Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] some form " in BNC.

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1 Support can be coerced for only so long , after which an acceptable degree of legitimacy must be developed in some form .
2 JH : In your first book ( Musical Thoughts and Afterthoughts of 1976 ) you expressed the view that all modern day performances of the Classical repertoire should be considered as some form of arrangement .
3 While a moving-coil meter does not exhibit any steady deflection when sinusoidal current passes through it and must be preceded by some form of rectifying circuit before it can register such current , other forms of meter exist that respond usefully by themselves to sinusoidal current .
4 On the other hand , as the business axis becomes increasingly successful , downstream and international , there will be a good case for disentangling the commercial business from the national liabilities and there is every reason to think that the business component could be privatised in some form as a coherent entity .
5 In the part in which she was standing was a small table and two chairs and an iron contraption that looked as if it might be used for some form of heating .
6 No decision has been taken yet on the fate of the old station , but it is likely to be used in some form by Essex County Council , possibly by the probation service .
7 ‘ All organic waste could probably be used in some form , ’ said Dr Gates .
8 Although it was a casualty of the timing of the general election , it is likely to be reintroduced in some form in the current parliament by the new Home Secretary , Kenneth Clarke .
9 So too in memory research ; if an animal can not be shown to have learned except by changing its behaviour and this change in behaviour can only be induced by some form of stress or constraint , then the changes in biochemistry that one finds in relation to the learning must include the changes in relation to the stress — including all the types of neuromodulators discussed in the last chapter .
10 With reference to our meeting on March 7th : on the assumption that the Unit 's terms of reference will be agreed in some form broadly consonant with the one you indicated , I have drawn up proposals on the attached annexes under the following headings :
11 the VAT element in the price must be shown in some form or other ;
12 It advised that all 16-year-old school leavers should be provided with some form of ‘ internal leaving certificate ’ containing a ‘ general school record ’ .
13 How can those rebates and discounts be administered without some form of register or list ?
14 Mr Blair took the lead , claiming : ‘ Some young offenders are so out of control and such menaces to society that they are going to have to be put in some form of secure accommodation . ’
15 This brief résumé of methods of allocation omits an important area which is rarely controlled through financial allocation , yet which certainly needs to be subjected to some form of central control .
16 The process of report and interrogation took quite a time , and Rostov began to suspect that if he and the others were to be subjected to some form of tribunal before their fate was decided , then at least it would pass for a fair one .
17 Incidentally , only banks A to F can be accessed without some form of MIDI control , but with sixty possible selections that hardly leaves the user struggling for memory space .
18 Nevertheless , in so far as it addressed the complex issue of home-school relationships in multi-ethnic contexts , it was an important initiative which deserves to be extended in some form .
19 The question is whether this can be achieved without some form of outside aid .
20 It needs to be studied with some form of magnification to be able to appreciate its full beauty .
21 It could be argued , however , that if a PhD really is expected to be in part a contribution to knowledge , then this factor should be built into the system , so that the information gathered in such a costly fashion should be published in some form before completion , as is expected in some other European countries , such as Germany and the Netherlands .
22 It could be argued , however , that if a Ph D really is expected to be in part a contribution to knowledge , then this factor should be built into the system , so that the information gathered in such a costly fashion should be published in some form before completion , as is expected in some other European countries , such as Germany and the Netherlands .
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