Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [adj] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No decisions would ever be made if this were to be demanded . |
| 2 | I think what went wrong was that they took a lot of their ideas from western countries and they sort of felt because this was in all the other countries , we should bring it to Ireland as well . |
| 3 | In any event , they claim both a legal and moral mandate to act according to their ‘ consciences ’ , tempered as these are by professional experience and wide public consultation . |
| 4 | Feminist sociologists ' arguments showed that ideas of ‘ masculinity ’ and ‘ femininity ’ which had been taken for granted as natural were in fact social in origin : these roles had to learned by young people . |
| 5 | However , it does not require magistrates ( or anyone else for that matter ) to secure the information needed if this is to be done effectively . |
| 6 | ( 11 ) Thus , probably about 89% of the children classified as unoccupied are from families with an economically inactive lone mother . |
| 7 | He helped Henry Ford set up the huge factory at Willow Run where B-24s were to be mass-produced . |
| 8 | Asked if this was at last your ‘ special friend ’ |
| 9 | It was , then , peace or truce which threatened their existence , and it was because of the termination of hostilities between England and France which resulted from the treaty of Brétigny in 1360 , followed as this was in 1364 by the ending of the Navarrese challenge to the royal authority in Normandy and the war of Breton succession , that France , Italy and Spain were to be hosts to the Companies in the 1360s . |
| 10 | The decision is not taken until all are in agreement . |
| 11 | THE COMPUTERS on board HMS Sheffield functioned effectively prior to and during the attack ; allegations that the Exocet missile was mistakenly identified as friendly are without foundation . |
| 12 | Ingredient Y would have to be purchased if Abrasive is to be manufactured ; thus the cost of manufacturing Abrasive is an incremental cost of £7,000 . |
| 13 | Finally , do check that an essential oil labelled as such is in fact 100 per cent essential oil and not one that has been diluted in almond oil ( this is sometimes the case with expensive oils such as rose or neroli ) . |