Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would any of the pits that have been closed still be open but for unfair competition from Germany ? |
| 2 | Would not the best way to ensure that such a treaty would be accepted worldwide be for us to allow international inspection and verification of the numbers of our warheads ? |
| 3 | His voice is so quiet that the words seem to be spoken not be Ali , but by a spectre standing right behind him . |
| 4 | Upland moorland and rough grasslands , most of which is in the LFA , can be improved agriculturally be fencing followed by surface cultivation ( often preceded by complete herbicide treatment to kill the vegetation ) , seeding and fertilisation to produce a much more agriculturally productive grass sward . |
| 5 | If the wound is clean cut and free from debris , e.g. a surgical wound , the edges can be held together be internal and external sutures and primary healing takes place . |
| 6 | As a productivity tool , a word processor is limited mainly be the speed at which the user types in the text — for a non-typist the improvement is only small . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's s'posed ter be odourless . ’ |
| 8 | It does not matter whether a high-level language system is implemented mostly be hardware or mostly by software , provided the system hides any lower levels from the programmer . |
| 9 | White ones they was s'posed ter be but they 'd bin boiled wiv the colours I should fink . |
| 10 | It became increasingly questionable whether New Zealand did a gain a big advantage by being able to insert England , for when the early sideways movement died down , it was replaced not be a comfortable batting surface but by increasingly variable bounce . |