Example sentences of "[modal v] be [conj] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The unprimed will not necessarily be diagonal as it should be if it is to satisfy the first part of eqn ( 6.16 ) .
2 The main criterion for an effective service must be that it is staffed by experienced professionals who are appropriately qualified .
3 … in-service training is often much less effective than it could be because it is based on an ‘ educational model ’ i.e. is focussed largely on the individual .
4 It was not known yesterday what the exact number of redundancies would be but it is hoped that they can be achieved voluntarily .
5 We are also very strongly influenced by our expectations ; if we have heard and understood half a sentence , it seems that our brain is already guessing at what the rest of it will be before it is heard , and is certainly not acting in a passive way like a simple machine .
6 Purely from a financial perspective , have you any idea how much more valuable the cottage will be when it 's known to be one of Piers 's creations ? ’
7 It is too often assumed that if a law is not designed to protect one man from another its only rationale can be that it is designed to punish moral wickedness , or in Lord Devlin 's words ‘ to enforce a moral principle ’ .
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