Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He secured permission from the Home Secretary for Lizzy to be disinterred but , unlike Berlioz , he could not face the grisly spectacle , and delegated the task to his lawyer . |
| 2 | The liquid paints , it was decreed , must first be stabilised and turned into solids . |
| 3 | You can leave a library without a book , but with information obtained from the Reference Section , from which books may not be withdrawn but only consulted . |
| 4 | Measures can be withdrawn but not added . |
| 5 | There was some confusion in court as to whether a private prosecution can be withdrawn once it has been decided that there is a case to answer . |
| 6 | The sequel was the War Powers Act ( 1973 ) under which the President had to inform Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces abroad ; in addition the forces had to be withdrawn unless the action was formally authorized by Congress . |
| 7 | There are a limited number of exceptions that permit the bid to be withdrawn or declared void . |
| 8 | The play may shock audiences ; it may have to be withdrawn or rewritten . |
| 9 | It operated also with regard to lands and rights that had once been given to God or the saints : the gift could never be withdrawn or diminished without sin . |
| 10 | An important feature is that once bonuses are given , they can not later be withdrawn or put at risk due to some speculative investment . |
| 11 | In addition , they control resources which can be withdrawn or redeployed at their discretion , and are of vital importance for workers ' livelihood and the revenue base of state expenditure . |
| 12 | It was suggested that 400 passenger services be withdrawn or modified and 2,000 stations and 5,000 route miles closed to passenger traffic . |
| 13 | In addition , both unemployment benefit and income support , under certain circumstances , can be withdrawn or suspended if claimants fail to comply with the range of new procedures aimed at policing their behaviour ; for instance , if they fail to attend counselling or Restart ( introduced in 1986 ) interviews with Employment Service Officers or turn down ‘ positive offers ’ of help from the Restart menu , such as employment or a training programme . |
| 14 | Where the court is satisfied that the petitioning creditor does not intend to prosecute his petition , either diligently or at all , by asking for it to be withdrawn or adjourned , it can , on the application of any other creditor who has given notice of his intention to appear , give the carriage of the petition to that other creditor ( who need not be owed £750 or more ) ( r 6.31 ) . |
| 15 | The acquirer will want to be sure that grants will not be withdrawn or have to be repaid . |
| 16 | In a statement issued on May 14 the NPA warned that the 40,000 US military personnel currently stationed in the Philippines should be withdrawn or they would " suffer the agony of attrition . " |
| 17 | With the best will in the world many cases have to be withdrawn or discontinued each year . |
| 18 | An appeal can not be withdrawn or the grounds amended without the leave of the court . |
| 19 | It 's whether they will be withdrawn or not . |
| 20 | Mr Clarke said the armed forces would be withdrawn as soon as the unions agreed to provide a normal emergency service . |
| 21 | Some cover may be withdrawn as the insurance company sees it as a greater risk . |
| 22 | Such accommodation is likely to be withdrawn as councils Increasingly sell off property to private developers . |
| 23 | The fact that more than four times as many Soviet warheads were to be withdrawn as American ones gave rise to particular misgivings . |
| 24 | All-in-1 will gradually be withdrawn as it is replaced by cc:Mail . |
| 25 | At the press conference Bush confirmed that the US forces would remain in the Gulf area only as long as they were required , and would be withdrawn as soon as the crisis was resolved . |
| 26 | Books may also be withdrawn if their content becomes out-of-date even though they are still being used . |
| 27 | Another backbencher was told his place on a Foreign Office organised trip would be withdrawn if he defied the Government . |
| 28 | Two local union members , and a district union official employed by the union , threatened BOAC that labour would be withdrawn if R were not removed within three days as required by a resolution passed at a members ’ meeting . |
| 29 | Even if both agreed the issue might not be withdrawn if the tribunal objected . |
| 30 | In the former case there is no express threat of proceedings to be withdrawn if the defendant pays up promptly because he believes himself to be liable . |