Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [be] [adj] [be] " in BNC.

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1 An interesting finding which may also be relevant is that there have been reports of a triglyceride-enriched LDL present in diabetics , regardless of type and treatment ( Schonfeld et al , 1974 ; Mancini et al , 1980 ) .
2 Such listeners would soon be annoyed were announcements to be made too frequently , at intervals of less than say 20–30 minutes , or if programmes were rudely interrupted .
3 It would indeed be surprising were this not to be the case !
4 The result can be that all the experts who would otherwise be suitable are " conflicted out " , in today 's inelegant but pithy expression .
5 The expectation that such people will normally be female is self-fulfilling , but may be neither equitable nor efficient .
6 This will always be Crisp 's Grand National .
7 Yes , Elizabeth Howell of Exploring Parenthood , certainly that is the case , both with parents and with people like teachers or child care workers , who are in locus parentis for many hours of the day , and our sense is very much that if the adults around children can feel supported and confident that they can acknowledge their own fears and anxieties that they will then be better be able to transmit that measured response to the children in their care and it was very interesting last week , I heard from an educational psychologist in the north of England who said that a group of teachers had asked from several schools to come together to think about the resources that they needed to set in place in order to deal with the children 's behaviour , and after the meeting , at which they were able to express their anxieties , they then returned to their various areas and when the psychologist contacted them a couple of days later they said we felt sufficiently supported by knowing that others are struggling with the same issues and that we could acknowledge our concerns about it , that we now feel able to get on with the job of helping the children , and I think that was a very good example of adults finding a way to acknowledge their own anxieties and thereby to increase their effectiveness in dealing with the children that in whose care they have .
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