Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He liked to sit on a bench in the square and talk with , or rather be talked to by , the old retired miners . |
| 2 | Establishment overheads are those costs which can not easily or economically be charged directly to an activity , that is , without creating an unreasonably complex and expensive system . |
| 3 | Establishment overheads are those costs which can not easily or economically be charged directly to an activity , that is , without creating an unreasonably complex and expensive system . |
| 4 | ‘ In this weather they should more or less be thawed out . |
| 5 | We hope each hydra might escape detection during the period while it grows to maturity — or only be detected by riff-raff , whom no-one in power will heed . |
| 6 | Notice of the meeting must also be given to the official receiver and the chairman of the meeting must inform the official receiver of the resolutions passed at the meeting , viz to accept the resignation of the trustee , that a new trustee be appointed and that the resigning trustee be or not be given his release ( r 6.127(3) ) . |
| 7 | Loans would be called in or not be renewed when repaid . |
| 8 | They have no right , that is , that the collective power of the state be used for them or not be used against them just in virtue of what a legislature or another court has decided in the past . |
| 9 | This may mean that the transfer of some types of information may stop part way through or not be started at all . |
| 10 | First , the company may refuse or not be deterred . |
| 11 | This provides a long and very enjoyable drink that can accompany a meal , or just be drunk for pleasure socially . |
| 12 | widowed mothers and lone fathers are more likely than other lone parents either to own outright or still be buying their homes . |
| 13 | Moreover , it denotes a certain lack of confidence in the criminal process to believe that a totally false allegation would not sooner or later be revealed as such . |
| 14 | Only John and Nora could see it , for only they knew of the terrible demand that would sooner or later be made on their resources — and it was going to be well over the hundred thousand that John had estimated . |
| 15 | It was a private lair , and though they 'd often wished to have a fire they 'd never done so — not because they feared for the dry wood of the spinney but because they knew that rising smoke would sooner or later be investigated . |
| 16 | ‘ Rule I : Where there is an unconditional contract for the sale of specific goods , in a deliverable state , the property in the goods passes to the buyer when the contract is made , and it is immaterial whether the time of payment or the time of delivery or both be postponed . ’ |
| 17 | On the previous page Regan has conceded that since dogs lack language , ‘ Fido of course can not tell us , or reasonably be expected to tell us , whether he has this belief . ’ |
| 18 | Much pressure can overtly or unwittingly be put on grown up children , to provide grandchildren for the delight of the grandparents . |
| 19 | In general the larger libraries engage in more structured training and much more training as a whole , than small libraries , and perhaps their domination in this field has tended to obscure the problems faced by smaller authorities who never could — or increasingly , no longer can-base their training programmes on the assumption that staff can easily , or frequently be released from their normal workplace : |
| 20 | They were by now in Piccadilly Circus , which was as bright as day , and were surrounded by the crowds streaming from the theatres , cafés and dives which populated the area , painted ladies of a certain character being prominent among them — as well as the enthusiastic amateurs who had come up from the East End to make a few pennies , or even be given supper , as a price for their favours . |
| 21 | I may prefer that people should not be malicious about me behind my back , even if I am not to know or even be affected by it , and that certain deathbed wishes of mine be carried out without supposing I will persist to be affected by them . |
| 22 | Jagger apparently turned up unannounced and ‘ did n't want to take part in the interview or even be photographed with his children . ’ |
| 23 | She would have liked to dissolve into him and become part of him , so that she could never be subject to his indifference , or even be looked at by him in any objective way . |
| 24 | It has also been clearly established that in the course of time evaluation of particular variants can change or even be reversed . |
| 25 | Still the fact remains that few women in television are seen as suitable to handle the major political interviews ; to chair important political debates or even be awarded the senior presenter 's job on News programmes — whatever the channel . |
| 26 | Who wanted to ask the question back then , or even be allowed to examine in depth its many possibilities ? |
| 27 | The sentence can only be assigned the right truth conditions , or alternatively be given the correct semantic representation , if the pragmatic significance of and in this sentential context ( namely the " and then " interpretation ) is taken into account before doing the semantics . |
| 28 | If it is lying in the open , free of vegetation , it may become weathered ( Behrensmeyer , 1978 ) but a more likely outcome for small mammal bone is that it will either be stepped on and broken beyond recognition or simply be blown away by wind . |
| 29 | That line of analysis tends to indicate that when one is interpreting s740(3) and the meaning of the expression " relevant income " ( meaning " income which can directly or indirectly be used for providing a benefit for an individual or for enabling a benefit to be provided for him " ) the taxpayer may be having the benefit of a slightly generous interpretation if the Revenue permit , in any year in which income arises , the amount of the relevant income in that year to be reduced by the amount of expenditure incurred in that year . |
| 30 | Relevant income for any year of assessment , in relation to an individual is any income which arises in that year to a person resident or domiciled outside the United Kingdom and which by virtue or in consequence of the transfer or associated operations referred to in the main charging provision — s740 — can directly or indirectly be used for providing a benefit for the individual or for enabling a benefit to be provided for him . |