Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] [modal v] be [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voltage applied to each phase circuit is a d.c. supply which can be switched on or off in the positive or negative sense . |
| 2 | And if the base of the wall could not be penetrated , movable towers were built which could be wheeled up to attack the wall from without ; in the longer sieges , such as that of Antioch during the First Crusade , fixed towers were erected over against the walls to harry the defenders and enable a watch to be kept on them . |
| 3 | Certainly this is a month of trials and tribulations but I suspect what will be rooted up , thrashed out and spat out will do us all a favour in the end . |
| 4 | The letter did not indicate what would be blown up or where the blast would be staged , one of the defence lawyers , Austin Campriello , said . |
| 5 | The Protec filters which can be built up by modules , feature brushes , foam cartridges and flocor . |
| 6 | This showed how very different everything was from the situation that had developed in England over the course of centuries , and colonial developments always gave Englishmen the idea that they were moving into empty land and seeing what could be made out of it . |
| 7 | The clearance procedure involves a review of the circumstances to confirm our competence to act which should be carried out by two independent MAS partners plus a senior partner the names of whom are available from CFSU . |
| 8 | This is the only type of stretching which should be carried out before exercise when the muscles are cold . |
| 9 | A vertical window covering which can be rolled up on a spring-roller attachment , or drawn up by cords threaded through rings . |
| 10 | He and Philip Burton conducted what could be looked on as some kind of elaborate courtship ritual which would result in his hurtling on to a world stage . |