Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb mod] [be] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so caught up in my plurals or situations in hardship that I did n't notice that the subject in more senses than one is a singular lack , and the verb should be is and not are , therefore I must ask the indulgence of the general assembly to change the verb . |
| 2 | There are different futures , there are alternative futures , and any deterministic view of what the future will be is clearly erm something which is wrong , in my view . |
| 3 | If it is not , the bid should be be blocked . |
| 4 | Many people in Russell 's Water think they know what happened to Jim Eggleton , and think the killer could be being protected locally . |
| 5 | The engine may be be smooth , refined and flexible in its mid-range , but for a cross-country sprint it 's asthmatic . |
| 6 | Just how difficult the reconciliation can be is seen by the conflicts created by the draft ( and redrafted ) 1984 circulars on Green Belts and Land for Housing . |
| 7 | Interactive Network Inc , the Mountain View , California company pioneering interactive television services , has filed with the US Securities & Exchange Commission to offer up to 2.5m new shares and plans to use the net proceeds for sales and marketing , purchase of hardware and for working capital ; the underwriters for the issue will be are PaineWebber Inc and Montgomery Securities Inc . |
| 8 | The offence must be a ‘ serious arrestable ’ one ; the investigation must be being ‘ conducted diligently and expeditiously ’ ; and there must be a need to secure or preserve evidence or ‘ to obtain such evidence by questioning him ’ [ emphasis added ] . |
| 9 | The icing on the cake would be being able to reunite people with property they 've had stolen . |
| 10 | She and the pole must be being drawn towards the sea . |
| 11 | The numbers of baby eels in Scandinavian and European rivers are also declining , and the NRA believe that the depopulation may be being caused by an unknown factor , possibly pollution , in the Atlantic . |
| 12 | Where the wall should be was a space , a mist , a foggy drop into infinity … |
| 13 | Right the other thing Ann you you really must get given you pieces of titles you know because that should steer you into it you know the title should be be the first peg you hang your hat on , that 's the first thing . |
| 14 | Plans are far from fixed , but the replacement could be be Hewlett-Packard Co 's PA RISC , since the Japanese firm has already reportedly pledged to buy $80m worth over the next three or four years . |
| 15 | The first indication of how large or small the yield might be is when the first leaves and tendrils begin to appear , followed by embryo bunches of grapes . |
| 16 | The status will be be one of : |
| 17 | But although he could not be said to have reached any hard-and-fast conclusions to this question , so fearful were the prospects of this supposed evolutionary degeneration that Karl Pearson took refuge ( and a certain amount of comfort ) in the fact that its results were far away : ‘ Happily , what the distant future of the world may be is a matter that does not much concern us , and about which we may rejoice to know nothing . ’ |
| 18 | Quite how useful a device like the Quad-FX can be is n't really obvious until you try one out . |