Example sentences of "[be] and [modal v] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the humidity , below freezing temperatures feel colder than they are and can have the harmful effect of biting deep into the vine and this can be fatal if the sap has started to rise . |
| 2 | ‘ We are and will remain the only party capable of offering an alternative government , ’ said Mr Kinnock . |
| 3 | Conscious manipulation of tears is very rare , although most women acknowledged how powerful tears can be and could remember the odd occasion on which they had been used as a weapon when all else failed . |
| 4 | In a more positive way , by raising public expectations , social services may , for better or for worse , reinforce the general belief that economic growth is and must remain the paramount objective of any government . |
| 5 | The only real meter of sexuality and its changing ways is and must remain the actual extent of the increase in sexual relationships and their intensity , and the degree to which people as a whole are more tolerant of such relationships under varying circumstances . |
| 6 | Indecency in public displays is and should remain a separate if lesser offence . |
| 7 | Energy conservation is and should remain the fifth fuel . |
| 8 | The answer is that managerial hierarchy is and will remain the only way to structure unified working systems with hundreds , thousands or tens of thousands of employees , for the very good reason that managerial hierarchy is the expression of two fundamental characteristics of real work . |
| 9 | Derry was , is and will become a great European city . ’ |
| 10 | The majority view was that Britain was and would remain a great power , giving the world leadership based on her experience over the centuries rather than on the depth of her pocket . |