Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It says that life-support equipment could be withdrawn from some terminally-ill people . |
| 2 | She wrote a memorial to his brother George , now Prince Regent , Nelson 's friend , reminding him of the codicil which the national hero had made to his will leaving her and Horatia to the nation , and asking for it to be recognized in some tangible form . |
| 3 | The deeper down a tunnel goes the more dangerous it is and the more likely it is to be inhabited by some terrible monster . |
| 4 | He saw Olga Stych go off to church an hour early and deduced that she must be helping with some small church chore before the service . |
| 5 | it seems to me that often , especially with this committee er start at half ten we get to about half twelve and everyone starts shuffling and think of their lunch and often not so much recently , but in , in , in , over the last five years there have been issues I think it almost left you on because it was so close to lunch , er and people did n't then want to have to break for an hour , hour and a half and then come back , whereas if you start at two fifteen erm I think it 's easier to go on till half four , five seems to be to go to this psychological one o'clock barrier , seems to er upset people greatly agitation and er their argument is th th that er that in the afternoon |
| 6 | In addition to , I shall arrange for a review to be undertaken of all discretionary life sentence cases with a first formal review date of January 1988 or later . |
| 7 | Stylometric studies may be undertaken for many different reasons . |
| 8 | Clearly this might not be a task that can be undertaken with any great degree of precision . |
| 9 | The MEI schedule is therefore the investment demand schedule , telling us the level of investment that will be undertaken at any given rate of interest . |
| 10 | In reality , the unhappy experiences of United Motors at its Dublin plant had effectively ensured that no major future expansion would be undertaken in that enigmatic country for many years . |
| 11 | The local authority increase in manpower , particularly ancillary and health workers , could largely be explained by such statutory obligations . |
| 12 | The extent that such voluntary information disclosures can be explained by these specific company characteristics will then be explored . |
| 13 | The non-existence of such dealings can not however be conclusive because their absence may be explained by some extraneous consideration , for example , lack of occasion , the attitude of the regime to human rights , its relationship to another state . |
| 14 | In 66 cases there was a statistically significant effect which could not be explained by any other means . |
| 15 | The enhanced changes observed in this study in posterior wall biopsy specimens compared with those from the anterior wall can not be explained by any clinical factor . |
| 16 | It must therefore be recognised that the greatest protagonist of deregulation are largely acting out of self-interest , and that they themselves demonstrate remarkable inconsistency and reversals in their arguments — depending on which area of that self interest they may be pursuing at any particular moment . |
| 17 | I believe that the paradoxes of the mind-body relationship can be traced to this logical structure and their solution to be found in the light of this interpretation . |
| 18 | The origin and symbolic meaning of some individual motifs and designs are well documented , but the majority can not be traced to any undisputed source , and a number of conflicting mythologies have grown up around them . |
| 19 | Only those ideas which can be traced through many different formulations on depression in the seventy years since Freud 's book was published are touched upon here . |
| 20 | Paragraph 29/10/1(f) of the 1993 White Book recommends that the affidavit should explain why the plaintiff needs an interim payment and details should be given of any special needs and hardship . |
| 21 | This theory requires an account to be given of this central distinction . |
| 22 | We have no record of Gillray defending himself in this way against charges of inconsistency , but an example can be given of another public figure of those times . |
| 23 | Identical powers may be given to any other named individual including a social worker although it is likely that police support will be most commonly enlisted . |
| 24 | Probably the first piece of advice that could be given to any new practitioner is that whilst a friend may be a client , a client should never become a friend , for an easy transition from a client to a friend can often lead to serious problems and difficulties . |
| 25 | So special attention should be given to any unusual contract terms you may be called upon to agree to in case these make the contract illegal . |
| 26 | It is convenient to refer at this point to section 83 of the Act , which makes provision for an indemnity to be given to those suffering loss by reason of the rectification of the register and , in certain circumstances , to those suffering loss where rectification is refused . |
| 27 | Dreams of Hollywood stardom — which would come : of more great roles on the stage — which would come : of more glorious drunken evenings in great company — which would come , and women and money and fame — all would be given to this pockmarked child of a miner from Welsh-speaking Wales , born with ‘ the devil in him ’ as Emlyn Williams 's tutelary genius Sarah Grace Cooke observed . |
| 28 | Wealthy ladies , doing a little charitable slumming , as well as a few shopkeepers ' wives , bought the pretty baby clothes , and the doll she had dressed went for a fabulous price , to be given to some little girl more fortunate than those for whom the money was being raised . |
| 29 | This information may be summarised and need not be given for each individual instrument . |
| 30 | If it does so the provisions of section 80A apply instead of those in subsections ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) of section 80 and the authority can be given for any fixed period or indefinitely though it can be revoked at any time . |