Example sentences of "[subord] [det] [verb] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where this leads is unclear . |
| 2 | There has also been a proposal to increase the term of copyright to the life of the author plus 70 years , although this had been subject to some controversy within the EC . |
| 3 | The study revealed that growth of Asian businesses was confined to few areas and , although this had been rapid during the 1970s , it had been declining recently . |
| 4 | For the reasons stated above , local transport is best , although this means being patient . |
| 5 | Further , as a result of his youth , he had not known the great days of English victories in France , although these had been concerned with the activities of his father , and he himself had been born in Bordeaux not long before his father had crossed to Spain to win his final victory . |
| 6 | These stories are commonplace , although those involved are wary of going on record . |
| 7 | She waited for some minutes on a platform , a train came and she would have got into it if that had been possible . |
| 8 | But they overlook one vital fact — it would have been the simplest thing in the world for the ICC to announce the ball was changed under Law 5 because it had gone out of shape — if that had been true . |
| 9 | Well out of order , the thing is if that 'd been , if that 'd been another troop trying to do it to him , there would of been , there would of been shit |
| 10 | If this had been ordinary civil litigation I would have agreed . |
| 11 | Tina would have plumped herself down in the nearest seat even if this had been next to a passenger but Cecilia , conforming to usage , sat in the emptiest area of the coach , on the platform side with her back to the window . |
| 12 | If this has been true of the past , it is even more true of the present and seems likely to be truer still of the future . |
| 13 | If this applies be prepared to show the interviewer what the advantages of your youth are . |
| 14 | If these had been real Tag Heuer watches they 'd have been worth thousands , but in fact at around 25 pounds each they 're a rip-off . |
| 15 | On the other hand when Jordan 's ( VUPP ) votes were transferred in Stage IX 117 were non-transferable , and equally , if these had been transferable to Burns , the latter 's position compared with Magee would have been unaltered . |
| 16 | If these had been transferable to SDLP , they would have ensured the election of both O'Hanlon and News each with about a quota of votes . |
| 17 | Erm if any have been those elders or ministers will advise us the days they are going to come , those ministers who are and seen , if we do so that we can remember whom our chosen . |
| 18 | An area of defensiveness is around the Labour Party because that 's been one of my main arenas of political activity for the last eight , nine years or so . |
| 19 | It is certainly difficult to improvise well and keep to precise forms , because this means being able to remember and replay what we have played before . |
| 20 | With both railways only ten miles apart , however , it makes the SDR figures all the more remarkable because both have been subject to the same local economic situation and relative decline in tourist numbers . |
| 21 | The pig 's range is usually given as Java , Madura and Bawean , but you can subtract Madura now , since that 's been deforested and thus depigged ( de-everythinged , in fact ) . |
| 22 | Particular attention should be focused on hospital incinerators , since these have been subject to Crown immunity for many years and most are technically ill-equipped to burn at sufficiently high temperatures for adequate disposal of wastes ( Gatrell and Lovett 1991 ) . |
| 23 | Since all had been well before Kirsty went into hospital to have her appendix removed — and since many people have a very real terror of hospitals in general — I decided to regress her to that particular time . |
| 24 | And the Princess Joanna 's marriage to David Stewart was to be declared null and void , since both had been mere infants at its celebration , and the princess free to marry whomsoever her royal brother selected , Balliol himself being glad and privileged to wed her if this was his Lord Edward 's will and choice . |
| 25 | She 'd taken him literally , although now she questioned whether that had been wise . |
| 26 | ( 10 ) It is necessary to state current use of the property and whether that has been continuous . |
| 27 | I would be interested to know whether this has been successful in reducing speed and accidents , but my impression is that it has worked very well . |
| 28 | There had been invasions by descendants of the deposed Stuarts in 1715 and in 1745 and , though neither had been successful , both of them had been rather alarming . |
| 29 | Many sales had been left with high unsold percentages over the previous two weeks , though some had been successful . |
| 30 | The man chosen to be the ‘ Charter Mayor ’ was Mr. James Clements , who had been the Chairman of the Brentford District Council in 1903 , and as such had been present when King Edward VII had opened the new Kew Bridge . |