Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The terms of abbreviations that are defined or explained are capitalized ; capitalized words in the definitions refer to other entry-words in the Glossary . |
| 2 | Cases which had been settled or withdrawn were removed from it and sanctions for non-compliance were announced . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the right to life and to not being molested or attacked is fundamental . |
| 5 | Nothing men had said or written was to be trusted . |
| 6 | What is to be agreed or accepted is already known . |
| 7 | One of the best major centres I have worked or seen is the International Congress Centre in Berlin , which has two auditoria with a stage in the middle . |
| 8 | Proceedings in the Chamber are fully recorded so that everything that is said or done is available for the broadcasters to use in their programmes . |
| 9 | If we conduct an interventive experiment , and inject a drug which results in an animal not performing some task on which it has been trained ‘ correctly ’ ( I wo n't bother putting that word into inverted commas henceforward ; I have already spelled out that what we read as correct in an animal 's behaviour is interpreted by our criteria , not necessarily by its own ) , how can we be sure that what has been blocked or disturbed is the memory rather than the motor or sensory activity on which its expression depends ? |
| 10 | In cases ( a ) and ( b ) where the thing promised or performed is precisely the thing which the promisor is already bound to do and no more , and there is no dispute that he is bound to do it , there is said to be no consideration or only illusory consideration for the new promise , and it is not enforceable . |
| 11 | A section of text which is either cut or copied is moved to a different section of the computer 's memory . |
| 12 | I suspect that the reason why the right has been so little asserted or used is because of the established right of individuals , who are personally libelled by a false attack upon a local authority , to sue for damages and because those in control of local authorities have sensibly left the issues to be resolved in those proceedings . |
| 13 | All of this should be easily understood when it is realised that the effect of the contract being avoided or frustrated is generally that the parties are no longer required to carry out the contract ; they are excused . |
| 14 | Similarly if the property recovered or preserved is to be used as a home for the assisted person or her dependants enforcement of the charge can also be postponed . |
| 15 | The idea that the care you provide might be questioned or challenged is an entirely new experience for nurses ‘ trained ’ by traditional methods . |
| 16 | The prospect of trivial threats being either reported or prosecuted is very hard to envisage . |
| 17 | However , it should be noted that Blacksell and Gilg ( 1981 , p. 143 ) consider that ‘ in many respects , whether or not an application is granted or refused is less important than the safeguards that are attached to any permission . ’ |
| 18 | Nor can the grounds on which payments of ex gratia compensation are made or refused be questioned in a court , unless criteria for the payment of such compensation are published . |
| 19 | For women receiving Supplementary Benefit the thought of having their money ‘ cut-off ’ ( e.g. through the cohabitation ruling ) or of Giro orders being delayed or stolen is a constant worry . |
| 20 | * Presuppositions are sometimes embedded with particular verbs , including FACTIVE VERBS like " regret " or " know " , which presuppose that what is regretted or known is a fact . |
| 21 | Foods to be avoided or reduced are those which are high in fat , such as fatty meats , sausages , pies , polyunsaturated margarines and oils ; those high in sugar , as in many processed snacks , soft drinks and sweets ; and those which have added salt , and other additives used extensively in processed foods . |
| 22 | Subjective reality is treated as no less real than so-called objective reality , and what is thought , felt or imagined is recorded as if it were literally true . |
| 23 | In this case the result of a condition that is supposed or imagined is stated . |
| 24 | The under-treatment of cancer in older people means that many tumours which could be controlled or cured are not . |
| 25 | Discretion is the better part of valour , or forewarned is forearmed : Associated Press , writing up IBM Corp 's layoffs in New York State , says ‘ Company officials said there was no violence or threats at the plants , although a Kingston sporting goods store that sells guns closed up shop Tuesday morning . ’ |
| 26 | Beyond this , the knowledge of the ways in which initially neutral cues are treated as potentially relevant or ignored is growing , and suggests once again that the rules for learning can be influenced by the nature of prior experience ( e.g. Dickinson , 1980 ) . |
| 27 | The role of the tutor is that of trying to anticipate if the strategies selected or suggested are a realistic means of implementation . |
| 28 | The only way to cancel a CLI command file whilst it is running or suspended is by pressing the |
| 29 | What can not be deduced or predicted is precisely how the specifications will be met , nor which materials will be employed . |
| 30 | That we found a lower mortality than expected is not relevant to the paper 's message . |