Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [adv] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Polish sausages Wieska and Tuchowska are generally sold in rings for slicing and heating , although they may also be eaten cold . |
| 2 | Staying in hospital can be a traumatic experience for young children — as well as having to cope with strange hospital routines or unpleasant treatments , they may also be offered unfamiliar foods just at the time when their appetites are likely to be poor and they need encouragement to eat a healthy , balanced diet . |
| 3 | They should rather be given explicit knowledge , thus preventing the usual defence of a claim of ignorance . |
| 4 | Whatever their condition , they should always be given appropriate loving care . |
| 5 | They should never be left untreated . |
| 6 | That is exactly what has happened in Southampton where , in spite of all the professional advice , the Government committed an offence against the public purse for which they should still be held accountable . |
| 7 | Unless they 're a danger to their human neighbours , they 'll probably be left alone . |
| 8 | However , where , as was the case with Akzo 's pricing policy , the prices charged were below average total cost ( that is , including fixed costs ) but above average variable cost , they could only be considered predatory if they were established as part of a plan to eliminate competitors . |
| 9 | Even when you realise they are dummies , they could still be considered offensive . ’ |
| 10 | Stephen had gone out first , scrambling up the shaft , putting all his weight this time on the rope and wondering what would happen , whether they would ever be found alive , if the rope came unfastened from the spur of rock to which they had tied it . |
| 11 | They will also be given automatic entry to the Silk Cut Challenge Cup and the Regal Trophy competitions . |
| 12 | If a relative wants to collect the ashes they can be collected or sent , but they will only be kept free for a time ( usually about a month ) — a charge will be made after that time . |
| 13 | Obviously their chance at the draw bag is now four to one instead of one hundred to one , and even allowing for the fact that they will undoubtedly be called lucky so and so 's for drawing well all the time , with odds of four to one it is not so surprising . |
| 14 | ‘ This theoretically realistic and humorous novel is not unlike The Waste Land , the showpiece of Modernism and Impersonality ’ — which gives the impression that the realistic and humorous can only be deemed compatible with impersonality if they can also be deemed theoretical , and that the novel may not be very funny . |
| 15 | Since cultures are unlikely to be maintained for more than 4 or 5 days they can generally be kept free of bacterial contamination by conducting all manipulations in sterile media with flame-pulled glass mouth pipettes under dissecting microscopes in a dust-free area , for example surrounded by Perspex dust covers . |
| 16 | Separate the individual flowers since , as they are trumpet-shaped , they can either be pressed whole or cut in half : this gives a variety of colour and thickness . |
| 17 | They can then be posted direct to the beneficiary 's account . |
| 18 | The beauty of such methods is that they can never be proved wrong since , by ignoring what the people concerned themselves think , you have removed any empirical basis for testing the interpretations . |