Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] be [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , dubious studies achieve publicity or may be attractive for other , perhaps political or novelty , reasons . |
| 2 | As the Law Commission recommended in 1976 , the test should be whether the granting of relief to an applicant who has delayed would cause substantial prejudice or hardship to any person or would be detrimental to good administration . |
| 3 | At the same time we expose local people to new developments that may be beneficial to cultural activities . |
| 4 | Some manufacturers now make thicker condoms that may be better for anal sex , but the very thick varieties are ‘ too thick ’ to pass the British Standard and are therefore not Kitemarked . |
| 5 | As part of a cost-cutting exercise in the year when their franchises are up for grabs , the ITV companies have singled out eight popular shows that may be available to commercial sponsors in the future . |
| 6 | It is not the intention here to go into great detail on the subject of nutrition , but rather to give a simple guide that may be useful to those who want to make sure that the elderly parent in their care is being properly nourished . |
| 7 | Agencies other than the state produce statistics that may be useful for sociological research . |
| 8 | HURRICANE IIA Z2505 , looks set to return to Scotland once aviation archaeologists at Duxford have examined the remains for parts that may be useful in any future rebuilds of the rare fighter type . |
| 9 | It forces the researcher to take seriously questions that may be relevant to other fields of enquiry , but which are not always so sharply focused . |
| 10 | ME sources , however , also contain variation that may be relevant to non-standard varieties and casual styles of speech ; hence , there may be considerable time-depth to these variables also . |
| 11 | A manager can also take the initial foundation course which tackles those issues that may be relevant to any manager , whether inside or outside the CAB . |
| 12 | But Madam Deputy Speaker , these order do n't pay any attention to a number of matters in what I would regard as the public interest and whilst the minister as I say , has quite rightly paid tribute to professional organisations involved in this process , we must never forget that we 're here to represent the public interest and not just er er specific professional interests that may be relevant in each case and indeed in the light of what has happened in this field of enforcement er over the last two years , the minister must be aware that the public are requiring higher standards of commercial probity . |
| 13 | Reference can be made to the CFM for guidance on the terms of engagement that may be appropriate to particular types of engagement in the context of the reports involved . |
| 14 | It is frustrating that so little pottery from settlements has been examined in this manner , although Brisbane ( 1981 ) has proposed a model for various modes of production that may be appropriate for such pottery . |
| 15 | There are three main factors that may be responsible for this behaviour . |
| 16 | All these characters are used in the identification of fossil species , but of course the colour patterns that may be characteristic of living species are not available in the great majority of fossils . |
| 17 | Similarly , a very restricted comparison — perhaps of only two or three cases — permits a more intensive analysis than may be possible with multi-country studies and if the cases are dealt with in a consistent and systematic way minimises ‘ the danger of lapsing into either vacuous description or superficial comparison ’ ( Shalev , 1980a , p. 40 ) . |
| 18 | As we saw , this is the result of the fact that in human beings clearly-focused , specific sexual instincts have undergone a process of diffusion , displacement and generalization and have become associated rather more widely with the body and mind than may be true of other animals in whom these instincts still maintain a narrow and specialized role solely adapted to reproduction . |
| 19 | The first is to use the blackboard approach described above [ Erman , 1975 ] , but this is criticised as having serious implementational problems relating to the format of entries on the blackboard and the control over the resources that should be available to each component . |
| 20 | It is a book that should be available in all synthetic organic chemistry laboratories . |
| 21 | Whereas not all clinics necessarily do a full general examination , it is vital to the doctor to be able to examine the genitalia both externally and internally , because , for reasons that should be clear from preceding chapters , it is impossible to make an accurate diagnosis without such examination . |
| 22 | Erm , I think that it 's a right that should be open to all women . |
| 23 | PETER 'S FRIENDS Kenneth Branagh 's third film confirms the emergence of a major force in the British industry and one that should be active for many years to come . |
| 24 | But the actions that must be consequent on those ideas , Althusser asserts are : |
| 25 | The conditions that must be satisfied for such generalizations to be considered legitimate by the inductivist can be listed thus : |
| 26 | It is therefore essential MPG6 is clear and unambiguous in listing the criteria that must be satisfied before any new extraction should be permitted . |
| 27 | It is therefore essential MPG6 is clear and unambiguous in listing the criteria that must be satisfied before any new extraction should be permitted . |
| 28 | The ‘ User 's Guide to LIFESPAN ABLE ’ provides guidance on how to run ABLE and the conditions that must be satisfied before ABLE will allow modules to be entered into LIFESPAN . |
| 29 | But is there anything that must be true of all life , wherever it is found , and whatever the basis of its chemistry ? |
| 30 | In particular , given the importance attached by Williamson to efficiency , there is no clear treatment of the tradeoffs that might be necessary between short-term and long-term efficiency . |