Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A working week of over a hundred hours should have been ruinous for the libido , looking back . |
| 2 | Fleischmann and Pons , who did not realise that they had measured their neutron signal incorrectly , thought that their cell was producing 10 000 neutrons per cm 3 of palladium each second ( in fact the totality of neutrons from cosmic rays , from the concrete in the laboratory , from radon and other gases seeping through the air vents may have been responsible for almost all of these and the fusion neutrons , if there were any , were far fewer ) , and so Jones ' data did n't appear very impressive . |
| 3 | A report today suggests that oil workers may have been responsible for the situation by bringing in an infectious agent such as a virus against which local children had no protection . |
| 4 | It is difficult to assess the effects of the first true humans in rain forests but it has been argued that the Australian aborigines may have been responsible for the removal of some of the Araucaria forest of tropical Queensland , leading to the advance of Eucalyptus there , as well as locally exterminating much of the megafauna . |
| 5 | Biologists believe the same benthic algae may have been responsible for animal deaths on Loch Lubnaig , near Callander , not far from my Stirling home , and at Loch Insh on Speyside in the past two years . |
| 6 | The effects of the full implementation of the changes would have been substantial for particular areas and many small businesses would have been badly affected . |
| 7 | Case records were retrieved and examined to established if these patients would have been suitable for transplant assessment , either on the basis of poor quality of life or expected survival , in the absence of transplantation , of less than one year . |
| 8 | It would be appreciated if teachers could please be responsible for getting their ‘ guinea pigs ’ to and from the venue . |
| 9 | Mujjaddedi had told media correspondents on May 31 that Hekmatyar 's men might have been responsible for the rocket attack on his aircraft on May 30 [ see p. 38915 ] . |
| 10 | The results could have been disastrous for the force which has already had to freeze recruitment of officers during 1993 to keep within a tight budget . |
| 11 | The results could have been disastrous for the force which has already had to freeze recruitment of officers during 1993 to keep within a tight budget . |
| 12 | Crash investigators believe fractured pins may have been responsible for the El Al cargo jet crash . |
| 13 | Sampling error because of an insufficient number of biopsy specimens may have been responsible for the fact that this difference did not reach significance . |
| 14 | I visited the chapel at Strangeways prison to see the great destruction that had occurred , and I wondered whether human beings could have been responsible for it . |
| 15 | Prior to 12th April , both women would have been eligible for free advice . |
| 16 | Nor do I recognise the judges who can discriminate between frivolous and genuine employers in the Appeal Court ruling that dock strikes might have been illegal for the past 40 years . |