Example sentences of "of [noun pl] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the funding and support of science and technology it is important that careful examination should take place and the advice of experts be listened to . |
| 2 | iii ) What additional effects will prove to be important in the statistical modelling of corporate financial data and how best can the size of companies and the sector of operations be accounted for ? |
| 3 | Will 20 , 50 per cent or even the majority of shoppers be prepared to pay a little extra for more humanely produced foodstuffs in the caring '90s ? |
| 4 | One suggestion which spoke volumes , was for the erection of close-mesh wire fencing along the boundary hedges to stop balls going out of bounds , and another that a selection of books be provided in the clubhouse so that ‘ on the wet days there would be some occupation ’ . |
| 5 | The belief in the broadcasting market is not without its difficulties : how can a multiplicity of channels be introduced so as to allow for consumer choice and how does one overcome the possible detrimental consequences of the market mechanism ? |
| 6 | But will the flood of computers be of much use ? |
| 7 | The starting point was the issue of the opportunities offered to socialists by the current form of capitalist property in Britain , and my conclusion is that the socialised deployment of the personal sector financial surplus would permit a greatly accelerated rate of productive investment , yielding dividends in terms of socially useful output and employment , provided that the deployment of funds be carried out according to fairly well-defined criteria of rationality rather than merely in response to ad hoc political pressure . |
| 8 | Thus we have to say of medieval popular drama that the sense of ritual ‘ presence ’ , of the kind still indicated by the formalized words and movements of the mass , has significantly changed , but may in some new combination of signals be still to some extent active , in ways that it is clearly -not in later forms and systems . |
| 9 | The Australian captain also suggested that the number of umpires be increased from two to three , though only two would be on the pitch at one time . |
| 10 | Only thus can the selection and ranking of candidates be rationally managed , the nomination of the second candidate being approved in full awareness of the selection of the first , the nomination of the third being approved after the selection of the first two , and so on . |
| 11 | What she does not like , of course , is a stiff cross-wind on a hard runway — vintage aeroplanes were n't designed to fly in such a restricted manner — so she will need to be treated with respect , both by her pilots and the relevant ATC facilities , should such a set of circumstances be encountered . |
| 12 | Equation ( 6.3 ) for randomization to individual addresses is : Let the number of buckets be B ; then during a single address calculation each bucket location has a probability of being generated of ( 1/B ) , and a probability ( 1 — 1/B ) that it will not be generated . |
| 13 | 3 ) Can the disclosure behaviour of companies be explained by any company specific characteristics ? |
| 14 | The numbers of studies of this area are lower than those of more northerly tracts , and this should suggest that further work in a variety of sub-disciplines be carried out here . |
| 15 | The identification of chemical hazards requires that the locations of sites be known , together with the dangerous substances stored or processed there . |
| 16 | I doubt very much if the limits are reached by requiring that possible underlying systems of analogue-models be restricted to a set of schemas of the sort suggested ; to those ultimately explicable as grounded in topological structures based on bodily experience . |
| 17 | The ANC had demanded that the carrying of weapons be outlawed , and appeared dissatisfied by de Klerk 's failure to impose such a ban . |
| 18 | Or would their understanding of charities be ‘ significantly ’ improved if all the data survived ? |
| 19 | The legislation which currently paves the way for ‘ rolling devolution ’ in Northern Ireland ( Northern Ireland Act 1982 , ss.1 and 2 ) requires that before any scheme for an extension of powers be implemented , it must be ‘ likely to command widespread acceptance throughout the community ’ . |
| 20 | The ACDA text reported that the main areas of continuing disagreement between the negotiating teams consisted of ( i ) definitions of and counting rules covering air-launched cruise missiles ( ALCMs ) : the USA wished only to include nuclear-armed missiles with a range in excess of 1,500 km with the assumption that a specified average number of missiles be attributed to each bomber , while the Soviet Union included " dual-capable " ( conventional/nuclear ) missiles with a range in excess of 600 km with the assumption that the maximum number of missiles be attributed to each type of bomber ; ( ii ) whether submarine-launched cruise missiles ( SLCMs ) should be limited under START ( or under a separate agreement , as had been suggested by the USA ) and if so whether on-site SLCM verification procedures should be deployed ( as the Soviet Union was suggesting ) or " non-binding declarations ' of numbers be issued ( as proposed by the USA ) ; and ( iii ) a " ban on the production , flight testing or modernization " of existing types of heavy ICBMs ( suggested by the USA ) , although a ban on new missile development was agreed , as were warhead and missile sub-limits in this category . |
| 21 | The ACDA text reported that the main areas of continuing disagreement between the negotiating teams consisted of ( i ) definitions of and counting rules covering air-launched cruise missiles ( ALCMs ) : the USA wished only to include nuclear-armed missiles with a range in excess of 1,500 km with the assumption that a specified average number of missiles be attributed to each bomber , while the Soviet Union included " dual-capable " ( conventional/nuclear ) missiles with a range in excess of 600 km with the assumption that the maximum number of missiles be attributed to each type of bomber ; ( ii ) whether submarine-launched cruise missiles ( SLCMs ) should be limited under START ( or under a separate agreement , as had been suggested by the USA ) and if so whether on-site SLCM verification procedures should be deployed ( as the Soviet Union was suggesting ) or " non-binding declarations ' of numbers be issued ( as proposed by the USA ) ; and ( iii ) a " ban on the production , flight testing or modernization " of existing types of heavy ICBMs ( suggested by the USA ) , although a ban on new missile development was agreed , as were warhead and missile sub-limits in this category . |
| 22 | These shortcomings stem from the vagueness and dubiousness of the demand that a ‘ large number ’ of observations be made under a ‘ wide variety ’ of circumstances . |
| 23 | But need a group of businesses be under the control of a central corporate team at all ? |
| 24 | Chiefly , they found that there was no professional consensus in the JCPT that all types of patients be provided for in the districts . |
| 25 | But that requires that both sets of interests be represented effectively . |
| 26 | Behind his insistence that the intensely hierarchical system of submissions be changed , lay Jenkins 's determination that the Home Secretary had to be allowed sufficient scope to use his political judgment in weighing up alternative courses of action . |
| 27 | ‘ Propose that a general meeting of members be convened to discuss the whole question , ’ said Connon . |
| 28 | If students are not compared against one another and their achievement is measured against fixed performance criteria , how can a system of prizes be justifiable ? |
| 29 | There is no insistence from management that a certain proportion of tickets be given every shift , so his behaviour was more a result of the way that he defined the role of neighbourhood policemen as having crime control responsibilities . |
| 30 | An increase in the price of debt is as significant as its refinancing : for this reason the [ draft ] FRS requires that the maturity of borrowings be assessed by reference to borrowings under related facilities only where the finance costs for the new debt are not at a level which is greater than that of the existing debt . |