 8 | For example , patients waiting in an out-patient department knowing that it will be 30 minutes before they are seen may be happier than those who wait half as long , not knowing how long the wait will be . |
| 9 | But decisions on whether and when they are needed can be much improved . |
| 10 | When considering forms of credit , the different types that are available and the terms over which they are offered should be carefully evaluated as to how much you can afford . |
| 11 | When considering forms of credit , the different types that are available and the terms over which they are offered should be carefully evaluated as to how much you can afford . |
| 12 | Where visitors have contributed to the injuries they have sustained due to the defendant 's breach of duty under the OLA 1957 , then the damages to which they are entitled may be reduced . |
| 13 | yes , discounting merchandise is something we do all the time it 's just that the discounts are different in January and the merchandise to which they 're applied may be different . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's said that if the flame-retardant with which they 're treated could be bottled it 'd be the first guaranteed aphrodisiac . ’ |
| 15 | Speaking to the Central Committee later in the year , Medvedev accepted that the process of change in which they were engaged might be complex and even alarming . |
| 16 | To say they were worshipped would be overstating the case but , as in so many cultures where people are dependent on an animal for existence ( the Plains Indian and the buffalo , for example ) , the forerunners of the modern Koi were respected at the same time they were exploited . |
| 17 | In this event sites from which they were removed could be returned to their former use as agricultural land , or left to return to a natural condition , without serious difficulty . |
| 18 | To detach his innovations from the metaphysical theology in which they were embedded would be a violation of his integrity as a thinker . |
| 19 | The school will serve a residential development , dubbed by planners the Haydon Sector , which it 's thought will be the largest of its kind in Europe . |
| 20 | Although the user query as it is expressed may be considered as the start of the information-seeking activity , it stems from a more complex background . |
| 21 | But it is believed that the bank will not pull the plug in haste as its image would take a knock and the money it is owed would be unlikely to be recovered . |
| 22 | This is regarded by the present government , along with its proposals for a national curriculum , as a means of enhancing the quality of education , and making schools more accountable to parents in a system of schooling that it is intended will be more consumer oriented . |
| 23 | So I think it is a matter of erm importance for the structure plan its inclusion er and I think to put the an answer to one of the questions that was put earlier , if it is not to be left to the district to decide on where development is or is not appropriate in open countryside as defined in the structure plan policy , who it is intended could be making the decision on where development would be appropriate . |
| 24 | A 200 per cent increase looks huge but the base on which it is calculated may be small . |
| 25 | The Government reckons it will cost about £4 million to implement , 75 per cent of which it is hoped will be clawed back from industry . |
| 26 | It may be possible to devise a system for including greater objectivity into descriptions , and Dr Peacock has been very helpful in laying down guidelines , which it is hoped will be published before long , but this is only a step in the right direction towards a fuller understanding of manufacturing processes , marketing and distribution , and the size and historical development of each industry . |
| 27 | The decision of an appeal committee and the grounds on which it is made shall be communicated by the committee in writing to … the appellant … |
| 28 | His report , which it is understood will be considered by the council next Tuesday , recommends that the body be reduced in size from 36 to 24 members , plus an independent chairman , divided equally between members of the press and public . |
| 29 | The new formula is very complicated , but is based on a notional income figure for each authority — the grant-related poundage ( GRP ) — which it is assumed will be raised by rates or community charge . |
| 30 | Resolution 45/236 , unanimously adopted on Dec. 21 , noted " the improvement in the level of the short-term deficit of the organization , which it is estimated will be reduced to $260,000,000 as at Dec. 31 , 1990 " . |