Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The context of speech-making and the techniques and conventions that have been developed ensure that many sides of a case are put at the same time as maintaining the proprieties due to different statuses . |
| 2 | They are intended to ensure that increased levels of interaction amongst Network members do not result in friction or embarrassment amongst Network members or the extensive use of other Network members ' resources on an unprofitable basis . |
| 3 | Detailed regulations are in place which are designed to ensure that all employees give the highest priority to the health and safety of themselves , and those around them . |
| 4 | Erm authorities are expected to show that environmental concerns have been comprehensively and consistently taken into adv erm account in their plans . |
| 5 | He thought , not for the first time , that a system which required ministers to run their departments , fulfil their parliamentary responsibilities , and spend the weekend listening to the grievances of their constituents , might have been designed to ensure that major decisions were made by men and women tired to the point of exhaustion . |
| 6 | The security source added : ‘ Customs are checking to see if these men are in fact registered for VAT . ’ |
| 7 | I AM writing to ask if any readers have business cards — not necessarily their own — which they are prepared to donate to my collection with the hope that , one day , it may be large enough to gain some form of record . |
| 8 | We are seeking to develop and Advanced Courses structure which is more flexible and responsive and which contributes to major objectives of wider access , credit transfer and articulation . |
| 9 | Initially , the main aim of this research was to demonstrate the inaccuracy of Chomsky 's characterization of the input as " random and degenerate " but , more recently , attempts have been made to show that particular features of this register actually facilitate the learner 's task . |
| 10 | The inverted commas are used to emphasize that such statements contain estimates and personal decisions that are sometimes arbitrary and refer to specific accounting periods which may not be representative of the operational situation . |
| 11 | The inverted commas are used to emphasize that such statements contain estimates and personal decisions that are sometimes arbitrary and refer to specific accounting periods which may not be representative of the operational situation . |
| 12 | If companies are going to prosper when economic conditions improve , how should these information needs be satisfied ? |
| 13 | It is only now that men and women are beginning to realize that representative institutions are not necessarily guardians of freedom but can themselves become engines of tyranny . |
| 14 | It says Ralph and Denise are only too aware there can be no substitute for James but are beginning to hope that better times could just be coming . |
| 15 | But doubts are bound to linger and further clarifications are required to dispel them . |
| 16 | ‘ Every time we meet we are having to recognise that evil men are cutting down people from our community . ’ |
| 17 | Many students of social behaviour are coming to agree that both methods must be employed together . |
| 18 | I would be fascinated to know if these yards of generally disagreeable reviews will in fact sell copies . |
| 19 | She could no doubt be taught to sew or clean things . |
| 20 | There are obvious limits to the extra work that families can be expected to absorb and these limits may already have been reached . |
| 21 | In these examples descriptions of exchange and the crossing of frontiers illustrate the move from one discursive domain to another , showing how such actions can be made to function as textual manoeuvres and figure the metaphoric strategies of the imagination . |
| 22 | Adjustments may then be made to ensure that both tips are at the same height above the same point without the model being moved ( Fig.4.3 ) . |
| 23 | Either attempts can be made to ensure that corporate managers behave as profit-maximizers by making them responsive once again to the market ; or , alternatively , new life can be breathed into the legal model of the company so that managers are once again forced to act in the interests of the shareholders . |
| 24 | Work therefore needs to be done to ensure that administrative records are retained sensibly , since it would be impossible to preserve every piece of information for ever . |
| 25 | As D. S. Landes has pointed out , whereas the public clock could be used to open and close markets , to signal the start and end of work and to move people around , it signalled only moments rather than the continual passage of time . |
| 26 | Social ties might be beginning to weaken but ancient attitudes and expectations could still — just — be relied upon . |
| 27 | Ways must be found to ensure that all professionals involved in child abuse work are fully informed about the local arrangements for interprofessional co-operation , and are regularly kept up to date with new developments . |
| 28 | In any event , the vendor will be asked to warrant that all documents and responses supplied are true and accurate . |
| 29 | He wants ITN to continue to gather the news , but for individual companies to be left to edit and present programmes , giving ITN bulletins a local dimension . |
| 30 | Responsibility would be passed to state and local governments for the spending of their share of federal transportation funds on priorities of their choice , either on highways or public transport , and they would be required to raise substantial sums to meet the full development costs . |