Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [conj] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike would be hurrying along , anxious to get home , carrying his training bag and once a week , sometimes twice , he would inevitably be stopped and be antagonistically grilled : where have you been … where are you going … what 's in this bag … training gear , a likely story , and then they would search the bag before reluctantly letting him go on his way . |
| 2 | Findings based on very limited evidence can not be regarded as being firmly established and need to be verified by means of additional observations and cases . |
| 3 | Chomsky has claimed that the principles underlying the structure of language are so specific and so highly articulated that they must be regarded as being biologically determined ; that is , as constituting part of what we call " human nature " and as being genetically transmitted from parents to children . |
| 4 | Trips to the reservoirs and dams can be arranged and are highly recommended for the breathtaking views of the Kitzsteinhorn , Gross Glockner and Steinenes Meer . |
| 5 | It was reported to him that Lizzy 's hair was still golden , but his MSS book stank ; it had to be disinfected and was eventually burned . |
| 6 | Owing to the crescendo , the 2nd clarinet , when once it has entered , can not be dropped and is therefore carried on . |
| 7 | Along the inland , mostly mountainous boundary , despite the efforts of the joint delimitation commission , much remained to be clarified and was still causing difficulties in 1980 . |
| 8 | Regretfully , this weekend has had to be cancelled as is now living in Malaysia and is unable to fulfil her commitment . |
| 9 | However , in this case a decision must be made and is often given on the flimsiest of grounds ( though that is not the fault of the refereeing panel ) . |
| 10 | If then , as I have already suggested we must , we challenge the formal distinctions of the analytical method , Dicey can be seen as being deeply rooted within this tradition of thought . |
| 11 | ‘ I have sometimes thought that more might be done than is commonly attempted in education to familiarise the idea of death to the minds of children by representing it as the grand event for which they were born ; and thus making a future state the object of their chief interest and ambition . |
| 12 | Ariadne announced that the pictures on the back page with what some call funny captions were to be axed and was promptly beaten up by post and battered into continuing . |
| 13 | Anti-competition agreements between firms , such as collusive price-fixing , must be notified and are generally outlawed . |
| 14 | Stopvalves are stamped with arrows showing which way round they should be fitted and are usually supplied with compression fittings . |