Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Forgive 'N Forget 's most recent outing he had run fourth behind Combs Ditch at Haydock Park , and that horse was also in the Gold Cup field , third favourite after a highly successful season which had brought him three good prizes and a neck defeat by Wayward Lad in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park . |
| 2 | At the top of the hill she was still in the forefront of matters with Run And Skip , but behind them Wayward Lad and Forgive 'N Forget were travelling smoothly and coming ever closer . |
| 3 | C. F. G. Masterman in his contribution to Smith 's report observed the ‘ manifest tendency of the Nonconformist worshippers to collect together into strong centres … which is inevitable where preaching is so emphasised and the stimulus and guidance of the pulpit so much desired ’ . |
| 4 | When recycling or re-use is not practicable , C&P 's waste is sent for landfill or incineration by professional contractors who are authorised and policed by the regulatory bodies . |
| 5 | The money which is invested or lent is called the principal . |
| 6 | The terms of abbreviations that are defined or explained are capitalized ; capitalized words in the definitions refer to other entry-words in the Glossary . |
| 7 | What other men might say or think was nothing to him ; his detachment would carry him far above earthly matters . |
| 8 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence under this section if he commits an offence under section 1 above ( ‘ the unauthorised access offence ’ ) with intent — ( a ) to commit an offence to which this section applies ; or ( b ) to facilitate the commission of such an offence ( whether by himself or by another person ) ; and the offence he intends to commit or facilitate is referred to below in this section as the further offence . |
| 9 | Similar pores have been observed also in the Z1 Carbonate of the Auk ( Brennand and van Veen 1975 ) and Claymore fields and in outcrops of Zechstein carbonates in the U.K. , where leaching is thought to have been caused by meteoric water during uplift and exposure ( Clark 1980a ) . |
| 10 | Where leaching is of only moderate intensity , cations released during weathering can build up in the solutions moving through the weathering mantle and the formation of cation-bearing clays such as illite and smectite is favoured . |
| 11 | Clay minerals such as illite and smectite , which are readily altered in the zone of active leaching towards the top of a profile , may be relatively stable at lower levels where leaching is less intense . |
| 12 | That the classical wooden-bodied Pullman cars of earlier days had long since been split up and sold or scrapped was no deterrent . |
| 13 | But why Mr. Mendez bothered or cared was something else . |
| 14 | Cases which had been settled or withdrawn were removed from it and sanctions for non-compliance were announced . |
| 15 | Someone for whom it really is of no concern whether others enjoy or suffer is schizophrenic ; he is no egoist , but one whose imaginary viewpoints are disconnected from the real people around him . |
| 16 | But the idea that in many of his works Shakespeare shows something exquisite or innocent threatened or crushed is not new : it is to be found in the writings of Hereward Price ( 1947 ) and in an ordinary introduction to Venus and Adonis . |
| 17 | Plenty of other modern animals make their living in conditions where seeing is difficult or impossible . |
| 18 | Up until the Autumn of 1990 all money market instruments when bought or sold were physically delivered to the buyer , usually by messenger in the City of London . |
| 19 | Some gardeners will do anything to win prizes ( marrows filled with lead shot to add weight , for instance ) , but there 's one show where cheating is positively encouraged . |
| 20 | My guess is that you would draw a comparable , but equally misleading , conclusion from similar analysis of the human game of chess where cheating is not possible . |
| 21 | The subjection of seamen to Marine Boards in the north-east , where crimping was less in evidence than in London or Liverpool , was to treat them like " a parcel of Mexican slaves " . |
| 22 | It should be noted that , while maiming or wounding are not justifiable for simple recaption of property , yet they may well become justifiable for another reason — self-defence . |
| 23 | They have pointed out that the existence of other remedies for wives in this situation is no reason for disentitling a wife to the protection of the criminal law and that the possibility of bringing charges for assault or wounding is an inadequate substitute for a rape prosecution which focuses upon the denial of another 's sexual autonomy and integrity . |
| 24 | Anyone moving or laughing is out , and the last person remaining is the winner and probably has the worst sense of humour ! |
| 25 | Everything I do or say is turned against me . |
| 26 | Yeah their their funding tends to be they 'll they 'll fund something like a production or they 'll say at you know if you put our name up were give you so much or General Portfolio perhaps will will fund a particular show or a series of show 's or say were prepared to put a thousand pounds could you name six shows and we 'll put our name on those show 's when they 're advertised but no company or other Council 's actually prepared to come along and say were prepared to put money on a regular basis . |
| 27 | ( The places we saw & visited were mind-boggling but it was really a family visit to see & , their daughters , sons-in-law & grand-children … all boys ) . |
| 28 | Requiring a driver 's licence where driving is not a major or frequent component of the actual work done , or where any driving duties could be easily allocated to fellow workers , could be an act of disability discrimination . |
| 29 | Like the relation between prominence and deviance , that between prominence and literary relevance or foregrounding is not a one-to-one match . |
| 30 | Those whose entitlement is established , however , will find that not only the first few pounds of some other form of income they have may be disregarded , but the value of a house they own or occupy is not counted as part of their income . |