Example sentences of "[noun sg] [det] [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In part that might be explained in terms of the powers of resistance possessed by the bureaucracies under attack , so that whatever change is proposed it is soon absorbed and reinterpreted by the very groups it is intended to undermine .
2 The direction specifically requires ( in para 4 ) that each report should state on the face of it the name of the party on whose behalf the expert has given the report , the date on which it is given ( of course that can be avoided by the use of an indexed bundle ) , and whether or not it is agreed by the other parties .
3 Such explanations could be reasonably well founded or might be hypothetical , in which case this should be made clear to the reader .
4 Or the clause may not say how they are to be paid , in which case this should be covered at the time of fixing the procedure .
5 Should we decide to develop our law more filly in this direction this can be accommodated within the idea that all relevant considerations should be taken into account by the decision-maker .
6 Where the receiver enters into a new contract this will be binding on the company .
7 In Branch Banking Division this will be done with the support of the BBD Service Quality Development team .
8 The Guidance says that where they intend " to limit the way in which a parent meets his responsibility this should be discussed with the parent and incorporated in the plan of arrangements for the child whilst in care so that it may be subject to periodic review " ( para 3.68 ) .
9 If necessary you would then follow-up with physiotherapy treatment ( if referred by a GP this can be claimed back from health insurance ) and remedial exercises in the small but well-equipped gym .
10 At one level this can be seen in the attitude of the lawmakers , who consciously shape laws with commercial considerations in mind .
11 On a superficial level this can be seen in her long and mutually admiring correspondence with Voltaire , and in her financial help to Diderot and the unsuccessful visit to Russia which he paid at her invitation .
12 Further , some instructions halted the computer if an error occurred , such as attempted division by zero , whereas in a third generation computer this would be dealt with by setting a flag or generating an interrupt .
13 English , therefore , is an example of a way in which education has been used in an attempt to effect social changes ; arguably it is the only discipline ( and of course this will be discussed again later ) to be distinctively ‘ feminine ’ .
14 In part this may be justified because the UK competes in large world markets where the firms will have little monopoly power , but , given the documented lack of success of merged companies , successive governments may have encouraged too many mergers .
15 In part this can be attributed to the diverse scopes that have been claimed for sociolinguistics ( see Trudgill , 1978 : Introduction ) , but in part it comes about because sociolinguists are interested in inter-relations between language and society however these are manifested in grammatical systems : sociolinguistics is not a component or level of a grammar in the way that syntax , semantics , phonology and , quite plausibly , pragmatics are .
16 Few of us are naturally ambidextrous but in terms of karate technique this can be achieved through training .
17 Note : LS_MGR will be used throughout the rest of this document and for your installation this should be replaced by the user name of your VMS account as created above .
18 The unity witnessed over the two days had been greater than he could ever have hoped for , and the remaining morning 's session of ‘ rounding up ’ would , he trusted , be rich in commitments on the part of participants concerning action each would be taking before the important international conference in Switzerland .
19 There is still a great deal that can be done by organisations and companies in Belfast , ’ he said .
20 It was all teamwork and I would say there was a great deal that can be brought into your work from the weekend . ’
21 By next Spring this will be joined by extra software that will enable all existing Sun applications that use TCP/IP running over Ethernet to run over ISDN giving the technology what it has always needed : a practical use .
22 There was a possibility that a recording of his might be used as theme music for a commercial — if he could come up to London in the near future this could be discussed .
23 The administration of additional inspired oxygen seemed to be of benefit ; in 15 patients with baseline hypoxaemia this would be expected as episodic desaturation has been reported to be more severe if baseline hypoxaemia is present .
24 In the shorthand this would be written 2 H , but being so fundamental it has a special name and symbol of its own , d for the deuteron , the nucleus of the deuterium atom ( symbol D ) .
25 In shorthand this can be expressed as .
26 If registration is to be based on likely rather than actual harm this must be supported by professional judgement , findings on investigation , or research data ( para 6.39(ii) ) .
27 Where appropriate , photo graphs illustrating the content of the release will also be needed ; unless it is purely a photo-story these must be captioned separately to the release .
28 I do not mean that a self-conscious conventionalist would ignore statutes and precedents altogether once it was controversial what force these should be given .
29 Some of the problems that arise can not be solved immediately , but in the long term many can be anticipated and overcome .
30 Much could be won , a great deal more could be lost , and there was always England .
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