Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [adj] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another familiar failing of which you should be aware is the subconscious tendency of some interviewers to always look for someone who is like them and therefore to judge people on how far they match up . |
| 2 | He meant to look forbidding , but found it difficult when eyes that should be glaring were shut . |
| 3 | Various formulations of in exactly what respect the statements should be clear are to be found in the Speech . |
| 4 | Why space-time should be four-dimensional is a question that is normally considered to be outside the realm of physics . |
| 5 | There is an embarrassing paradox in British technology , in that much of the information classified as ‘ secret ’ by HM Government is exceedingly trivial while much that should be secret is not . |
| 6 | Finally , the requirement that a bystander should be terrified was qualified where the offence occurred in public , so that it was not necessary to prove either that a bystander was actually terrified , or even present , or even that a bystander was even likely to be present . |
| 7 | ‘ It must be awful being old and put away in a home because no one will have you at home and look after you . ’ |
| 8 | What must be certain is that their problems will be heard and evaluated . |
| 9 | Ltd. v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha [ 1962 ] , in which it was held that a term implied in a hire contract for a ship that it must be seaworthy was such an innominate term . |
| 10 | The time at which these two factors must be present is when the statement is made . |
| 11 | What must be clear is that no reservation under Article 23 , however worded , can operate to extend the scope of the Convention beyond that established in Article 1 . |
| 12 | What must be true is that no system of predicting good and bad risks — computer credit scoring , personal interview , previous payment history , or any combination of these — can be infallible . |
| 13 | Well Kana 's must be thin in n it ? |
| 14 | Tottenham , it must be said , also had key players absent but what must be disturbing is how they failed to raise their game until a double substitution in the 70th minute . |
| 15 | ‘ I guess it must be tough being Lorna Lewis 's daughter . ’ |
| 16 | His proclamation that the moon might be habitable was bound to attract criticism from Aristotelian diehards such as Alexander Ross . |
| 17 | You know you you m you might be able be a little bit blameworthy in some instances ? |
| 18 | Nevertheless , the perception that this might be desirable was reborn , whether for good or for ill , among the twelfth-century rulers of France . |
| 19 | Consensus was assumed ; the possibility that ‘ good practice ’ might be problematic was not . |
| 20 | ‘ From what I hear , it could be dangerous being your age , ’ he said shiftily , avoiding my eye . |
| 21 | What could be worrying is the extremity of some of the observations on rap records , for instance . |
| 22 | Deputy editor Matthew Symonds said the only way the move could be economic was if one of The Times 's rivals was forced out of business . |
| 23 | Stone was quarried there seven days a week , he said , and the only way the tarmacadam plant could be competitive was by having the flexibility to work on Sundays when necessary . |
| 24 | A checklist of some strategic factors which may be relevant is not good enough — the appropriate factors and their relative weights can only be determined through a conceptual model of the market place . |
| 25 | We opened with the simile of a wobbling jelly ; another parallel that may be helpful is the relationship between a shadow and its origin . |
| 26 | Capital allowances which may be available are as follows . |
| 27 | One of the factors that may be protective is calcium , but the epidemiological data are contentious . |
| 28 | THE case for believing the letter may be genuine is backed by several facts . |
| 29 | Any room and meal supplements that may be applicable are payable in full . |
| 30 | Millions of people work away from their desks , so the situations where such a computer may be appropriate are widespread . |