Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although no two dyes obtained from plants will be exactly alike , the colours are soft and subtle , and the mixtures can be blended to give sophisticated hues and tints equal to any of the manufactured colourings . |
| 2 | Varying quantities of these colours can be blended to produce very high quality colour output . |
| 3 | A county circuit court decision in July 1988 allowing the life support systems to be withdrawn had been overturned in November 1988 by the Missouri Supreme Court in a four-to-three decision . |
| 4 | This must have been agreed , as on 22 February , Major-General Galloway of MEHQ wrote to Eighth Army Headquarters to inform them that after the next series of operations , L Detachment would be withdrawn to re-form up to strength and be retrained as a parachute unit . |
| 5 | With suitable lowpass filtering either type of signal can be smoothed to produce a proper audio output . |
| 6 | When we know that so many policemen carry out their work with courage and good humour , their example should be highlighted to boost morale throughout the country . |
| 7 | Shells are pleasant to handle and regard , can easily be perforated to serve as ornaments and in addition are remarkably durable . |
| 8 | But traces of it remain , since a jury must still be asked not merely whether the reasonable man would be provoked to lose self-control , but also ‘ whether he would react to the provocation as the accused did ’ . |
| 9 | Where the ‘ victim ’ of the threats , abuse or insults is a well-behaved , law abiding member of the public , he or she is unlikely to be provoked to use unlawful violence by the speaker 's comments , and no offence is committed under this limb of the section . |
| 10 | In particular , while a scheme can be altered to improve the terms for the target 's shareholders , it is much easier to post a revised offer document without involving the court . |
| 11 | It is possible , though , for trussed rafters to be altered to form openings for trapdoors in ceilings , framing around new chimneys and flues , and to insert roof lights . |
| 12 | The spindle , projecting upwards from the centre of the bed stone , was at first fixed to carry the runner stone a little above the bed stone , but later the elevation of the spindle could be altered to allow regulation of the gap between the stones and so control the fineness of the meal . |
| 13 | 1988 ) the government agreed in principle that officers ' terms of service should be altered to allow them to attend party group meetings , subject to procedural safeguards . |
| 14 | In particular the sharpened leading-notes ( a feature of some of his other editions ) are in this small space especially intrusive and seem stylistically odd , leading to a situation in the Credo where the plainchant itself has to be altered to accommodate the harmony , which I understood was against the commonly-accepted rules of musica ficta . |
| 15 | To be sure , these categories are not inscribed immutably in the mind : they can be altered to accommodate new experience . |
| 16 | New ideas may be assimilated into given modes of thinking or given modes of thinking may be altered to accommodate new ideas . |
| 17 | Still , they can all be altered to suit , and when somebody asks where you got that dodgy or otherwise guitar sound you can say |
| 18 | Position the wording first , as the outer designs can be altered to suit the space available . |
| 19 | Adults also come in different shapes and sizes so we 've designed a frame that can be altered to suit your height . |
| 20 | It is notable , however , that many of those who form the audience for these books have continued to regard generic he as ‘ just a rule of grammar ’ which should not be altered to suit the transient whims of feminists , though they may feel under some pressure from certain quarters to use nonsexist forms in their writing . |
| 21 | Furthermore , where labour turnover is frequent , the individuals who act as leaders or subordinates are constantly changing ; such change is unsettling because the leadership style will have to be altered to suit the new situation , each time a personnel change occurs . |
| 22 | At the moment it is intended that they close only on New Year 's Day , 1 May and Christmas Day , although this may be altered to include also two Mondays a month . |
| 23 | Many new cars are now capable of using unleaded petrol and most modern cars can be altered to take it at very little expense with no loss of performance . |
| 24 | Note that none of the existing module names can be altered using this option . |
| 25 | Note that none of the existing module names can be altered using this option . |
| 26 | Not only was the administration of education to be decentralized , but also the curriculum was to be revised to eradicate the transmission of ideas about the deferential duties of citizen subjects , which were to be altered to stress individual rights . |
| 27 | Campaigners fighting the cross town route have argued the junction could be altered to remove the need for the new road . |
| 28 | They have argued that the junction could be altered to remove the need for the new road . |
| 29 | The incident angle can also be altered to increase the data base . |
| 30 | Perhaps the notice could be altered to indicate that the path leads only as far as the river . |