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

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1 First , by continual introduction of trees , shrubs , flowers and vegetables a gardener achieves what may be called contrived plant diversity , far higher than the area would support naturally , and rivalling even that of tropical rainforest .
2 ‘ while the relation of a husband to his wife is not one of influence , and no presumption exists of undue influence , it has never been divested completely of what may be called equitable presumptions of an invalidating tendency .
3 Although supplementary facts should not , in general , be added to a problem , the case is different with what may be called omitted facts .
4 In much of our reflection on this question , we shall also be dealing with a third , which will be as important , that of the nature of certain other necessary or nomic connections , which hold between what may be called nomic correlates .
5 In the Mesozoic , stratigraphical subdivision has reached its greatest precision and it should be possible to construct what may be called isotachic maps ( Greek : isos = same tachos = speed ) .
6 He stated the position at p617 as follows : There is no question here of what may be called sentimental damage bereavement or pain and suffering .
7 Next I proceed to what may be called conservative Christologies , Christologies in which the maleness of Christ is said to be of the very essence of Christology .
8 First , in what may be termed classic jurisdictional fact cases such as ‘ if a furnished tenancy , or resources , etc. , exist , you may … ’ the courts well presume that the term , if it is classified as a jurisdictional fact , has a meaning which will be determined by the judiciary and not by the public body .
9 This may in part be explained by one half of the reciprocity taking the form of labour services and trade in consumables ; a large proportion of the goods which may be considered of high value by reason of the distance over which the raw materials had been transported , and their resulting rarity , may have been given for services , gifts or payments for work , what may be termed institutional exchange .
10 First , there are what may be termed contractual techniques which are arrived at by agreement between the parties .
11 What may be thought surprising is the absence of Celtic deities which are so well represented in stone sculpture and reliefs , especially in the west .
12 By 1971 there had been a further reduction in this proportion , so that only 4.3 per cent of the population lived beyond what may be considered practical limits for commuting to metropolitan labour market centres .
13 If we move from the material world of technology and physical experience to the metaphysical world of moral ideas and the imagination we find that there is enormous discrepancy about what may be considered abnormal in different circumstances , but attitudes to the abnormal are always ambivalent .
14 The connection of inherent resources , often deepened by what may be shared rhythmic and perceptual qualities in our species , offers at least some degree of relatively unmediated access .
15 But Coun Paul Harford , leader of the county council , said : ‘ What must be made clear to Mr Robb is that the five local authorities in Cleveland the county council , Hartlepool , Middlesbrough , Langbaurgh and Stockton have jointly commissioned the Institute of Local Government Studies to investigate the best options for local government structures within Cleveland for the future .
16 She had to get out before he saw what must be written large on her face .
17 That is , how to give a child a knowledge of what has been accepted as right and what has been accepted as wrong , or , in other words , of good and evil ; and further , how this can be so well rooted in their minds that it produces in them an inclination to act automatically in accordance with what must be designated civilised behaviour .
18 The problem for the State is , that while the family sent a letter in 1942 declaring its intention to reach an agreement over what should be considered inalienable heirlooms and therefore assured a permanence in the family 's headquarters of Schloss St Emmeram in Regensburg , this agreement was never actually realised .
19 When we look at the open countryside it does n't really to my mind say a great deal about er what is what should be considered acceptable .
20 Some pattern of what might be done needed to be worked out , and after a great deal of discussion and searching for funds , we transferred one of the men 's teacher training classes from Kemmendine to a Delta village .
21 Most of these demonstrators appeared to be intellectual , or at least what might be called middle class .
22 The force within can also be manipulated through … Dieting , in which you are discouraged from eating meat because it provokes unhelpful vibrations and produces what might be called static interference in meditation .
23 An alternative to the expulsion procedure exists in what might be called compulsory retirement ( Clause 18.03 ) .
24 The problem is to distinguish this type of rejection of psychoanalytic propositions — the result of the feelings aroused in people by uncomfortable material — from what might be called genuine objections of a kind which are reasoned and scientific .
25 At the same time the Island women showed greater signs of what might be called normal anxiety .
26 Scott Cunningham has developed the practice of magical aromatherapy , where he uses these natural aromas for effects such as stimulation of the mind , protection , purification and psychic awareness , thereby attaining what might be called magical states of consciousness .
27 Although nowadays a certain amount of mechanical testing is done for what might be called academic reasons , by far the most of it is done for strictly practical ends and in fact a thorough knowledge of the actual strength of its materials is , like drains and income tax , one of the things which no advanced civilization can do without .
28 Implicit agreements or what might be called self-imposed regulation ( as in the Building Society sector and the Stock Exchange in the past ) have tended to be eroded by competition or the need to compete .
29 So tomorrow would have to do , and the obvious move now was to see Mrs McDougall myself and get what might be called hard evidence from her .
30 The mood is one of what might be called creative compliance rather than avoidance as such .
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