Example sentences of "[vb infin] be [vb pp] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here oak is useful , because it does n't mind being soaked in water all winter , although it will probably split as it dries out in summer . |
| 2 | BELVILLE : In my own little chapel , which you may see was put in order on purpose . |
| 3 | Yet personal allowances should have been raised in line with last December 's inflation rate of 2.6 per cent , allowing taxpayers to earn at least an extra £90 a year before tax . |
| 4 | McQueen found the ruins , and then claimed to trace the road along which the goddess 's statue would have been borne in procession from the temple to the river for the ceremonial washing attributed to worship of Anaitis . |
| 5 | Package or turnkey software should have been proven in use , ideally for at least a year . |
| 6 | Thirdly , the order relates to the working papers of the auditors of Atlantic and not simply to Atlantic itself but these papers could clearly contain information of relevance to the administrator 's investigation even if that information could not have been obtained in litigation against Atlantic . |
| 7 | This is another case in which the Woolwich principle could readily have been applied in favour of the plaintiff had it existed . |
| 8 | As no order will have been made in respect of the property at this stage , the defendant appears to be free to dispose of it before the order can be made and thus defeat the object of making the order . |
| 9 | We are concerned that at every level of government — in Europe , in Whitehall and in local authorities — some regulations may have been adopted in answer to legitimate concerns , but without proper regard to their overall impact on businesses and individuals . |
| 10 | Levi was interested in action , purpose , work , and capable of them : and the capacity may have been formed in contention with a desire to withdraw and perhaps to give up . |
| 11 | Since their prime purpose was to stable horses , and perhaps to accommodate their grooms ( though this could have been done in hay lofts at first-floor level ) , it is instructive to consider the space needs . |
| 12 | Notice to produce the document must have been given in order to render oral evidence of it admissible ; it must be shown that the document existed , is or was in the possession of the other side , and that the original would have been admissible and relevant . |
| 13 | If ever artifice and device should have been foregone in favour of uncluttered simplicity in the recounting of experience , this was a case in point . |
| 14 | Steve estimated around £800 would have been lost in bar takings because of the club 's early shutdown . |
| 15 | It could have been built in mahogany , yew , ash , teak , oak or cherrywood style , and the company will build any size and style to order . |
| 16 | But for his weakness and vacillation , peasant unrest and working-class militancy could have been kept in check by efficient and unwavering repression . |
| 17 | It is in domestic architecture that Ostia provides the most interesting revelations for here are astonishingly well preserved remains of insulae , the tenement blocks which must have been constructed in quantity in Rome itself and , since Ostia is so near and as it had such close association with the capital , probably of a very similar character . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , I think that the influence of Matisse is something which is far more elusive and may not yet have been expressed in painting . |
| 19 | It was natural that man 's relationship to God should have been expressed in covenant terms . |
| 20 | Very rarely HIV may have been transmitted in breastmilk and women in the UK who are HIV antibody positive are advised not to breastfeed . |
| 21 | The applicant sought relief on the grounds that ( 1 ) at the time the coroner took his original decision there was considerable evidence before him that the death would not have occurred but for delays experienced by the deceased 's family in contacting the ambulance service and later delays by the ambulance service in responding to repeated calls by the police for an ambulance to come to take the deceased to hospital as a matter of urgency ; ( 2 ) in reaching the conclusion that an inquest was unnecessary the coroner had misdirected himself in law for the reasons , inter alia , that ( i ) section 8(1) ( a ) of the Coroners Act 1988 required a coroner to hold an inquest where there was ‘ reasonable cause to suspect ’ that the deceased had died a ‘ violent or unnatural death ; ’ ( ii ) there had been clear and uncontradicted evidence before the coroner that avoidable and culpable delays by the ambulance service might have been the reason why the deceased 's asthma attack , which could have been treated in hospital , proved fatal , giving rise to a ‘ reasonable cause to suspect ’ that the cause of the deceased 's death was ‘ unnatural ; ’ and ( iii ) against that background , the coroner had erred in law in treating the pathologist 's conclusion as conclusive and had either misdirected himself as to the meaning of ‘ unnatural death ’ in section 8 of the Coroners Act 1988 or failed to apply the law properly to the facts of the case . |
| 22 | that the premises in respect of which the grant was made have been completed in accordance with the plan thereof lodged with the board , or ( b ) that the premises have been completed and that such deviations from the said plan as exist are of minor importance and have not materially altered the character of the premises or the facilities for the supply of alcoholic liquor thereat . |
| 23 | Two men had escaped the inrush but had been trapped in a long section of roadway ; they had lived together in the pitch dark and freezing cold for about 8 days , until overcome by poisonous gas ; there was no way in which they could have been saved in time had their position been known . |
| 24 | The Colonel had taken Sophia under his wing as a frail and dependent woman , who because of her son 's lack of responsibility must work , when she should have been maintained in comfort . |
| 25 | And no doubt a sensible formula would have been devised in order to tell the jury that which was in the circumstances agreed to be appropriate . |
| 26 | If another hundred of Caraher 's non-transferable votes had been transferable first to Hendron and then to Magee the latter would have been elected in place of Burns . |
| 27 | Thus in some areas much of what we see in later landscapes may have been determined in outline before 4000 BC . |
| 28 | ‘ And in case you do n't believe me I would n't still have been covered in snow when I came in if I had ’ |
| 29 | Apart from Benjamin and I , he was the only one who had left the manor so his cloak and boots would have been covered in snow . |
| 30 | They say the rapist would have been covered in mud after crossing the field : |