Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Though it be not sense , as having nothing to do with external objects , yet it is very like it , and might properly enough be called internal sense ’ . |
| 2 | But I 'd much rather be given useful relevant information like where I am . ’ |
| 3 | any other financial arrangements contained in the agreement shall not thereby be rendered void or unenforceable and shall , unless they are void or unenforceable for any other reason ( and subject to sections 35 and 36 , below ) be binding on the parties to the agreement . |
| 4 | The dock company obtained planning permission to operate the dock as a commercial port , which can not sensibly be done other than on a 24-hour basis . |
| 5 | Of a worship service in which no mention was made of Christ , the bible was not read , and no reference made to God 's dealings with the people of Israel or of the early church , we might well say that it was theistic ( if mention was made of God ) , but it could not rightly be called Christian . |
| 6 | We have already said , that of a liturgy in which no mention was made of Christ , we might hold that it was meaningful , even theistic , but that it could not rightly be called Christian . |
| 7 | Threshed grain and other concentrate feeds must not only be kept dry , but also be protected from birds , mice , and rats . |
| 8 | However , individual engineers alone can not generally be held responsible for protecting society from risk ; those with managerial accountability must also bear some responsibility . |
| 9 | As electronic records represent a new resource their location and the descriptions of the data they contain can not easily be made accessible . |
| 10 | And the disturbances could not strictly be called racial : the most prominent feature was that of violent clashes between young people and the police . |
| 11 | In the vital chapter ‘ The Shadow of the Past ’ Gandalf says a great deal about it , but his information boils down to three basic data : ( 1 ) the Ring is immensely powerful , in right or wrong hands ; ( 2 ) it is dangerous and ultimately fatal to all its possessors — in a sense there are no right hands ; ( 3 ) it can not simply be left unused or put aside , but must be destroyed , something which can happen only in the place of its origin , Orodruin , Mount Doom . |
| 12 | The essential point , if there is to be proper democratic accountability , is that there must be a clearly defined authority whose judgement and power can not ultimately be contradicted other than by the citizens themselves through the ballot box . |
| 13 | The Okapi '86 procedure would be improved by the use of an exception list containing words which can not safely be made singular or have an " ing " ending removed ( " rights " " housing " " painting " ) . |
| 14 | Since I spend most of my working life wearing clothes I would n't normally be seen dead in , it 's one of my life 's real pleasures . ’ |
| 15 | The other major seems to be , to do with ideas about what we would qualify , but could equally well be called ritual purity and impurity . |
| 16 | If I could n't produce a marriage date , and Nigel could n't officially be registered dead without it , perhaps he was n't , because legally he could n't be , and when I got home I 'd find … |
| 17 | A further 40,000 boat people still waiting to be screened will almost certainly be ruled illegal as well . |
| 18 | The most immediate effect of the ruling was that legislation enacted in a number of states ( including Alabama , Idaho , Kansas , Maine , and North Dakota ) which continued similar provisions to those within the Pennsylvania law , but which had been beset by legal challenges , would almost certainly be declared constitutional . |
| 19 | Soldiers will no longer be given free cigarettes . |
| 20 | Even though he knows he can no longer be rendered homeless his feelings of dependence will not have been entirely removed . |
| 21 | Film-production funds , for example , could no longer be considered compatible with EC law , nor could support funds for the visual arts and for authors and translators of literary works ( the latter being particularly important in the smaller language areas of Europe ) . |
| 22 | The theory of ‘ proletarianization ’ suggests that routine white-collar workers have become part of the proletariat and so can no longer be considered middle class . |
| 23 | In conclusion , brief reference must be made to Douglas Trumbull 's directorial debut , Silent Running ( 1971 ) , an ecological flop d ‘ éstime that can no longer be considered underrated , though not quite a cult film . |
| 24 | In order to channel most effectively the social security funds then available to individuals to enter residential care , the benefit would no longer be paid direct to the individual . |
| 25 | Hymn tunes were played on these to call people to worship ; unfortunately these can no longer be used due to the weak state of the tower . |
| 26 | The introduction of the ‘ ticket-of-leave ’ system of parole for convicts who could no longer be transported provoked waves of anxiety from 1853 onwards that dangerous criminals were being released to prowl the streets of the metropolis with no evidence of the character reformation promised by the new prison disciplines . |
| 27 | But when their parent can no longer be left alone and they decide , as many of them do , to leave work in order to care for her full time , their major problems begin . |
| 28 | Because altruism has disappeared , price will no longer be set equal to marginal cost ( however defined ) , as well as marginal cost being , possibly , inefficiently high . |
| 29 | Accordingly , it might no longer be thought necessary to distinguish marital from non-marital rape in the way suggested in the Working Paper since the public and family interest could be taken into account by the Crown Prosecutor with guidance from the Director . |
| 30 | If , however , the authority to make appointments to the board of a nationalised industry did not reside solely in Government , but in part in trade unions as the instruments of industrial democracy , the Secretary of State could no longer be held responsible for the fitness of the board to discharge its functions ; and it would no longer be meaningful for Members to ask Questions , nor possible for Government to answer them constructively . |