Example sentences of "[subord] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the paragraph where be had stopped . |
| 2 | Although be knew that this happens , he did not think it plausible that all differences between cells could be caused in this way , because he could not see how a sufficient number of specific external stimuli could be brought to bear during development . |
| 3 | She can use the enchantment , rather than be overcome by it , because a critical , rational , intelligent , witty part of herself retains its distance . |
| 4 | But rather than be diverted by the red herring of whether or not such a category should exist or by the tricky question of how love should be expressed outwith marriage , let us not look for the borderline . |
| 5 | Resources may be organised to support the family as a whole , rather than be geared to the needs of the individual . |
| 6 | She would rather be slobbered over by the randiest male than be touched in that way by her own sex . |
| 7 | Well she would rather have her own than be dressed up like looking like rolled doll she said . |
| 8 | Rather than be blown up , Muller grounded his ship on a coral reef and surrendered . |
| 9 | The rule 's important , but it should come from a need of the child rather than be imposed at some arbitrary time when the teacher thinks that all the children are ready for that rule . |
| 10 | Paul Newman and Robert Redford might now be right for the roles of a pair of outlaws on their last legs who flee to Bolivia to find that civilisation and its increased firepower are after them there as well , but in 1968 they were more an emblem of defiant youth and , rather than be riddled with bullets , they go out with a freeze-to-sepia and some plunky Burt Bacharach music . |
| 11 | The reality is that mainframes are more likely to co-exist with other systems than be eradicated altogether . |
| 12 | Finally , independent single-employer ( rather than association ) bargaining meant that US firms could still continue to deal with their own employees — even if they were now organised into trade unions — rather than be faced with an external trade union body against which they had fought for so long ( Sisson , 1984 ) . |
| 13 | T is better to be mocked than be ignored . |
| 14 | The concept of ‘ manliness , of course was derived from public-school culture , which also inspired Smith to bind ‘ the boys together and create an esprit de corps that would make them proud of their company , jealous of its honour , ashamed to do anything to disgrace it , and prepared to make any sacrifice rather than be dismissed from it ’ . |
| 15 | Issues relating to the counsellor 's own personal and family life will need to have been processed thoroughly because counselling other people has to be impartial ( rather than be affected by issues in the counsellor 's own personal life ) and because the counsellor himself or herself may become unsettled when an issued being discussed with a sufferer may be too close for comfort to the counsellor 's personal experience . |
| 16 | In Venezia Giulia he reported that attempts to set up Allied Military Government ( AMG ) were being " flouted by Yugoslavs " and went on It is my considered opinion that unless we can support AMG in these areas by force if necessary we must withdraw rather than be flouted . " |
| 17 | The improvements would enabled users of the system to place orders whenever they wished rather than be bound by the 24-hour batched system currently in operation . |
| 18 | If the project appraisal is flawed , or if the project only marginally exceeds the minimum rate of return specified by the organization , it is better that it should fail at the approval stage than be implemented with the risk of subsequent failure . |
| 19 | ‘ I guess they just want other sorts of women in their movies in Hollywood , ’ she shrugs , saying she 'd rather now have no offers at all than be asked to play the kind of ‘ one-note , bitchy character ’ that has since come her way . |
| 20 | The majesty of a large gong is unique , while a throbbing roll on a big bass drum can be so quiet that it can be felt rather than be heard , inducing a sense of the supernatural . |
| 21 | ‘ I think that any down-side would more than be offset by the increased simplicity which single pricing would bring the client , allowing him or her to see exactly what they are getting . ’ |
| 22 | On March 8 Labour Minister Norbert Blüm announced the government 's intention to extend by six months ( to end-1991 ) its " short-time " policy , whereby employees for whom there was little or no work nevertheless received 70 per cent of their salary rather than be made redundant . |
| 23 | Also , I believe most students prefer to be introduced to new ideas which they can explore for themselves with a sense of adventure , rather than be led on a Cook 's Tour with every fact and statistic recited . |
| 24 | The discussion about the merits of LIT that began with the introduction of the modern local government system at the end of the nineteenth century is more likely to stand adjourned than be ended . |
| 25 | ‘ Different interests , differing parties , all join in a universal clamour , ’ wrote Daniel Defoe from Edinburgh on 9 August 1707 , ‘ and the very Whigs declare openly they will join with France or King James or anybody rather than be insulted , as they call it , by the English . ’ |
| 26 | No one doubted that some form of physical education should be part of the programme ; nor was there any dissent from the view that girls were to be taught domestic economy and similar subjects in addition to trade and academic courses ; and , thirdly , the terms ‘ vocational ’ and ‘ liberal ’ should be generously interpreted , rather than be seen as mutually exclusive . |
| 27 | ‘ I would rather see and be seen than be seen and not see . |
| 28 | Within a moment of her arrival St Ives put on the rimless spectacles he detested , though usually he preferred to squint blindly down at the book rather than be seen in them . |
| 29 | It was thought that Iraq had chosen to respond to the appeal from a friendly leader of the Non-aligned Movement , rather than be seen as giving in to Western pressure . |
| 30 | Pressure-group activity , therefore , tended to occur on an ad hoc issue basis rather than be based on a system of permanently structured relationships . |