Example sentences of "be [subord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sounded as enthusiastic as I might have been if talking about paving stones in Manchester . |
| 2 | 13.3.2 by or to the Tenant may be given or made by or to the Tenant 's solicitors on behalf of the Tenant The only point to make is to ensure that any notices to be served on the tenant will be certain to be received , which they may not be if served at the premises . |
| 3 | I have made the reflected objects darker , just as they would be if seen in real life . |
| 4 | The techniques prohibited might include deliberate manipulation of earthquakes , tsunamis , changes in weather patterns , and changes in the state of the ionosphere , It may be presumed that under this convention such changes would be unlawful if achieved by use of nuclear weapons , just as they would be if achieved by any other means . |
| 5 | Think how much worse that order would be if administered by the Norths and Castlereaghs of tomorrow ! ’ |
| 6 | The client must consent in writing to his money being placed in such an account after a proper opportunity to consider that information ; ( 8 ) If the firm has any ground ( other than the absence of an acknowledgement as described above ) for believing that client money held in a particular bank account outside the UK will not be protected as effectively as it would be if held in a free money bank account in the UK ; ( 9 ) If the firm proposes not to pay interest on client money in accordance with the client money regulations . |
| 7 | The certificate must be signed by the transferor ( which it will be if included in the conveyance/transfer ) or by his solicitors or duly authorised agent . |
| 8 | Sizes are imprecise , as one might suppose any material would be if drawn through a hole with a cutting edge ! |
| 9 | Whether we could look at our contract and see if this could be because mentioned about grass on the pavements , not only is it the machine that 's doing that , but there 's a danger to young children from the machines they 're using and elderly people with pavements being very very slippery once they 're doing the grass if it 's raining . |
| 10 | Should not the entropy change for the reaction therefore be positive-as required by the second law of thermodynamics ? |
| 11 | The main concern of the purchaser will be whether to rely on the sale and purchase contract as constituting the assignment between the purchaser and the vendor or whether to issue notices of assignment to each party to the contracts after completion and so achieve a statutory assignment rather than an equitable assignment . |
| 12 | It will be similarly adjusted every year in the future in accordance with Endorsement BE as printed in your policy document . |
| 13 | Coupled with revised HLCA payments , the system would be as given in Table 14 . |
| 14 | She wo n't be as damaged by you dashing her dream as you could be by continuing with something that makes you ill . |
| 15 | How can it be consistent — perhaps the Prime Minister will answer the question now , since he did not answer the Leader of the Opposition — for the Prime Minister 's policy to be as expressed in the statement but for that policy to be opposed to a comprehensive test ban treaty ? |
| 16 | He can not be as dominating in the air as a 6ft.4in goalkeeper . |
| 17 | It is estate duty that is payable in connection with his death under Section 2 ( 1 ) ( b ) ( i ) of the Finance Act , 1894 , and the consequences will be as stated at paragraph 1 ( iv ) above . |
| 18 | 4.1.4 The technical responsibilities of the Parties shall be as stated in Section F of the Proposal and amendments thereto as appropriate . |
| 19 | The reasons for waiting list length are complex , and may be as related to shortages of aftercare facilities and ancillary staff as to the availability of surgical facilities . |
| 20 | Example V ( a ) Non-defective matrix — let A be as defined in ( 1.21.1 ) . |
| 21 | He argues that creativity in advertising can not be as divorced from selling as it is in these awards . |
| 22 | The goods should be as described by the retailer |
| 23 | Otherwise the result can be as described by the Head of BBC religious broadcasting ; in summarising the impressions gained by his producers of broadcast services , he quotes examples of choirs and music directors ‘ for whom worship was an excuse to parade their skills ’ . |
| 24 | The goods should be as described by the retailer |
| 25 | If the rate remains at the current rate of 25% ( which is currently equal to the basic rate of Income Tax ) the benefit will be as outlined in the Introduction . |
| 26 | Daily turnover rates are expected to be as follows in Year 1 : |
| 27 | The problem for the draftsman of a partnership agreement who specifies the initial ratio and provides that in future years it shall be as agreed between the partners at the beginning or end of each year is that the equal sharing required under the Partnership Act in default of agreement will always benefit at least one of the partners . |
| 28 | Such alliances tend to be as fleeting as the chance encounters and re-encounters of fictional characters in Anthony Powell 's A Dance to the Music of Time ( 1951–75 ) ; and the conversation of young friends , as potent in all likelihood as any literary influence there is , is largely beyond the reach of the historian , even the contemporary historian , except as guesswork . |
| 29 | The four outcomes that can result are taken to be as labelled in the Box ( over page ) . |
| 30 | It seemed unlikely that he could be as devastated by the death of a single patient as Julia had made out in her letters , but then she had never really understood him . |