Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 No-one , though , should be under any illusions as to how difficult it is going to be .
2 Consider policy should be for all nationals , ie persons born within pre-1939 frontier of an Allied country , to be handed over to Ally concerned This final sentence underlined how keen Eighth Army was by this time to " clear the decks " in its area .
3 The way forward should be for both sides to try and understand one another , to recognise each others ' rights , feelings and beliefs .
4 It was important too , that these lay people should be from all walks of life , from different age and social groups , and comprise an even mixture of both sexes .
5 The T U C is made up of national affiliated unions , the delegates to its conference should be from those unions , the C E C ask you to oppose three eight eight and three eight nine .
6 The insurance valuation of the contents was probably lower than it should be in these days of rising prices , but if it could be taken as a guide and the amount split in two it might be regarded as fair .
7 Which should be in some cases be doubled in very bad weather like that .
8 Yeah that might be of those situations with the referee being over protective towards the goalkeeper .
9 Okay there might be in all sorts of ways , in terms of equality , in terms of socialism , it 's , it 's all a bit dubious erm but the other reason for taxing down is that , let's face it , the majority of peasants as we , as we saw last week are still poor and if the Communist Party is wanting to maximize its revenue , if it was gon na say okay we 're not gon na tax anybody at under six or eight hundred erm you , you 're gon na take out er half the population and you would have to get that income by taxing the rich even harder and that would be a disincentive .
10 Where sickness rates are high it might be in both employers ' and employees ' interests for the company to introduce private health cover , where swift treatment may mean an earlier return to work .
11 ‘ I in no way dissent from this reasoning , but I should myself have been content to derive the same conclusion from the broader consideration that Parliament must have intended rating authorities to act in the same high principled way expected by the court of its own officers and not to retain rates paid under a mistake of law , or in paragraph ( a ) upon an erroneous valuation , unless there were , as Parliament must have contemplated there might be in some cases , special circumstances in which a particular overpayment was made such as to justify retention of the whole or part of the amount overpaid .
12 ‘ the broader consideration that Parliament must have intended rating authorities to act in the same high principled way expected by the court of its own officers and not to retain rates paid under a mistake of law , or … upon an erroneous valuation , unless there were , as Parliament must have contemplated there might be in some cases , special circumstances in which a particular overpayment was made such as to justify retention of the whole or part of the amount overpaid .
13 No , what I 'm saying is , I do n't think from the accident book you 're getting a true picture because people do n't always report it , they 'll be off several days afterwards .
14 This could be for many reasons : for example the database does not contain a good example of that particular form of letter , or the character may have been badly written .
15 A marble and a stalls back seat could be worth several minutes of noisy bagatelle .
16 In October 1989 a member of the Executive Council , Tony Blake , reported that four oil companies had approached Fullerton seeking oil exploration licences ; he commented that the sale of such licences could be worth several times as much as the revenue from fishing licences .
17 This could be in some cases because the prosecutor ( often a trading standards officer ) does not always suggest it and , in other cases , because magistrates tend to refuse if the defendant disputes the fact , or the amount , of the victim 's loss .
18 A good example of how upset people could be in those days by the questioning of their religious beliefs occurred in my interview with Basil Hume soon after he had received his cardinal 's hat .
19 This is that , no matter how good any one predator 's vision may be under some conditions , it can be exceedingly poor under other conditions .
20 Unlike an industrial accident involving a single emission source , the pollutants contributing to an urban smog are emitted from numerous diverse sources and may be of many types .
21 These may be of several kinds : point mutations involving protein coding genes or tRNA ( 5–9 ) , or more substantial deletion ( 10–12 ) or duplication type mutations ( 13 ) , localized by most studies in a highly specific single-strand zone during replication ( 14–16 ) .
22 Second , trust presupposes a conscious and reasoned decision by the patient which , in fact , may be beyond many patients who , through pain , the effect of drugs , or unconsciousness , can not make such decisions .
23 Indeed no one yet knows what a ‘ natural ’ or ‘ equilibrium ’ level of fertility may be in such societies .
24 It may be in these circumstances that moderation rather than liberation is more likely to achieve results , but it is a matter of interpretation whether the results achieved by good behaviour are worth the energy required .
25 For example , it may be in some cases a more rigorous test to cycle 24 hourly at 45°C and room temperature , than to store continuously at 45°C .
26 The fact that some providers , including NHS trusts , have run out of money is not solely a problem of inefficiency or poor resource management ( although it may be in some cases ) ; it is also a reflection of the diversity and complexity of the demand for health care , which makes it so unpredictable .
27 It is only necessary to compare the living conditions of laborers in nonindustrial areas with those of industrial workers , miserable as these may be in some cases , to be aware of the material benefits of the conversion to machine technology .
28 However , the reputation of the cataloguer may be in some instances considered decisive ; the picture is by Van Gogh if it is in the book by de la faille ; a painting by Berthe Morisot needs to be approved by Bataille and Wildenstein ; an authentic work by Picasso will be found in Zervos .
29 ‘ One option would be for all schemes to be channelled through a single agency , so land managers only had one port of call for payments , ’ said the commission .
30 We will also be showing why continued research should be permitted , and how disastrous it would be for all women if the policy advocated by the Pro-Life lobby were to be adopted .
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