Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb mod] be [vb pp] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extrawurst p14/ A smoked German sausage which may be eaten hot or cold |
| 2 | The same thing applies to concepts or ways of discussion which may be thought normal or " crude " according only to personal feeling . |
| 3 | As we have already observed ( see ( 35 ) ) , the verb see , in its ordinary uses , can not be expected to occur with an adverbal adjective , but this does appear to be the interpretation needed for ( 41 ) which may be considered substandard but is apparently possible in current British English : ( 41 ) even if the scheme does fail , I 'll see you comfortable Much more often , the idiomaticity works the other way , so that a set of lexical items that could fit the structure of ( 21 ) , with appropriate values , seem to give unacceptable sentences , as in ( 42 ) : ( 42 ) Eva played her opponent exhausted Wendy wiped the floor moist |
| 4 | They do best in a rich , limy potting mixture which should be kept moist while they are growing . |
| 5 | You then begin to build up a story line , a structure and something which could be called interesting and could be the start of interesting idea . |
| 6 | The European Commission is planning to cut the legal limit for blood alcohol in drink-driving offences to 50mg/100ml in proposals which could be implemented EC-wide if approved by a majority of EC states . |
| 7 | These included soya products , dried haricot beans , baked beans , dried eggs which were very popular and tinned pressed meats of vague origins branded Spam , Prem and Tang somebody 's grinning there , do you remember those which could be eaten cold or cooked in various ways . |
| 8 | Bearing all this in mind , it may be helpful to those who are still open to suggestions to try to work out with them some very simple menus for a seven-day period ; meals which will suit their pocket , entail little expenditure of energy , but at the same time cover all their basic dietary requirements , and which can be made tasty and interesting by the addition of some of the sauces , seasonings , and flavourings will which you can supply them . |
| 9 | We have now identified two levels of stress : primary and secondary , as well as a third level which can be called unstressed and regarded as being the absence of any recognisable amount of prominence . |
| 10 | The connection of inherent resources , often deepened by what may be shared rhythmic and perceptual qualities in our species , offers at least some degree of relatively unmediated access . |
| 11 | The third part describes the ways in which children acquire the forms of language , and develop their ability to use and understand them , with consideration of what might be found easy or difficult at different stages of development . |
| 12 | Only 11 fathers , outside these sectors , were in heavy or what might be termed Semi-skilled or unskilled jobs : docker , coalminer , dust-man , general labourer , worker in rubber factory . |
| 13 | Crompton and Jones concluded that clerical workers were a white-collar proletariat , and that female clerical workers in particular have little chance of promotion to what could be called middle-class or service-class jobs . |
| 14 | However , where technology is concerned , the nature , of things out there , external to man , sets limits to what can be considered normal and correct . |