Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is further evidence that the issue of whether top roles should be split is complex , and that prevailing wisdom , which favours splitting the roles , should be challenged — something Rick Greenbury had the courage to do on his appointment as chairman and chief executive of Marks & Spencer .
2 Discussions of how the relative strength of States should be evaluated were common , but none of their authors succeeded in finding a clear or universally applicable solution to the problem .
3 In some cases , especially those with serious psychiatric disorders , the local adolescent psychiatric service should be involved is early as possible .
4 BBC-1 bosses , inflicting this on our screens in the new Good Morning show , should be shown being force-fed with porridge as so-called celebrities read out the honeyed words .
5 These jobs that should be provided are small and seasonal and overall development would cost local *
6 The quantity of goods to be ordered , and the time at which they should be ordered are major considerations .
7 The Court of Appeal required the council to give such an undertaking , as a condition of the grant of an injunction , first because , as Dillon and Mann L.JJ. held , in English law the discretion to dispense with such an undertaking in cases where an injunction is sought to restrain an infringement of the criminal law is available only to give effect to a privilege of the Crown alone and does not extend to local authorities exercising the function of law enforcement ; and second because under Community law an undertaking must be given were necessary to protect any Community law right of direct effect which might possibly be affected .
8 It appears that the type of injury which must be foreseen is serious injury and if that is so , the statement that indifference to any harm to health or welfare was sufficient ( Stone & Dobinson [ 1977 ] QB 754 ) is incorrect in the light of authorities from the 1980s .
9 The causes of the disease are well understood and precautions that must be taken are simple .
10 Whether such finance will be made available and how it might be channelled are major themes in subsequent chapters .
11 Yet the circumstances in which ( 2d ) might be uttered are likely to be quite different from those in which the first sentence of extract ( I ) was uttered .
12 The plum tasks for which the Great and Good might be chosen are Royal Commissions or Committees of Inquiry , the device by which governments buy the days when faced with demands for change , political embarrassment , or questions too deep for quick political answers .
13 And yet the process whereby the dutiful , rational , moral citizen could be developed was complex .
14 In the canal carrying business the number of sons who could be involved was limitless and women and children could help to work the boats .
15 That such a stage could be reached was due to the work of three men .
16 After what seemed an age all that could be heard were little hiccups .
17 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 ) .
18 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 .
19 In both cases , the conditions under which liquor may be sold are subject to the provisions of subs .
20 First , Marx and Engels argued that one of the reasons why capitalism would be destroyed was due to the internal contradictions of the system itself .
21 The necessity for the function to be characterised as ‘ judicial ’ before procedural constraints would be imposed was integral to this approach , because only bodies exercising such functions would be suited to adjudicative procedures .
22 ( b ) That if the effect of the proviso were to impose a restraint of trade then the consequence was that not only the proviso but also the whole of the paragraph to which the proviso related and which contained the stipulation that post-termination commission would be paid was void .
23 Whether the victim did believe that immediate violence would be used is immaterial so long as the offender intended to cause the victim to have that belief .
24 The companies we will be discussing are public companies with shares listed on the Stock Exchange .
25 Most assessment procedures are developed in order to provide a particular kind of interpretation and because of this the criteria against which the child 's language will be evaluated are implicit in the procedure .
26 The watches will be led be experienced wardens who will also tell you about the species of deer you will see .
27 A child is not to be taken as having a learning difficulty solely because the language ( or form of the language ) in which he is or will be taught is different from a language ( or from of language ) which has at any time been spoken in the house .
28 However , where the amount to which the shareholders will be entitled is small , they may be sold for the benefit of the company or , if no premium exists , allotted to the underwriters .
29 People buying shares in British Telecommunications Plc will be able to deal in shares by punching the keys on a normal push-button telephone : the retail investment company ShareLink Ltd said the service , the first such scheme in Europe , is being offered as part of the marketing campaign for BT3 , the UK government 's sale of a third tranche of British Telecom shares , marketing of which began yesterday ; the system will later be extended to cover other shares ; the government 's remaining shares are to be sold in July ; pricing and details of whether all the remaining 21.8% stake will be sold are due in June .
30 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 ?
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