Example sentences of "[adj] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm yes , thank you Chairman , erm I present a petition on behalf of the er people of the village of Bradstone er concerned about the dangerous alignment of the highway and ask that this be referred to the environment committee . |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia conversely insisted that this be fulfilled before any further meeting . |
| 3 | It was essential that this be done , since the pattern reflected the realities of political life , which combined the ceremonious role of the monarch in the Great Hall , personal contact with the general run of visitors in the Presence Chamber , and the conduct of confidential business in the Privy Chamber and the Bedchamber . |
| 4 | In abolishing the marital rape exemption , Parliament could presumably seek an undertaking that this be done from the Attorney General who has general superintendence over the discharge of the Director 's functions . |
| 5 | After discussion it was proposed by Mr Ken Lucas , seconded by Mr G. Cattle and carried that this be accepted and that Mr Roberts be made Vice President of the Society . |
| 6 | If this be conceded , the next question is … what ? |
| 7 | Lest this be seen as potentially threatening , it is important for the mother church to see this as her own growth . |
| 8 | Bush said on Nov. 30 that he was prepared to go " the extra mile for peace " , proposing that Iraq 's Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz should visit Washington for talks with him in mid-December and that this be followed by Baker visiting Baghdad . |
| 9 | If this be thought to be disingenuously restrictive , an attempt to define away the opposition , then consider the alternative . |
| 10 | More important , lest this be thought a linguistic quibble , without them a system of government lacks the legitimacy a constitution gives and a political system the protection it offers . |
| 11 | Client purchasers require that this be translated back into everyday discourse . |
| 12 | I understand that an essential site survey has not yet been undertaken , and would ask that this be set in hand immediately . |
| 13 | The purpose and remit of the panel should , therefore , be made explicit to colleges and it was recommended that this be addressed by colleges and the Council as part of staff development . |
| 14 | If this work is bring done by the government or by outside agencies , it is arguable that the Commons should know what information has been collected and , if no work is being done , members should be in a position to insist that this be remedied . |
| 15 | On the Master of the Roll 's reasoning it would appear to me as if nothing can preserve the true character and origin and parentage of the income paid to the beneficiaries through their bankers unless that be done by lodging with those bankers the dividends , share warrants and the like received by the trustees but not cashed . |
| 16 | Indeed , the casual indifference of this earlier document makes it quite clear what the English were after ; France , as the later memorandum said , must not make Scotland a ‘ footstool ’ to look over England , and whether that be resolved , as the memorial of the 8th put it , by Mary 's heir Châtelherault or by her bastard half-brother lord James , should he have designs on the crown , really did not matter . |
| 17 | The Reviewing Committee has recommended that a further £15–20 million be made available to buy works of art threatened with export for the nation . |