Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] [am/are] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first symptoms which may be felt are hot flushes , night sweats , general anxiety and irritability , loss of self-esteem , insomnia , mood changes , poor memory , loss of confidence , loss of interest in sex and even formication ( the feeling of insects crawling just underneath or on top of the skin , probably caused by changes in the nerve endings ) . |
| 2 | Messages which may be reported are as follows : |
| 3 | Errors which may be reported are described in Appendix B. |
| 4 | Many civil laws are derived from the common law , e.g. tort of negligence , whilst in the area of hotel and catering law the majority of criminal offences which may be committed are statutory , e.g. involving the Food Safety Act 1990 and the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 . |
| 5 | The decisions which may be appealed are a refusal to grant , renew , transfer or provisionally grant a licence ( s. 17(4) ) , the right of appeal being conferred on the applicant , a grant of a new licence , or a grant of a renewal , permanent transfer , or provisional grant of a licence ( s. 17(5) ) , the right of appeal being restricted to competent objectors who appeared at the hearing of the application . |
| 6 | The majority of African departments adopt these curricular policies and materials directly ; any changes which may be effected are of a minor quantitative nature . |
| 7 | Subjects which may be investigated are very wide-ranging and may be drawn from history , the environment , politics , culture or from issues of local concern — housing , consumer issues , education etc . |
| 8 | Among the questions which should be asked are the following : |
| 9 | Points which should be considered are : |
| 10 | The questions which must be asked are : i Do specialist multi-agency dementia teams provide a model for the planning and provision of domiciliary day and respite care for all or for a proportion of the sufferers in a community ? |
| 11 | Issues which must be incorporated are the extent to which Latin Americans — either the educated elites or the mostly under-educated masses — are receptive or responsive to Marxist propaganda . |
| 12 | Among the questions which must be raised are the following : a . |
| 13 | The conditions which must be fulfilled are known as felicity conditions . |
| 14 | Examples of animals which might be chosen are pigs , horses , cows , cats , dogs , ducks and sheep . |
| 15 | Overall these are very comfortable necks to play , but the only areas which could be tidied are perhaps the most important ones : the nuts and the fret-ends . |
| 16 | ‘ Sackholders ’ which look like dustbins but lack proper handles which can be grasped are INADEQUATE for loose refuse and MUST NOT be used except to hold tied plastic sacks . |
| 17 | even those words which can be produced are often poorly articulated ; |
| 18 | This makes very good sense , for in the wild there is much less food available during the winter , and the plants which can be found are less nutritious in winter than in summer . |
| 19 | Others who should be sold are — |
| 20 | Some examples of the arrangements that you might be offered are : |
| 21 | Some of the contracts you might be offered are : hire purchase , lease purchase , lease , contract hire , balloon lease purchase and secured loan . |
| 22 | Often , if they have a disposition to broader problem-solving , the search consultant can provide views on several issues : the potential organisational structure ; how the individual would fit in ; the likely scope of his or her responsibilities ; if the tasks he or she will be set are manageable and possibly whether candidates can be found in the market who meet a particular specification ; whether the search can be a UK-based search or needs to be international ; whether any of the top candidates can be attracted for the remuneration or does the remuneration of the senior team need reviewing ; is the nationality of the candidate important ; could a woman do the job ; what happened to the last job holder ; did he or she move on to a bigger job or was he or she fired , and was that person successful in the role ? |
| 23 | An estimate of the total operating costs of the tax ( administrative plus compliance costs ) , and recommendations on how they may be reduced are being made . |
| 24 | Defining and explaining them and showing how they may be measured are the major objectives of this and the following chapter . |
| 25 | Discussions about the number of houses in rural areas , their size and density , how many should be publicly or privately owned , owner-occupied or rented , where they should be sited and how they should be designed are often presented as purely technical exercises . |
| 26 | The quantity of goods to be ordered , and the time at which they should be ordered are major considerations . |
| 27 | As with all other aspects of capitalist society , however , local variations in the interpretation of these two roles and the institutional framework within which they can be operated are normal . |
| 28 | Details of where they can be obtained are given on p. 146 . |
| 29 | The procedure for seeking access to information and the circumstances in which it may be denied are discussed at Chapter 16 , 10 . |
| 30 | These features of family life — which it should be re-emphasized are indicators of , rather than the reasons for , problems — include the age and maturity of the parents , burdens carried by a family , consistency and change in the lives of children , dynamics and support within the family , and the experiences and characteristics of individual family members . |