Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might imagine a project in which a coordinating team was actually hampered by rules of procedure which became such a straitjacket of red tape that , for example , otherwise admirable proposals might be unacceptable on a technicality . |
| 2 | Mr Wilson said yesterday that comments by the rail minister , Roger Freeman , completely contradict the impression given by the Transport Secretary , John MacGregor , that private operators would be obliged to take over the existing timetable . |
| 3 | This result implies that domain-specific collocations may be superior to general collocations in analysing documents from the same domain . |
| 4 | The ITEM Club report concludes that any boost to growth or employment resulting from Labour policies would be short-lived and would be undermined in the medium term by the negative effects , including higher inflation and a worsening trade position . |
| 5 | A team of London-based solicitors will be issuing writs claiming damages on the authority 's behalf within the next month . |
| 6 | Since it was impossible to guarantee that any section of normal roads would be free from other traffic , speeds were calculated from the video on four separate sections of road . |
| 7 | Regional authorities should be strategic bodies to co-ordinate and enable . |
| 8 | Such interim copies would be necessary if the logs , which are not serial but wrap-around , were to approach the point of overflow . |
| 9 | Thus expenditure-reducing policies are most appropriate when the problem is identified as a deteriorating current account balance , whereas tighter monetary policies may be preferable if capital outflows are the source of undesirable pressure on the exchange rate . |
| 10 | He forced a reluctant Parliament to pass the Statute of Uses 1535 , under which the use was " executed " so that the legal estate vested in the cestui que use ( beneficiary ) and then feudal taxes would be payable . |
| 11 | On the more general scheme allowing companies the option to pay FIDs , where ACT would be also paid but unused surpluses would be repayable if the FIDS came from foreign profits , the ICAEW said it was not generous and unnecessarily complex . |
| 12 | In the same way that coins with mint names can be used to identify sites , so datable coins can be used to date objects or structures found in association with them . |
| 13 | As Harrow-on-the-Hill had one of the highest burglary rates in London , it was understandable that residents of the numerous private roads should be cautious . |
| 14 | The relevant Article , Article 5 , begins by declaring a new principle , that ‘ the processing of letters rogatory by the Central Authority of the State Party of destination and its judicial or administrative authorities shall be free of change ’ . |
| 15 | Even though open-market operations may be effective in reducing bank lending , people may still be able to borrow money from other financial institutions at home or abroad : institutions which may have surplus liquidity . |
| 16 | Liberals had argued for a wider franchise for years and Unionists had demanded a redistribution , so both sides got something of what they wanted and proportional representation was thrown in with the present mood of Labour in mind , so that the anti-socialist parties would be able to consolidate their position if necessary . |
| 17 | They will be accountable , these political nominees will be accountable of course not to the local community , but to the politician in London of whatever political persuasion . |
| 18 | Plane and solid shapes should be available which pupils can handle and measure , and use for building . |
| 19 | At a press conference on May 29 , the United States Defence Secretary Dick Cheney warned that the cost of converting national armies into mobile units could be high . |
| 20 | Life is particularly hard for nurses on children 's wards where the emotional demands can be overwhelming . |
| 21 | Private homes would be free to compete on a more even playing field , no longer subject to the whims of the local health authority . |
| 22 | ‘ The last time I played there , for Nantes , there was very little atmosphere , and on Wednesday the Scots fans will be right behind us . |
| 23 | SOCIAL ‘ Sociologists apparently have come round to the belief that 50 per cent of middle-class parents who send their children to private schools would be happy to put them in the state system if dinner money was renamed lunch money . ’ |
| 24 | Short-term goals should be achievable in the near future if the vagaries of daily life or training mistakes do n't constantly get in the way . |
| 25 | Consider now to what extent changes in a country 's monetary variables may be responsible for cyclical variations in real output . |
| 26 | Plunging your hand into a pile of assorted implements can be hazardous . |
| 27 | In the 1940s the official press had stated that economic goals would be subordinate to political objectives . |
| 28 | Their presence in normal schools would be disruptive to the general process of education and an unsuitable environment for the children concerned . |
| 29 | Wet brakes are always within an axle ; dry brakes may be internal or external . |
| 30 | There would also be the valuable situation where conflicting parties would be able to resolve , without humiliation , the impasse into which they are locked , for none would be required to accept the religious justification of the other . |