Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [coord] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A recent land survey of Boiotia reveals a much higher density of settlement and population than had previously been suspected , cp. below p. 84 for this ; why not help ourselves , the Athenians must have said , to some of that good soil — cheaper and less dangerous than planting colonies in Thrace where they might be and sometimes were overwhelmed by the natives . |
| 2 | It could be and sometimes was , but i er the standard takes a lot of keeping up and er Much of the influence comes from newspaper and superior people implanting it on the population by reiterating these standards which often are wishful and they would like it to be so , but er They were hard days , they were hungry days . |
| 3 | In Gledhow Autoparts Ltd v Delaney [ 1965 ] 1 WLR 1366 Diplock LJ said " It is natural … to tend to look at what in fact happened under the agreement ; but the question of the validity of a covenant in restraint of trade has to be determined at the date at which the agreement was entered into and has to be determined in the light of what may happen under the agreement , although what may happen may be and always is different in some respects from what did happen . |
| 4 | This difference is all the more complete in that different rights in the same thing or place may be and usually are held by different people or different groups of people in those societies . |
| 5 | The defence of consent can obviously not be pleaded as it can be and generally is for rape . |
| 6 | The House of Commons , particularly , but also the House of Lords , is often thought of as a club and the exchange of views and striking of bargains which goes on outside the chamber can be and frequently is of much greater significance than the public posturing which goes on within it . |
| 7 | By its nature , the argument of timing is subjective ; assertions can be and frequently are advanced on the scantest of evidence . |
| 8 | For parents , this world-view may not be ‘ philosophical ’ in the sense of something that is calculated , worked out and argued , though it can be and often is . |
| 9 | Of course , it can be and often is . |
| 10 | and it can be and often is 75 per cent. , depending on someone 's resources . |
| 11 | The moral of this simple reflection is that fundamental propositions of science can be and often are causal , despite generality and mathematical form . |