Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the publications arising from the project will discuss only this particular region , the results should be of more general relevance for analysing the crisis of many regions on the periphery of the world economy today . |
| 2 | If the circulation scheme proposed in ref. 3 is adopted , namely cyclonic flow out of the Labrador Sea eastwards across the North Atlantic , with northward branches into the Irminger Basin and into the Iceland Basin and Rockall Trough , then the water in the Iceland Basin should be of more recent origin than that of the Rockall Trough because it is closer to the source . |
| 3 | When the cream is ready , spoon it into glasses , which should be of very small capacity ( 2 to 2 ½ oz. ) but filled to overflowing . |
| 4 | Leave enough space between you and the vehicle in front so that you can pull up safely if it slows down or stops suddenly , the safe rule is never to get closer than the overall stopping distance shown below , but on the open road in good conditions leave a gap of one metre for each mile an hour of your speed or a two second time gap may be enough , they will also leave space for an overtaking vehicle pulling or wet or icy or the gap should be at least double that , drop back if you know that taking vehicle closing gap in front of you make way for ambulance , fire engines , police or van emergency vehicles when their blue lamps are flashing or their bells , two tone cones or sirens or . |
| 5 | However , the sanction chosen should be real and effective , that is , it should satisfy cumulatively the following three conditions : ( a ) it should be adequate in relation to the damage sustained ( principle of proportionality ) , ( b ) it should have a real deterrent effect on the author of the infringement ( principle of effectiveness ) and ( c ) it should be at least comparable to the sanctions imposed for infringements of national law of similar nature and importance ( principle of non discrimination or of comparability ) . |
| 6 | The emphasis should be on quite small units — for both retail and restaurant use . |
| 7 | In 1894 T. H. Huxley wrote to the editor of Science-gossip ‘ To any one who respects the English language , I think scientist must be about as pleasing a word as electrocution . |
| 8 | I knew I must be of officially dead . |
| 9 | The initial conceptual models were developed almost intuitively , based on the idea that , for a College to be self-sufficient , the income received must be at least equal to the cost of providing the further education courses at the required level . |
| 10 | In relation to on-exchange transactions the amount of margin demanded must be at least equal to the exchange 's own requirements . |
| 11 | If , as I must assume for present purposes , the plaintiffs have a good cause of action in professional negligence against the third party , then it must be at least possible , if not indeed likely , that the damages recoverable by the plaintiffs from the third party would include damages under at least some of these heads . |
| 12 | Expensive to maintain ; Fedorov must be at least well-to-do , probably rich . |
| 13 | But they must be for ever content to owe to the English that elegance and culture , which , if they had been vigilant and active , perhaps the English might have owed to them . ’ |
| 14 | Collection of samples must be in perfectly clean glass or plastics bottles , used only for water analysis , and precautions taken to prevent contamination in handling . |
| 15 | Particularly in countries where the diet is poor it might be of very considerable significance if the mother can make better milk at some times of the day . |
| 16 | At any given age a child might be on quite different levels for difference subjects . |
| 17 | Graham started to smile , though he thought the joke itself might be in rather poor taste , but then he was aware of Sara turning quickly , putting her glass on the mantelpiece and looking straight at him , coming closer , her face set in strange hard lines , eyes bright , taking him by the elbow and turning her head as if to emphasise that she was talking to Graham , ignoring Slater , saying , " You do dance , do n't you ? " |
| 18 | Although most speakers in British society are also literate , and therefore have the advantage of knowing where /r/ occurs in writing , it is not clear that this is really a big help in flowing conversation , though it might be in very slow speech styles . |
| 19 | I 'll be in there alright ? |
| 20 | Financial reasons could be of more general importance . |
| 21 | Suddenly too , as a kind of tension caught at her , she knew that while , because of her love for Ven , she could be on very shaky ground here , she must be brave , and stay no matter what , and hear him out . |
| 22 | ‘ It is not acceptable to have people who require a home confined to long-stay institutions when they could be in more domestic settings . |
| 23 | We 'd be on very dangerous ground … to use words like ‘ alien ’ or even draw to children 's attention that our society is a racial mix . |
| 24 | You ought to be very careful with living on your own Don you could break an ankle and you 'd be in real serious trouble |
| 25 | If conditions did n't improve soon she 'd be in very real danger of getting stuck in the snow — as it was she could n't have said with any real certainty whether she was driving on the road or in a field . |
| 26 | I do n't think I 'd be in very good you know , in your good books if I did that ? |
| 27 | This information may be of rather general nature , because all DNA cytosine-C 5 methyltransferases are structurally related ( 28 , 34 , 35 ) ; conservation of the active-site ProCys motif also extends to thymidilate synthetase ( 36 ) . |
| 28 | Patinkin 's point is that the comparison of positions of static equilibrium , one equilibrium being characterized by a considerably lower price level than the other , may be of very limited practical relevance . |
| 29 | This only confirms already-existing customary law ; and inasmuch as it depends on proving an actual intent partially or completely to destroy a particular group , it may be of only limited relevance as a basis for assessing the legality of nuclear possession or use . |
| 30 | What personal records there may be of more general ‘ social life ’ have the limitations that their authors are rarely ‘ ordinary ’ people . |