Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [conj] [indef pn] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The entire fabric and balance of power within the group may be shattered if someone is transferred or promoted . |
| 2 | They say it 's disgusting and something needs ot be done before someone is killed . |
| 3 | They may be liberal , but there is a certain minimum reference to a particular history , above all to a certain person , which is not to be avoided if one is to call oneself Christian . |
| 4 | Caution may need to be exercised when one is making statements about the relationship in the gap . |
| 5 | Indeed , a full point score is likely to be awarded if someone is floored by a strong mid-section attack . |
| 6 | International relations were determined by local factors as well as the interplay of political intrigue and diplomatic negotiation at the highest level : what Powicke rather dismissively described as ‘ a chapter in French local history ’ can not be ignored if one is to explain the ebb and flow of events and the rapid transition from peace to war in this region . |
| 7 | If you indicate that you wish to see the report , you will be advised if one is requested . |
| 8 | If you indicate that you wish to see the report , you will be advised if one is requested . |
| 9 | When our group raised the issues of travellers with one of the DHSS offices here we were told that everyone is allowed two weeks holidays every year . |
| 10 | Not of course that the reasoning is invalid , or that the paradigm itself can not be questioned when it is sensed that something is going wrong ; indeed it is its destiny to lead eventually to intolerable anomalies and be replaced by another . |
| 11 | The conservation of energy postulates that no energy is lost and none is gained . |