Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] be [vb pp] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The best that could be done was to influence its shape in a way that gave the greatest help to the home market . |
| 32 | The best that could be done was to find a formula which , compatibly with this , gave something to the minority . |
| 33 | Like all long-term coughers he had developed a noise-reducing technique , and all that could be heard was a chuck-chuck-chuck sound that would go on for long minutes at a time , gradually winding down like a clockwork drummer until every scrap of air was squeezed out of his poor concrete lungs . |
| 34 | After what seemed an age all that could be heard were little hiccups . |
| 35 | The training would also become increasingly complex , with landings from midget submarines late in 1943 and early in 1944 , but in October 1942 the best that could be produced were canoes to get the swimmer inshore and a cumbersome rubberised canvas suit of the type used by charioteers riding human torpedoes . |
| 36 | ( Addresses where these can be obtained are at the end of the book . ) |
| 37 | The proposed timetable for public platforms/launches as far as these can be scheduled is as follows : |
| 38 | If the degree of rotation was very small , so that for each dot the nearest neighbour is its own image , this would not be surprising : all that need be done is to draw imaginary lines between all pairs of nearest neighbours , and those lines will circle the centre of rotation . |
| 39 | For the present , all that need be noticed is that the purpose of Alexander 's letter was to convey a distinct papal command to Lanfranc that the monastic community in his cathedral church was to be preserved . |
| 40 | All that need be proved is that the matter is of a certain type and the manner of presentation patently offensive . |
| 41 | The Kodak laboratories of my eidesis were being dismantled ; soon all that would be left was an out-of-order passport-photo-booth , mouldering on an empty station platform . |
| 42 | All that would be required is a change in practice . |
| 43 | The first presents the candidate with an unreal situation , and probably the most that will be learned is whether or not the candidate is good-natured enough to play silly games . |
| 44 | The final characteristic of the MPs that can be traced is religion , which shows as traditional a pattern as any . |
| 45 | Three rusted iron wheels remain at the site , but otherwise all that can be seen are foundations and watercourses . |
| 46 | The most that can be done is that B may allow C to use his name to claim the money . |
| 47 | Clearly , therefore , there is no way in which oxygen can be obtained without any water loss : the best that can be done is to minimize the loss . |
| 48 | When it is thought vital that members or creditors should receive notice , the Act requires them to be given notice by the company ; in relation to the general public the best that can be done is to require publication in newspapers . |
| 49 | The best that can be done is to convert the uncertainty , which is not quantifiable , into risk , which is . |
| 50 | The best that can be done is to convert the uncertainty , which is not quantifiable , into risk , which is . |
| 51 | All that can be done is to point to the factors that the courts commonly take into account when calculating the multiplier . |
| 52 | In truth , all that can be said is that , in both the Free Presbyterian Church and in the UPV , there were a small number of people ( none of whom were figures of any stature in the Church ) who were prepared to abet others in the commission of crimes to further the aims which the vast majority of people in the Church and UPV wished to see promoted by less violent means . |
| 53 | All that can be said is that Labour has lost elections in the past when the press was more favourable than it now is . |
| 54 | The most that can be said is that a good case can be made out for so doing ; law-abiding spectators would probably be sympathetic , depending upon the outcome . |
| 55 | The most that can be said is that they must have selectional restrictions which are satisfied by the selectee . |
| 56 | The most that can be said is that S.I.B . |
| 57 | The most that can be said is that the majority of individuals said to be non-right handed still show left hemisphere language representation ( Annett , Hudson , and Turner , 1974 ; Fleminger and Bunce , 1975 ; Clyma , 1975 ) . |
| 58 | The best that can be said is that to appeal to such a wide diversity of patrons he clearly possessed some very rare talent indeed . |
| 59 | Whether this justifies the conclusion of Esther Moir that " The most that can be said is that on and off the bench , the Justices interposed between the parish overseer and his helpless victim " is uncertain . |
| 60 | The decor was inclusive in the rent and all that can be said was that the decor was expensive . |