Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bulb inside would be attached to a battery and when the bulb flashed the heat sensitive powder would explode — either splitting the copper pipe or causing it to splinter into shrapnel . |
| 2 | The infusion alone can be taken internally ( sweetened with honey ) and is good for the complexion , poor circulation and for ulcers . |
| 3 | They glow in the dark so can be used as a practical yet fashionable way of making drivers aware of children in the dark . |
| 4 | The foregoing indemnities shall be in addition to any rights that any Indemnified Person may have at common law or otherwise and shall remain in full force and effect not withstanding KPMG 's engagement hereunder may be terminated . |
| 5 | The rest of that evening was occupied in selecting suitable hiding-places for the eight hundred horsemen towards which the enemy hopefully could be lured . |
| 6 | CLAIMS in Another Paper that the former submariner Cdr Bill Boakes polled the lowest vote ever may be taken with a bucket of bilge . |
| 7 | Becoming a member and shareholder on an issue by a private company ( or a closely-held public company whose shares are not listed or dealt in on the U.S.M. ) is subject to the same legal requirements of agreement plus entry on the register but in practice both will be achieved with less formality and , in the case of private companies , without the issue of allotment letters . |
| 8 | both the soil and any injection well may be clogged by overabundant microbial growth ; |
| 9 | An interview overseas could be linked with a visit by the employee and spouse who thus have the opportunity to assess first-hand whether they wish to accept the posting . |
| 10 | Religion then would be founded on religious experience in general . |
| 11 | Political risk is the risk that an investment abroad may be expropriated by the overseas government . |
| 12 | If the electric power could be cut , industry everywhere would be brought to a standstill . |
| 13 | Modernism then can be defined as the absence of externally imposed order on aesthetic practices . |
| 14 | Joining not only the same train as him but the same carriage twice could be dismissed as a coincidence . |
| 15 | Adultery therefore should be seen as having a symbolic quality , amounting to sexual conduct outrageous to the other . |
| 16 | That sort of gossip certainly should be condemned ; that is the sort Hesiod warned against . |
| 17 | Like all the other uses of see + to infinitive denoting inference , the sentence above can be paraphrased by means of a that- clause : ( 53 ) It might be soon , for I can see that Mrs Bonner is breaking visibly . |
| 18 | But in a court of law much could be made of these things . ’ |
| 19 | Note that the 100µ capacitor is of the electrolytic type so must be connected the correct way round — the body is marked with a ‘ - ’ sign and this identifies the orientation . |
| 20 | Three copies of relevant manuscripts in press or submitted for publication elsewhere should be included with submitted manuscripts , and clearly marked as such . |
| 21 | The dialogue tonight might be controlled and rational — but it gave him no ease . |
| 22 | Gauthier has revived the Hobbesian argument that political authority and indeed morality generally can be founded on rational self-interest . |
| 23 | The Directorate have agreed that staff who are able to arrive at work early should be encouraged to do so and the following arrangements will apply : — |
| 24 | The increase of the variable loop to 5 bases by insertion of a U at position 47 ( a210 and a214 ) drastically lowered the levels of m 1 G37 although the modification still could be detected , while no m 1 G37 was formed when a C47 was inserted ( a209 and a215 ) . |
| 25 | Often a random pattern is adopted and on observation the cleaner often can be seen to cover some parts of an area many times yet miss others . |
| 26 | And I would say that in this respect , too , there is another point in the Act that each child now must be related in some way to what is called a responsible person . |
| 27 | the printer would do that , but your machine here would be linked into a storage computer storage system here at Mansfield which every now and again it sends all the information down the telephone lines to headquarters , and it 's done every is it every two hours ? |
| 28 | My work here will be finished if he is hanged . |
| 29 | All the equipment here could be explained away ; this was no more than a training ground for those interested in self-defence , martial arts and war games . |
| 30 | It is unlikely that people training for work today will be prepared for a job for life . |