Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [adv] be [verb] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 These queries may either be issued using the Structured relational database Query Language ( SQL ) or one of the proprietary report writers provided with the selected relational database .
2 Text may also be set centred to the page leaving a ragged edge on both the left and the right .
3 Decisions of the court upon the meanings of phrases used in Acts of Parliament may come , in the course of time , to give them the quality of terms of art which Parliament may well be assumed to have intended them to bring with them when used in subsequent legislation .
4 Since clerics had been essentially servants of the Crown rather than of the Church , the change may not be thought to have made much difference .
5 This geological technique may also be used to estimate the flux of neutrinos from the Sun during the Earth 's history .
6 This misleading term tends to conceal the fact that dolphins are intentionally located , chased , harassed and encircled with a fishing net , from which attempts may not be made to release them .
7 Assessment may also be used to motivate pupils by providing a target to aim for and a reward for passing in the form of accreditation .
8 Well , I , I think it 's a sound idea , I think it 's sad at a time of local government reorganization when we 're likely to see authorities getting smaller , and yet the , the issues wo n't get any smaller , and the new authorities may well be having to look at ways of getting together with their neighbours to look at strategies which cover areas of the sort of size of the old county areas , and also getting together to , to , to meet , erm , organizations which will still on county-size boundaries , like Techs , and , and similar .
9 The Region recognises the importance of developing management structures and systems to support general SVQs , and TVEI funding may also be used to enable centres to free up staff time for planning , monitoring , and evaluating the introduction of general SVQs .
10 In corners of rural Scotland the lord lieutenant may only be required to turn out four or five times a year , but in densely populated industrial areas like the West Midlands , Charles Ian Finch-Knightley , the eleventh Earl of Aylesford , may be performing several times a month .
11 More frequent disinfection may also be required to overcome the effects of inherent bad practice .
12 The drafter may sometimes be tempted to leave something deliberately vague in order to mask its meaning , perhaps to avoid frightening a potential contract partner .
13 However forward-thinking the penologists , criminologists and bureaucrats in government departments may be , their views should not be allowed to prevail so as to impose a sentencing regime which is incomprehensible or unacceptable to right-thinking people generally .
14 The basis for selection of materials varies between mainly content based criteria ( e.g. what scientific knowledge and ways of thinking are most appropriate to the present and subsequent experience of the child ) , and mainly process based criteria ( e.g. what thought processes are necessary for a primary child to develop and what knowledge and experience must therefore be selected to form a content from which this development can best be effected ) .
15 Concern about sea-level rise must not be allowed to divert attention from other problems caused by the increase of coastal populations .
16 It may also lead the population at large to believe that , as there is no real chance , money should not be wasted to counteract genetic limitations .
17 Local large employers could also be encouraged to establish departments providing work experience for people with long-term disabilities , provided they received financial incentives in the form of capital grants and revenue support : employers should not be expected to provide charitable funds or investment , although they can provide an atmosphere of tolerance , access for sheltered workers to the benefits which other employees enjoy ( such as sports and canteen facilities ) , and a willingness to consider these supported workers for more general employment if they make good progress .
18 Perhaps it was better that we did not meet ; the coin should n't be allowed to see its other side .
19 The Queen who gave it to Andy and Fergie as a wedding present has made it clear to her advisors that the Duchess should not be forced to leave , as long as the she adheres to her agreement not to talk about the marriage break up .
20 That 's why I thought it was wrong that er British Rail should not be allowed to bid , and I think that the Government 's compromise is a very sensible one .
21 The notion that ideas come only from the professional specialists in the field must not be allowed to obtrude , nor the traditional ‘ we tried that and it did n't work ’ story .
22 The notion that ideas come only from the professional specialists in the field must not be allowed to obtrude , nor the traditional ‘ we tried that and it did n't work ’ story .
23 That taxes should now be used to reduce inequality is , however , clearly outside the realm of comfortable thought .
24 With this in mind it is for consideration whether such forms should not be redesigned to separate the disclaimer of liability on the part of the hospital from what really matters , namely the declaration by the patient of his decision with a full appreciation of the possible consequences , the latter being expressed in the simplest possible terms and emphasised by a different and larger type face , by underlining , the employment of coloured print or otherwise .
25 The meaning of a sentence should not be allowed to depend on punctuation .
26 The X-25 link should also be used to connect the specialist gardens with BG-BASE and other systems , although all will need faster PCs with additional memory and higher speed modems to use X-25 efficiently .
27 This link should also be used to connect to JANET , Internet , and other international Wide Area Networks ( WAN ) .
28 Local education authorities should not be allowed to evade their responsibility to implement a full policy for the promotion of community languages .
29 The second accepts as normative American practice , with which foreign judicial authorities must not be allowed to interfere .
30 Steadily , then , over the two years or so following Herr Bremann 's death , his lordship , together with Sir David Cardinal , who became his closest ally during that time , succeeded in gathering together a broad alliance of figures who shared the conviction that the situation in Germany should not be allowed to persist .
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