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

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1 Perhaps the one point that should be emphasized is that extreme care should be taken in documentation and interpretation of petrofabrics , as one can be easily misled by what appears to be a straightforward thin section ( Fig. 5.45 ) !
2 It is further evidence that the issue of whether top roles should be split is complex , and that prevailing wisdom , which favours splitting the roles , should be challenged — something Rick Greenbury had the courage to do on his appointment as chairman and chief executive of Marks & Spencer .
3 Discussions of how the relative strength of States should be evaluated were common , but none of their authors succeeded in finding a clear or universally applicable solution to the problem .
4 In some cases , especially those with serious psychiatric disorders , the local adolescent psychiatric service should be involved is early as possible .
5 BBC-1 bosses , inflicting this on our screens in the new Good Morning show , should be shown being force-fed with porridge as so-called celebrities read out the honeyed words .
6 These jobs that should be provided are small and seasonal and overall development would cost local *
7 The quantity of goods to be ordered , and the time at which they should be ordered are major considerations .
8 The Court of Appeal required the council to give such an undertaking , as a condition of the grant of an injunction , first because , as Dillon and Mann L.JJ. held , in English law the discretion to dispense with such an undertaking in cases where an injunction is sought to restrain an infringement of the criminal law is available only to give effect to a privilege of the Crown alone and does not extend to local authorities exercising the function of law enforcement ; and second because under Community law an undertaking must be given were necessary to protect any Community law right of direct effect which might possibly be affected .
9 The two further major reservations that must be made are first that the service is moulded chiefly by the doctrine of ministerial responsibility with all that flows from it — anonymity , one collective viewpoint , secrecy and a degree of isolation from the rest of the community .
10 It appears that the type of injury which must be foreseen is serious injury and if that is so , the statement that indifference to any harm to health or welfare was sufficient ( Stone & Dobinson [ 1977 ] QB 754 ) is incorrect in the light of authorities from the 1980s .
11 The question which must be addressed is this : are they that good — or are England that bad ?
12 The causes of the disease are well understood and precautions that must be taken are simple .
13 The conclusion that must be drawn is that corporate management in the large public company are not controlled by the shareholders exercising the powers accorded to them by law to appoint , dismiss and monitor the directors of the company .
14 Although product X is ranked before product Y the optimum mix only includes the manufacture of 1,000 units of X , this is because the minimum quantity of Y that must be sold is 800 units .
15 Conservatives ( and Christian feminists also to some extent ) seek alternative ways in which the female can be symbolized in the religion , ways which it must be thought are less than satisfactory , and which become increasingly unsatisfactory as that for which women stand in our society changes .
16 Whether such finance will be made available and how it might be channelled are major themes in subsequent chapters .
17 Yet the circumstances in which ( 2d ) might be uttered are likely to be quite different from those in which the first sentence of extract ( I ) was uttered .
18 The plum tasks for which the Great and Good might be chosen are Royal Commissions or Committees of Inquiry , the device by which governments buy the days when faced with demands for change , political embarrassment , or questions too deep for quick political answers .
19 And yet the process whereby the dutiful , rational , moral citizen could be developed was complex .
20 In the canal carrying business the number of sons who could be involved was limitless and women and children could help to work the boats .
21 That such a stage could be reached was due to the work of three men .
22 Of the baby all that could be seen were two stiff arms poking up out of a manger well supplied with bright yellow straw .
23 After what seemed an age all that could be heard were little hiccups .
24 There were exceptions , recognised by the statute and the courts , but this was not such a case ; all that could be said was that economic damage , perhaps very severe , might be done to the defendant if publicity were not withheld .
25 Such activity that could be measured was higher at 30°C than that at 42°C .
26 A third effect which could be added is that business experience would be gained by the local merchant , and thus the society begins to develop a pool of people with such business experience .
27 The first symptoms which may be felt are hot flushes , night sweats , general anxiety and irritability , loss of self-esteem , insomnia , mood changes , poor memory , loss of confidence , loss of interest in sex and even formication ( the feeling of insects crawling just underneath or on top of the skin , probably caused by changes in the nerve endings ) .
28 All that may be written is one short story , the final one of the genre , the cork in the bottle .
29 Many civil laws are derived from the common law , e.g. tort of negligence , whilst in the area of hotel and catering law the majority of criminal offences which may be committed are statutory , e.g. involving the Food Safety Act 1990 and the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 .
30 In both cases , the conditions under which liquor may be sold are subject to the provisions of subs .
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