Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] [vb mod] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | do not be pressuried into a quick hard-sell ; this is an important investment which should be afforded due consideration |
| 2 | And it was suggested that the closure programme had not been properly thought out , resulting in some homes being singled out for closure which should be kept open . |
| 3 | Identify the type of mark-up ( if any ) of the text which will be applied prior to capture : |
| 4 | In the Liberal tradition , Asquith preferred to think of state welfare as a temporary measure which would be rendered unnecessary by the increasing capacity of the population to practice self-help . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I would not wish here to be thought to be saying more than I am saying : my phrasing of the proposition is intended to stress the negotiation by which meanings are shared among us — not to presuppose some innate psycholinguistic stratum which can be laid bare by mere exposure to the ebb and flow of the dialectic . |
| 7 | A national system of appraisal might also encourage the teacher unions to unite in a demand for the establishment of a Teachers ' Council which could be made responsible for regulating entry to teaching and for establishing a code of conduct ( particularly important when teachers are able , in appraisal schemes , to judge their colleagues ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Stealin' Horses ’ pops out of nowhere and hangs in the air , a skeletal ballad from Griffin with the accompaniment of a ghostly piano which can be heard weeping softy to itself in the basement . |
| 9 | What is curious is that the members of this same dominant group which may be held responsible for the emergence of modernist architecture , and its appropriation by the state as an authority , do not , by and large , choose family homes of their own built in this style , which is clearly incompatible with their personal desires and images . |
| 10 | Thanks to the intervention and wise counsel of an Edinburgh specialist in prints , we learnt just in time that we had a very valuable collection which should be sold complete . |
| 11 | The room looked to be what they had thought ; a store or perhaps a fuelhouse which might be left unattended for most of the time . |
| 12 | [ The named man ] met his death at your hands in a manner which must be considered revolting by all right thinking people . |
| 13 | The Northern Ireland goalkeeper replaces the suspended Pavel Srnecek for the visit of Sheffield Wednesday , a game which will be screened live on Sky . |
| 14 | Thomas Sutcliffe , Arts Editor of The Independent , will be chairing the debate which will be thrown open to an audience including Ian McKellen , David Puttnam and Ned Sherrin . |
| 15 | However , economy being of prime importance , he included , he said , nothing inessential to the art of gardening that might increase the size and price ( eighteen shillings ) , but neither had he omitted any advice which might be deemed useful to the profession , ‘ so that upon the whole the work is rendered as complete a system of practical gardening as present knowledge of vegetation can supply ’ . |
| 16 | If you have parts of the allotment which can be left uncultivated for a time , try smothering the weed with black plastic sheeting . |
| 17 | They do best in a rich , limy potting mixture which should be kept moist while they are growing . |
| 18 | This was discussed with Mr Brown and as a result he was given a variable height bed which could be kept low to enable him to get in and out easily . |
| 19 | The effect of the restraint of trade doctrine on the first type of provision is to place limits on the type of information which may be made subject to the confidentiality provision . |
| 20 | When challenged in the Times Educational Supplement on this revision , she replied in a crucial letter which should be given maximum publicity . |
| 21 | The most famous of all Josiah Wedgwood 's inventions , however , was his Jasper ware , an unglazed vitreous fine stoneware which could be stained blue , green , lilac , yellow , maroon or black to provide a suitable background for white classical reliefs or portraits in the same material . |
| 22 | Comparisons between different women 's magazines show the variety of forms of conduct which can be called feminine . |
| 23 | In psychotic disorder , thinking , emotions , attention and communication can be affected , seriously interfering with the person 's ability to function in a way which might be considered normal . |
| 24 | The same thing applies to concepts or ways of discussion which may be thought normal or " crude " according only to personal feeling . |
| 25 | Extrawurst p14/ A smoked German sausage which may be eaten hot or cold |
| 26 | We 've looked at the current number of users , where they live , the journey times that they have often provided by us on tra transport and the possibilities of where we can relocate them and clearly we have a number of centres in the Nottingham er conurbation which will be made available to those users from Beaver Vale . |
| 27 | It is also a fact which should be given careful consideration in the attempt to determine why it is that girls rather than boys tend to become anorexic . |