Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overcoming the legacy of chronically low-trust industrial relations is necessarily a slow process , though it may be accelerated by the localization of aspects of industrial bargaining through the 1985 agreement . |
| 2 | Later still , it may be dissociated from this role and used for general storage , in which case its previous specific symbolic role is ignored , and it is no longer of consequence whether its ritual status accords with that of its contents ( Miller 1985 : 172–83 ) . |
| 3 | It may be achieved through complex processes of individualization in effort-related bonus systems . |
| 4 | However there were indications yesterday that it may be limited to proposals as to how the two would cooperate if they were ordered to combine their efforts by the NATO European Fighter Management Agency , which is responsible for purchasing the system . |
| 5 | However there were indications yesterday that it may be limited to proposals as to how the two would cooperate if they were ordered to combine their efforts by the NATO European Fighter Management Agency , which is responsible for purchasing the system . |
| 6 | Thus even in a situation where Creole is permitted , none may in fact be spoken — or if it is , it may be limited to ritualised tokens such as the tags man , guy and star , which , though they lie within the boundaries of the folk concept " Patois " are best seen as part of the language of black-influenced youth culture . |
| 7 | It may be limited by shares or by guarantee , or it may be unlimited . |
| 8 | Alternatively , it may be created on the LIFESPAN RDBI installation account by using the following SQL command : |
| 9 | It may be communicated to the court in the following ways : ( a ) Oral testimony Witnesses may be called to give oral evidence to the court . |
| 10 | Firstly , legal aid is not available for libel , but it may be granted for malicious falsehood . |
| 11 | A fixed date summons , originating application , petition or appeal should be served not less than twenty-one clear days before the return day , but on the plaintiff satisfying the district judge by affidavit that a defendant is about to remove , it may be served at any time before the return day ( Ord 7 , r 10(5) , Ord 3 , rr 4 – 6 ) . |
| 12 | If the party obliged to make a payment as the result of an expert 's decision does not do so , he may , if he is an individual , be served with a statutory demand under s268 of the Insolvency Act 1986 ; or , if the defaulting party is a company , it may be served with a written demand under s123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 . |
| 13 | Where personal service of a document is required , it may be served by a court bailiff , or if the person to be served attends and is present at court , or in the court office , by any other officer of the court . |
| 14 | It may be concluded from this that prey size can be used as no more than an approximation to predator type , and size spectra are certainly not predator-specific . |
| 15 | The law permits detention of pupils by teachers ; provided it is not excessive or unreasonable , in accordance with the test laid down in R v Hopley ( 1860 ) ( above ) , it may be imposed without risk of liability for false imprisonment being incurred . |
| 16 | Delinquency , according to this view , is not an expression or contrivance of a particular kind of personality ; it may be imposed upon any kind of personality if circumstances favour intimate association with delinquent models . |
| 17 | In short , we should call the offence reckless driving , but the occurrence of death , even though it may be regarded as bad luck , should aggravate the sentence . |
| 18 | In addition to rule-making , thereby reducing the degree of uncertainty confronting workers and management , it can also be a vehicle for resolving disputes , a power relationship and , where it takes place at enterprise or plant level , it may be regarded as a form of participation for workers or their representatives ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 19 | Bulgaria was an autonomous though tributary principality under the suzerainty of the sultan ; it may be regarded as an independent state although a weak one . |
| 20 | It may be regarded as a set of techniques , rather than a theoretically predetermined system for the writing of linguistic ‘ rules ’ . |
| 21 | There is nothing improper in this process ; it may be regarded as a natural part of political negotiation in a pluralist society . |
| 22 | Although some form of IV estimator seems required , prior to 1987 Q3 the best instrument is the actual variable itself ( since it may be regarded as an exogenous variable ) . |
| 23 | Similarly , the notion of social development through increasing differentiation and individuation has had a considerable place in later sociological theories , although its political implications have been judged in diverse ways ; from one aspect social differentiation may be seen as creating a mutual dependence of individuals and groups which is a fundamental element in a stable democratic system , while from another aspect ( as in Durkheim 's theory ) it may be regarded as a danger to the political order if it leads to excessive individualism , and then needs to be checked by a moral consensus embodied in the state . |
| 24 | It may be regarded as an infrastructure element for the movement of information , in the same way as roads and railways control and permit the movement of people and goods . |
| 25 | In so far as it explained his personal ideology to the French people , it may be regarded as the first speech of de Gaulle the politician , as opposed to de Gaulle the symbol . |
| 26 | If screening procedures and subsequent medical investigations show the presence of significant visual handicap , it may be decided by the ophthalmologist that the child should be registered as blind or partially sighted . |
| 27 | It may be run at other time during the working day on specific instruction . |
| 28 | It may be run by Englishmen , but P&W seems set to remain a Scottish success story . |
| 29 | It may be supported by the behaviour of a child sensitive to the parent 's feelings . |
| 30 | In this context knowledge can be understood as the presuppositions shared by members of a social group and as the meanings through which their action and experience are mediated — as a whole it may be recognized as the perspective of the social group . |