Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The oral shield has a rounded proximal edge with an almost straight distal edge or may be rounded triangular in shape . |
| 2 | The information must be published in at least one newspaper circulating in the member state concerned , or must be made available in specified locations . |
| 3 | First look at the membership of the governing body to discover what relevant expertise is available or might be made available by co-option . |
| 4 | He could not identify the Fairy Topic , either , and this gave him a not uncommon sensation of his own huge ignorance , a grey mist , in which floated or could be discerned odd glimpses of solid objects , odd bits of glitter of domes or shadows of roofs in the gloom . |
| 5 | It is simply not the case that pensioners in such schemes will get nothing or will be left penniless , as the hon. Gentleman well knows . |
| 6 | As we pointed out then , although a stretch of discourse can appear to be largely concerned with a single individual , or one discourse subject , so that the discourse may be loosely reported as being ‘ about ’ that individual , this should not lead us to claim that all discourses are about single individuals or can be given convenient one-word titles . |
| 7 | The only element that may be called modern , or contemporary , is the training , the direction , the motive . |
| 8 | Further along the path , also on the right , are small fissures in the clints that may be passed unnoticed : one of these , Flood Entrance Pot , was the first alternative way down into Gaping Gill when the main shaft was impassable . |
| 9 | As wide a number of technical people as possible will be invited to state their views , so that by early August further adjustments can be made to eliminate those disadvantages that remain and to build in other desirable features that may be considered worthwhile . |
| 10 | It is further submitted that , as Parliament has intervened by the Act of 1976 in the matter of pre-natal injuries to unborn children , it should be left to Parliament to effect any further change in the law that may be thought necessary or to develop the law from where it was left by the Divisional Court in Ireland in Walker 's case . |
| 11 | The lowest row provides for identifying high-cost functions that should be given special attention . |
| 12 | The lowest row provides for identifying high-cost functions that should be given special attention . |
| 13 | The problem then arises , even if the court is prepared to consider that such a term should be implied , as to what is the period of time that should be considered reasonable . |
| 14 | But ca n't they recognise that these are examples of indecent wages that should be considered illegal and unacceptable in a civilised society ? ’ |
| 15 | Size of establishment would be expected to be related to amount of training undertaken though in practice many libraries ( and not only small libraries ) appeared to undertake both less training and far less systematic training than must be considered ideal given that all staff in any size library will have training needs : |
| 16 | I want you to do something else for me — something that must be kept secret from the rest of the members of the team , even from Marshal Tolonen . ’ |
| 17 | It identifies the range of information that must be made available to parents and the right of parents to contribute their own advice and evidence to the assessment . |
| 18 | That is the first area that must be put right . |
| 19 | As a result , policies that might be considered harmful to the functioning of business , such as a major redistribution of wealth or income , are effectively removed from the political agenda . |
| 20 | These bear little relationship to any shape that might be termed traditional , they are generally very large and they have been in demand at seaside beach displays , city-organised festivals and internationally at sponsored functions . |
| 21 | Even their religious faith was subtly different from her own : they seemed hemmed in by a regiment of saints , feasts , rules , indulgences , penances and novenas , and everyone seemed to be permanently on guard against saying or doing anything that might be deemed heretical . |
| 22 | It 'll obviously buy-in many ready-made COSE components — including networking and the Open Software Foundation 's distributed computing environment mdash ; and use the interfaces that 'll be made available through the COSE specification . |
| 23 | But BBC officials are waking up to the fact that , while they have been allocated both of Britain 's channels for high-power satellite broadcasts , the kind that could be received direct into people 's homes , they have no monopoly on low-power transmissions from satellites , the kind that could be picked up by central receiving stations — and transmitted via cable to homes . |
| 24 | I said I 'm quite sure there must be something that could be done computer-wise |
| 25 | Her looks too : she had hair that could be called golden . |
| 26 | Noticeable in the last decade or two in fiction , it is a reaction that could be called political . |
| 27 | Only the large , ground-living cassowaries from the Australasian rain forests possess anything that could be called avian armour , and even there it is confined solely to the head region . |
| 28 | None the less , research has shown that a surprisingly large proportion of the population has not only had an experience that could be called religious , but that , for many , this experience consequently affected their lives in some quite important way . |
| 29 | ( There are some moments in Dustin 's films that could be called Keatonesque — the blankness of his face at the beginning of The Graduate , some of the comedy in Little Big Man , and the office party scene in Kramer vs Kramer — without his face ever resembling Keaton 's handsome ‘ stone-face ’ features . ) |
| 30 | Surrey was the first landscape she had experienced that could be called feminine . |