Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [vb pp] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | First , Marx and Engels argued that one of the reasons why capitalism would be destroyed was due to the internal contradictions of the system itself . |
| 32 | Baldwin ( 1977 ) found that if the eldest child was abused , the likelihood that the second eldest would be abused was 78 per cent . |
| 33 | The necessity for the function to be characterised as ‘ judicial ’ before procedural constraints would be imposed was integral to this approach , because only bodies exercising such functions would be suited to adjudicative procedures . |
| 34 | In the proposed E two the only development that would be permitted is that which needs to be in the open countryside and that 's a much more rigorous test . |
| 35 | ( b ) That if the effect of the proviso were to impose a restraint of trade then the consequence was that not only the proviso but also the whole of the paragraph to which the proviso related and which contained the stipulation that post-termination commission would be paid was void . |
| 36 | This distance relation score measures the degree of attraction between a lemma and its collocates , by comparing the frequency of a collocate in the concordances with the frequency that would be expected were all words distributed in the text at random . |
| 37 | It has not proved possible to determine the composition directly , which is difficult for a condensate , but the measured abundance of ammonia in the gaseous phase above the top of these clouds is about what would be expected were this ammonia in equilibrium with solid ammonia at the typical cloud top conditions of 0.5 bar and 148 K. There are thought to be relatively few breaks in the ammonia clouds , though the cloud tops need not be at the same altitude everywhere . |
| 38 | These instructions determine the citation order of the various concepts represented by the Schedules and the Tables and remove the need for facet indicators such as would be required were more flexibility of citation order permitted . |
| 39 | Whether the victim did believe that immediate violence would be used is immaterial so long as the offender intended to cause the victim to have that belief . |
| 40 | Most assessment procedures are developed in order to provide a particular kind of interpretation and because of this the criteria against which the child 's language will be evaluated are implicit in the procedure . |
| 41 | The watches will be led be experienced wardens who will also tell you about the species of deer you will see . |
| 42 | One of the hypotheses which will be tested is that comprehension of the logical character of ‘ mental state verbs ’ is necessary for understanding that some sentences are true in virtue of their form alone ( eg ‘ The father is a man ’ ) . |
| 43 | Tonight 's showpiece , in honour of the 51-year-old former Benfica ace , Eusebio , will be United 's first visit to the Stadium of Light since their legendary 5-1 European Cup quarter-final win in 1966 , when George Best scored twice and became El Beatle . |
| 44 | A child is not to be taken as having a learning difficulty solely because the language ( or form of the language ) in which he is or will be taught is different from a language ( or from of language ) which has at any time been spoken in the house . |
| 45 | However , where the amount to which the shareholders will be entitled is small , they may be sold for the benefit of the company or , if no premium exists , allotted to the underwriters . |
| 46 | People buying shares in British Telecommunications Plc will be able to deal in shares by punching the keys on a normal push-button telephone : the retail investment company ShareLink Ltd said the service , the first such scheme in Europe , is being offered as part of the marketing campaign for BT3 , the UK government 's sale of a third tranche of British Telecom shares , marketing of which began yesterday ; the system will later be extended to cover other shares ; the government 's remaining shares are to be sold in July ; pricing and details of whether all the remaining 21.8% stake will be sold are due in June . |
| 47 | Often , if they have a disposition to broader problem-solving , the search consultant can provide views on several issues : the potential organisational structure ; how the individual would fit in ; the likely scope of his or her responsibilities ; if the tasks he or she will be set are manageable and possibly whether candidates can be found in the market who meet a particular specification ; whether the search can be a UK-based search or needs to be international ; whether any of the top candidates can be attracted for the remuneration or does the remuneration of the senior team need reviewing ; is the nationality of the candidate important ; could a woman do the job ; what happened to the last job holder ; did he or she move on to a bigger job or was he or she fired , and was that person successful in the role ? |
| 48 | Although it is giving some of its ‘ glue ’ source to USL , most of what USL will have and what will be distributed is binary . |
| 49 | Nothing changes/feelings shift , move endlessly in circles/moths beating at glass endlessly/all that energy expended on nothing/no-one lets you in/desire and what can be desired are all fixed within strict parameters/ established as everything you 're not/desire written against your body/encoded in all the spaces which are not you/contours which are not yours/you occupy the gap between desire and fulfilment/absence of choice/no choice at all/why are moths nocturnal when so strongly attracted to light ? |
| 50 | Bright clear days when the Alps can be seen are rare , ( and the more pleasurable for being so ) , and if you want such days you had better come in spring or autumn when the heat haze is reduced . |
| 51 | What can be seen is that Parliament can not have intended an implied limitation along the lines of Ex parte Blain , 12 Ch.D. 522 . |
| 52 | What can be seen is that young girls are growing up far more quickly , and expect to be treated like adult earlier these days . |
| 53 | The rejoinder must be : although we may generally have neither the time nor the inclination to look at literary language under the microscope in this way , the fact that it can be done is important , and the doing of it can not fail to sharpen observation , by making us aware of how larger effects are built up from smaller ones . |
| 54 | The work which can be done is any work a solicitor normally does other than representation in a court or tribunal . |
| 55 | Returning to the problem of Table 10.1 , we have seen that the best value that can be achieved is 1 . |
| 56 | The best that can be achieved is 95 — 98 per cent packing if keys are small and no overflow is expected . |
| 57 | Whether this can be achieved is debatable because management schemes implemented to date have not been uniformly successful due to the tremendous variation in ecology and terrain . |
| 58 | It will be noted that where there is no penetration but aggravating circumstances exist , the maximum penalty which can be imposed is heavier than in cases where there is sexual penetration but aggravating circumstances are absent . |
| 59 | Free advice on the law relating to badgers and on how farm damage caused by badgers can be tackled is available from the ADAS wildlife biology units . |
| 60 | The time period that funds can be invested is critical in maximizing the returns from investments . |