Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [conj] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there still exists the notion that administration should be or is apolitical and merely a neutral tool of the government , this is palpably not so in practically all states , industrialised or less developed or ‘ socialist ’ . |
| 2 | At the surface of the Earth , which is assumed to be a sphere of radius R and uniform density p , the relative acceleration of two objects towards the Earth as a result of such a fifth force would be if is the usual gravitational acceleration and Δ ( B ) is the difference between the values of B for the two bodies . |
| 3 | Any idea how old it would be and is it worth anything today ? |
| 4 | The Engineer 's Representative under the terms of Clause 1 subclause 1 ( e ) of the Conditions of Contract shall be and is hereby authorised to act on the Engineer 's behalf in respect of the following Clauses of the Conditions of Contract : — |
| 5 | Each of them really turns around the theory that prior to birth the unborn child is not a persona juridica and , therefore , no duty of care can be or is owed to it . |
| 6 | Lise 's dance when she sweeps the floor before helping Mother Simone to spin is an excellent example of how the subtle timing of gesture can be and is helped by the appropriate choice of music . |
| 7 | To state that gender difference can be and is being maintained through cross-dressing and inversion is to maintain or imply the crucial claim even while apparently surrendering it : the difference in question is capable of working in terms of custom and culture ( and is thereby contestable ) rather than nature and divine law ( which are immutable ) . |
| 8 | Such experiences of sexual liberation bear witness to the socially constructed ‘ nature ’ of identity with respect both to its contingency and its resilience : on the one hand the self can be and is experienced as radically different in the space of the other ; on the other hand it the extinction of self is the precondition of passing into the ecstasy with and through the other , it is an extinction which has to be replayed over and again as a constitutive part of sexual ecstasy itself . |
| 9 | Much of this evil can be and is anticipated and avoided . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , the challenge can be and is being met . |
| 11 | We reach this conclusion in the light of the evidence that notwithstanding the rules as to dismissal for theft as applied in the first place … each case can be and is reviewed on the intervention of the security officer who … will make an appropriate recommendation where the case does not warrant dismissal . ’ |
| 12 | Davin , whatever his limitations , is standing on and in an Irishness which can be and is described and mapped , which is not a neutral zone , and which feeds and is fed by a language . |