Example sentences of "[vb mod] [prep] [adj] [be] " in BNC.

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1 The larger a programme 's audience or a paper 's readership , the more likely it seems that the content must in general be enjoyed , else why the large audience ?
2 Stylistics as a branch of literary studies can draw on this kind of work , but its concerns must in general be very different , because from a literary point of view the linguistic form of texts is of interest only in certain respects .
3 In a search of part , the land searched against must in general be defined by a plan unless the seller has lodged an officially approved plan of his or her development in the Registry : see official form of search ( Form 94B ) .
4 The independent Law Commission has recommended that a commercial tenant should in general be freed from any future liability under a lease when he assigns away his interest under it .
5 Indeed it was the accepted orthodoxy that battles should in general be avoided as too risky and that skill in manoeuvre was the real criterion of ability in a commander .
6 Old deeds can be very useful for such a purpose , and certainly any containing plans should in general be retained .
7 Mrs. Proudie makes an immediate impression when introduced to Mr. Harding and Dr. Grantly because when they are shown into the new bishop 's study , they see Dr. Proudie , Mr. Slope and also , to their surprise , Mrs. Proudie ‘ an innovation for which a precedent might in vain be sought in all the annals of the Barchester bishopric ! ’
8 Secondly , in designs where a 3D effect is required , it may in general be more effective to select the higher-toned timbers for background elements ( eg distant hills ) and keep dark-toned veneers for foreground work .
9 But then it is a small step to begin thinking of ( 18 ) as very similar to ( 20 ) , and thus Containing demonstrative or indexical elements : ( 20 ) That man ( ( the speaker indicates the man drinking champagne ) ) is Lord Godolphin And so it begins to look as if definite referring expressions may in general be used either in speaker reference or in semantic ( or attributive ) reference , and it is only the context of use that tells us which way to understand them ( Donnellan , 1978 ; Kaplan , 1978 ) .
10 Clause 9.15.2 may in particular be considered objectionable and so may clause 9.15.3 for that matter .
11 Even the types of particles that were eventually emitted by the black hole would in general be different from those that made up the astronaut : the only feature of the astronaut that would survive would be his mass or energy .
12 If replacement is a need it will in general be such for old and young alike , and similarly if it is classified as a benefit .
13 The USCG aircraft will have a number of special features and mission equipment , whereas the 20G for the commercial market will in general be a Series F with ATF3-6 engines rated at over 5,000 lbs thrust .
14 Then we may write unc and D has the same degeneracy as C. The matrix unc will in general be fully populated ; if it is appropriately partitioned , we may write ( 18 ) as unc To be conformable with the first and last matrices in the triple product , unc must have — p rows and n — q columns .
15 These unusual circumstances , and cases of corrupt diversion of corporate assets aside , however , it will in general be very difficult to demonstrate that the directors did not believe that what they were doing would maximise profits , because of the often insuperable problem of distinguishing between means and ends that this entails .
16 If a curve is plotted of the specific volume of a polymer as a function of temperature it will in general be of the form shown in Figure 3.11 .
17 will depend on concentration , phase moduli , and so on , and will in general be asymmetric .
18 In Darcy 's Utopia there will in general be little talk of ‘ rights ’ .
19 In most cases , however , a transfer of property from the former husband to the former wife will fall within the provisions of s10(1) mentioned above and the Inland Revenue have issued a Press Statement ( see Orange Tax Handbook 1992/93 , Butterworths , IHT Statements of Practice , E12 ) to this effect : Transfer of money or property pursuant to an Order of the Court in consequence of a Decree of Divorce or nullity of marriage will in general be regarded as exempt from Inheritance Tax as transactions at arm 's length which are not intended to confer any gratuitous benefit .
20 Laski 's political theory can in general be seen as the product of a pragmatic revolt in politics .
21 Any lambda-matrix of the form C — B , which can in general be rectangular , *is described as a matrix pencil ( see 1.15 ) .
22 Thus , the list in Figure 13.2 ( below ) shows some title-like statements of complex subjects within which more than one simple concept can in general be identified .
23 The protection of business secrets is one of the two grounds upon which a restraint of trade clause can in general be justified ( the other being the protection of customer connections ) .
24 Much work , both verse and prose , was published after her death , and her posthumous fame can in particular be dated from the appearance of her volume of poems , Ariel , in 1965 .
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