Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , although it may be felt necessary for children to have some understanding of violence ( trench warfare ; personal violence ; the physical , visual , and verbal violence of city life ) , one would wish children to be spared the direct experience of it . |
| 2 | It may be felt desirable to inform guests that one party was previously a devoted husband or wife , a widow or widower , who after years of loneliness should be congratulated on at last having found happiness again . |
| 3 | Sometimes the names of the authors of the report appear on the title page but , if the report is going out in the name of an organisation , it may be kept impersonal except for the signatures at the end . |
| 4 | ( If all the salad is not used immediately , it may be kept refrigerated — without the shredded lettuce — for up to 2 days . ) |
| 5 | Although a second group of trucks was allowed over the river by the Serbs yesterday , UN officials fear it may be halted short of its destination . |
| 6 | It may involve three or more subjects studied separately but in parallel , as in the Scottish general degree or some polytechnic/college ‘ combined studies ’ degrees ; or it may integrate several subjects in relation to some area , period , theme or problem , in which case it may be called interdisciplinary ; or it may consist of a more open , modular system of requirements and options . |
| 7 | Bar-Belle 's Len Perry says that it may be converted to an L-4 Grasshopper , or it may be painted pink and called Tinker-Belle ! |
| 8 | It may be clipped classical , random cottage , modern high-tech , or some intensely personal vision of Byzantium , that no one has ever imagined before , but which exists in your head and wants to get out . |
| 9 | It may be thought unreasonable that the legislation should both refuse to give credit for repayments and charge renewed borrowings as if they were a first-time borrowing . |
| 10 | In others , it may be thought appropriate to arrange merely a casual introduction to the office for a couple of weeks or so at a nominal remuneration . |
| 11 | It may be thought odd that no large bronze double-axes were found at Knossos or Phaistos , but this is probably because the sites were ransacked in antiquity and plundered of their usable and precious metal objects . |
| 12 | It may be thought disturbing that the two methods give different answers ; however , the real argument against both is clearer when they are applied in a situation where the purchases are of different commodities , e.g. coal ( in tons ) , electricity ( in kilowatt hours ) , matches ( in boxes of 50 ) . |
| 13 | It may be thought unwise to present a young a artist in repertoire as familiar and well-recorded as this , but one only needs to listen to the first minute of track one , the F major Sonata , to realise that Haefliger is in complete command and has something unique to offer , namely youthful energy , dash and charisma . |
| 14 | ( 2 ) If the case is reported in the Law Reports it may be thought sufficient to cite only the Law Reports ; but if it is not in the Law Reports the main ‘ collateral ’ reports should be cited in which the case appears . |
| 15 | Alternatively , it may be considered appropriate to make a series of short recordings in different settings and compare the results . |
| 16 | For example , in many cases it may be considered sufficient to order the parties to file and deliver lists only of the documents they actually possess . |
| 17 | From a policy perspective , it may be considered propitious that the patterns of fertility that impair the health of infants and young children are the same reproductive characteristics that bear in a maleficent sense upon the well-being of mothers . |
| 18 | It may be considered advisable with small units which form a chain of enterprises to expand trading by means of partnership or sole trading so that initial losses made in new units may be offset against profit obtained through trading at established units . |
| 19 | Hence it may be considered desirable for the subsidy not to be made available , and for marginal cost pricing to be replaced by average cost pricing . |
| 20 | In particular , it may be considered desirable to have universal access to basic utilities and essential services . |
| 21 | It may be found useful to a new generation of cooks , professional and amateur . |
| 22 | It may be left blank if desired . |
| 23 | Provided , however , that it is properly grounded , failure to engage with it may be termed irresponsible . |
| 24 | Since he can not conceive of a situation where the financial accounts would be determined by the budgetary information , he suggests that users ' needs can be developed in financial accounting terms and then , if budgetary information is required , it should be made consistent with the financial accounts . |
| 25 | On encouraging capital flows it reads : ‘ By lifting the barriers [ facing ] the co-operation of economic entities and the citizens it should be made possible to utilize the individual savings for community purposes and to open wider and safer possibilities for the citizen ’ ventures . ’ |
| 26 | He believed that induced abortion was an outrage against women 's health when performed in inadequate conditions ' but he did not believe that it should be made legal . |
| 27 | It should be made legal ? |
| 28 | So far as compulsory sheep dipping is concerned , er , there are a number of counties that have put the view that erm , it should be made compulsory again . |
| 29 | Defence counsel 's application for the judge to inspect the sister 's first statement under section 17 of the Evidence Act to determine whether or not it should be made available to the defence was refused . |
| 30 | The problem for the teacher is how and in what contexts it should be made explicit to pupils . |