Example sentences of "be [verb] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are improving what the employment service has to offer in the new integrated offices , as all hon. Members who have been to see them will know . |
| 2 | The Bypass is divided into five sections , namely : and when all sections are completed it will extend from the Glasgow/Edinburgh Road ( A8 ) in the west , to the Musselburgh Bypass in the east , providing a continuous route around the city . |
| 3 | If timbers have not already been treated you must call in a wood treatment specialist for a report . |
| 4 | You may find that Social Services will put your name on their vacancy list , and once you are registered you can advertise . |
| 5 | Even if our marriage had n't been arranged I would have wanted to marry Anna . |
| 6 | If you understand how the books are arranged you will find it much easier when you are looking for books . |
| 7 | This would give equal weight , one-third , to each value ; as the data has already been smoothed it would seem sensible to give more weight to the middle value . |
| 8 | I said that once the process of privatisation had been completed we would publish the figure for the total proceeds , and also that I would reconsider the possibility of publishing individual sale proceeds . |
| 9 | If the play had been completed it would have shown the marriage of Edwy and Elgiva destroyed by parental manipulation and political intrigue . |
| 10 | When the transfer has been completed you should continue as follows : |
| 11 | When the transfer has been completed you should continue as follows : |
| 12 | There is no doubt if he had ever been caught he would have hanged , ’ said Mr Stephenson , who left the police as an inspector in 1977 . |
| 13 | Du Pont Pixel says , ‘ the OGI strategy is now operational and Silicon Graphics ca n't afford to take their markets for granted anymore , with this architecture once a piece or hardware or software has been modified it will run on full blown Sparcstations , clones , in fact anything that it is Sparc-compatible ’ . |
| 14 | I remembered again why I preferred my bike : when you are shattered you can get off and walk . |
| 15 | I 've played against him and Wasim in county cricket and , believe me , if they had been cheating I would have known . |
| 16 | Once this issue has been resolved we will increase our efforts in the regions . |
| 17 | If it 's been located I 'll have to get back to London . |
| 18 | The business class as a whole does not make up more than 0.2% of the population , although if its outer fringes are included it could approach 1% . |
| 19 | Although there are several reasons why passive sentences can be useful for the writer , then , it is worth noticing that if passives are overused they can produce writing that is unappealingly arid . |
| 20 | George Marshall , head of human resources , said : ‘ In spite of our current employment difficulties , but looking to the future of our business , I am announcing we will have an intake of 20–30 first year apprentices in September . |
| 21 | However , when other parameters are varied it may transpire that the optimum window size varies as well . |
| 22 | It is considered that after large trees are felled it may take up to I 2 months for the sub-soil to achieve stability . |
| 23 | BELVILLE : I am resolved she shall return to the distress and poverty she was taken from . |
| 24 | ‘ If Mum finds out I 've been smoking she 'll kill me . |
| 25 | My beautiful villa — when it has been built I shall take my holidays there , no airport delays and no traffic jams , just taking tea with my little finger up and Dorothy Wordsworth on my lap . |
| 26 | When we are writing we must unlearn this disembodiedness if our work is to achieve the depth and richness we desire : we must learn to speak with our whole body and not just through our mind 's eye . |
| 27 | Thereafter , he says , if the stirrings of the old image are felt they may disturb the peace but will not radically contaminate the knowledge and love of God , the image of Jesus , conceived now in contemplation as a shadow of ultimate reality . |
| 28 | It had been decided he should go to hospital for a checkup and during the journey he had felt a little shaky . |
| 29 | Are erm erm have been made I 'd like to simply to say I think two things . |
| 30 | A new round of fare increases on British Rail have come into force , and commuters are warning they could force people off trains and into their cars . |