Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have seen how the vibration frequencies may be observed and how each may be allocated to a particular symmetry species . |
| 2 | Grappling with this problem has led us to reject a sharp either/or dichotomy in terms of innate versus cultural , and instead to posit the existence in human beings of innate potentialities and capacities — as well as innate constraints — that may be turned to peaceful as much as to warlike ends , potentialities and capacities that are necessarily set within the particularity of a moral and semantic universe . |
| 3 | Guilty secrets begin to pile up that may be disclosed to no one else at all , not even friends or family . |
| 4 | ‘ Sometimes a decision has to be made to offer no evidence during the course of the trial ; and similarly pleas of guilty may be tendered to lesser counts . |
| 5 | All completed deduction cards , the P35 and the balance of any tax or contributions due should be sent to the Collector of Taxes . |
| 6 | Application for revocation of an order for committal of the debtor under s 23(7) of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 must be made to the judge ex parte in writing explaining the reason for failure to attend court or refusing to be sworn or to give evidence , and undertaking to comply in future ( Ord 27 , r 8(2) ) . |
| 7 | It 's not a case of being paranoid , it 's a case of seeking fairness for all the school children , and then some of them receiving disproportional , you know higher , er amounts of money , then that must be seen to be unfair , and I 'm certainly well supported in that . |
| 8 | The 1988–89 Committee was particularly anxious that as much coverage as possible should be given to Parliament on regional news and current affairs programmes , so as to improve the prospects of Members being seen at work by their constituents . |
| 9 | It is understood that space is expensive , and it is the popular misconception , that as much space as possible should be devoted to seating and as little as possible to the kitchen . |
| 10 | Erm the next erm feature is the yellow one for the Liberal Democrats , there 's one Liberal Democrat typographical error and that 's on the second page page four of the resolutions and you 'll see that in the second column there 's a total three , three , three five , that should be amended to , sorry three , three , three five that should be amended to three , one , five , five and then where it says nine the resource budget immediately below that nine , four , five , ninety four five O , it 's three hundred and sixty thousand , three hundred and sixty million , six hundred thousand , that stays the same . |
| 11 | Strictly speaking it is only these transformations , applied in the potential space , that should be referred to as Ehlers transformations ( Ehlers , 1957 ) . |
| 12 | If the firm intends to ask the customer to waive best execution , that should be referred to as well . |
| 13 | Erm is before you to confirm on er Council and I 'd like to start by saying very briefly that there is as you know a government legal distinction between the er the operational side of waste disposal and the regulation side , and properly er issues on recycling have been referred er and decisions on that should be referred to the policy committee but er we work very closely with officer 's before you hear us er request it . |
| 14 | I see no reason why that should be denied to those hospitals serving the mentally ill or people with a mental handicap . |
| 15 | Even the would-be socially superior , the boastful , and the priggish may be found to be quite agreeable people once they have relaxed . |
| 16 | Even for those items that are designated relevant , some may be judged to be highly relevant , whilst others may be regarded as partially or only marginally relevant . |
| 17 | This may be extended to ‘ optimisation ’ — the search for the most suitable design to meet the requirements . ’ |
| 18 | Works of art of ‘ the same high quality ’ as the Guggenheim Museum in New York , and encompassing ‘ all the essential works in the Guggenheim collection ’ will be loaned to the new museum , initially for a period of twenty years , though this may be extended to seventy-five years or indefinitely , according to the agreement . |
| 19 | If the death is then considered to be from natural causes , the coroner will issue a notification that he does not consider it necessary to hold an inquest , and this may be given to the relative to take to the registrar or sent to the registrar direct . |
| 20 | Sometimes , this may be delegated to the conveyancer acting , but this delegation must clearly be with the client 's authority . |
| 21 | This may be said to be the effect of his thought that probably there are no decent seats left . |
| 22 | This may be related to a relative lack of social stability : being more frequently single and in less permanent accommodation . |
| 23 | They speculated that this may be related to the fact that patients are referred with chronic or refractory conditions that have proved difficult to treat in general practice . |
| 24 | The feeling of psychological revival and an elevation of mood is a common experience in mountains , and this may be related to the euphoric and hallucinogenic effects of low oxygen levels in the brain brought about by hard exercise at high altitudes . |
| 25 | Surprisingly the sensitivity reported for this technique is frequently less than that for duodenal aspiration cytology , although this may be related to differences in the stage of disease being investigated . |
| 26 | This may be related to the destabilisation of the gastric mucosa engendered by a lifetime of exposure to the environmental conditions in coal mines , although clearly these symptoms could also be related to the asthenia of chronic respiratory disease which is so common in coal miners . |
| 27 | This may be related to the maintenance of hepatopetal portal blood flow as well as the small diameter of the shunt . |
| 28 | This may be caused to some extent by the general abstractness of the language ; but it is also a matter of the kinds of syntactic presentation and complexity that James favours : ( i ) Just as he seems to avoid calling a spade a spade , so James seems to avoid putting first things first . |
| 29 | This may be compared to the total inflow of Japanese portfolio investment in the UK over 1986 Q1–1989 Q2 which amounted to some £23.2bn and total foreign inward investment of close to £50bn . |
| 30 | 3 Ensure the patient has the following : appliances dressings drugs ( with written instructions if necessary ] completed forms/letters ( e.g. for district nurse ) appointment card ( this may be sent to the patient later ] . |