Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fault scarps will only be formed where a fault breaks the surface ; they can either die out laterally or merge into a monocline ( Fig. 3.33(A) ) . |
| 2 | At Bury St Edmunds the franchise was vested in the thirty-seven members of the corporation , but the complexion of the electorate could only be altered when a vacancy occurred naturally in their ranks . |
| 3 | In addition GDR citizenship would only be lost if a citizen renounced it . |
| 4 | A licence can only be refused when a ground of refusal under 5.17 of the Act is present . |
| 5 | It may be that a product or process is protected by a patent and can only be produced if a firm purchases the patent right or enters a licensing agreement . |
| 6 | Such impracticality could perhaps be measured as a function of word length . |
| 7 | Admitting this , it might nevertheless be claimed that a person 's consenting entails , as a matter of the meaning of ‘ consent ’ , not only that he acted in the way I have described , but that his action has the purported normative consequences . |
| 8 | But because the correspondence between graphological and phonological features is far from precise , it can not be said that a writer has actually represented the speech style of a character . |
| 9 | It could not be said that a peace had been finally made because old habits in Alexandra would not die a final death and made her still reserved , a little wary . |
| 10 | The question to be asked then is , given that women are unlike Jesus of Nazareth in the form of their humanity , may it not be said that a woman baptized into Christ is not differently related than is a man to Jesus as the Christ ? |
| 11 | that it can not be assumed that a paper print out of an electronic record from these systems is the same as the electronic version , on the grounds that the paper version does not bring with it the context that gives the information provenance and credibility . |
| 12 | It had been learnt that progress could not be made if a member state objected strenuously to a particular part of a programme . |
| 13 | The General Commissioners dismissed the taxpayers ' appeal , accepting the Crown 's arguments that there was one practice and that an election under para 21(2) could not be made where a trade was split into two . |
| 14 | In the type of market situation examined here , it can not be justified if a cost-leadership policy based on a belief in the experience curve is pursued . |
| 15 | There is therefore a risk that good items will not be accepted and a risk that bad quality items will be accepted . |
| 16 | There is therefore a risk that good items will not be accepted and a risk that bad quality items will be accepted . |
| 17 | The unique implication of this view is that associability will not be lost when a stimulus is followed by inconsistent consequences . |
| 18 | Third , it must not be overlooked that a doctor is a professional whose training predisposes him to ‘ save ’ lives and treat the sick . |
| 19 | A gamma spectrometer can not be used because a hole about 5 cm in diameter is required for the probe ; it is extremely hard work to drill the 1 cm hole needed for a capsule , and anything larger would be impossible ! |
| 20 | Such a process can not be described as a set of sub-activities connected by unidirectional communications . |
| 21 | Normally this should not be applied to 5 Star Maxplan or 4 Star policies , as this cover should not be provided where a business is run from the same building and the public have access . |
| 22 | Thus it can not be expected that a consideration of the species present in an assemblage will identify the predator responsible for bringing it together even for large sample sizes ( Mason & Macdonald , 1980 ) . |
| 23 | He also said that part of the deal would be that the IAAF would not be informed that a doping offence had taken place which , given that the athletes were suspended by the IAAF , suggested that Mr Emig was not fully conversant with international regulations . |
| 24 | Strictly speaking , it can not be shown that a behaviour pattern develops independently of experience ; only specific , identified factors may be ruled out . |
| 25 | However , it should not be thought that a methodology can be devised to raise ali implicit themes to the level of explicitness , or that only the explicit aspects have attitudinal reality . |
| 26 | Mr McFarlane said a ‘ temporary ’ jetty , built to allow large pieces of plant to be delivered to the site , would not be dismantled before a decision was made on the C station . |
| 27 | It is clear that many Opposition Members , and possibly some Conservative Members , have received letters telling us that claims could not be paid because a bill board had been placed in the social security office . |
| 28 | Discussion will usually be allowed before a motion is proposed , although the formal ruling is the safest course for the Chairman to adopt . |
| 29 | There must be evidence adduced from which a conclusion can properly and genuinely be drawn that a contract existed and that the place of performance was the country in which the action was brought . |
| 30 | Although the client 's permission will always be sought before a trainee sits in , many clients may feel unable to refuse , even though they are certain that they will be uncomfortable with a third party present . |