Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] be [vb pp] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their proposals have led the Hungarian Trade Minister , Peter Akos Bod , to draw uncomfortable parallels between the Community which his country may eventually be allowed to join and the Comecon which it recently left . |
| 2 | The use of this Hall by staff for extra-curricular activities is incongruous , and should only be permitted to continue if there is no conflict with an exhibition programme . |
| 3 | Servicemen must not be asked to fight and risk their lives equipped with inferior weapons ; and yet , they will have too few weapons if the costs are too high . |
| 4 | He must not be allowed to think that staying in bed would solve the physical problems of his hemiplegia , as the opposite would certainly happen : he would become lazy , weak , and his spasticity would become more entrenched and pronounced . |
| 5 | The name must not be taken to imply that the elector has only one alternative : he is at liberty to express as many preferences as there are candidates . |
| 6 | This must not be taken to imply that Edward Crumwallis was unfit for his position . |
| 7 | This statement must not be taken to mean that exposed beaches have gentler profiles than protected beaches , because the energy available may itself affect the calibre of sediment present so that a complex relationship exists . |
| 8 | This critique should not be understood to imply that experimental referential communication research is wasted effort . |
| 9 | Of course the church should not be exposed to gossip and contumely . |
| 10 | One of the most frightening aspects of all intelligence agencies is the manner in which they create a totally false brand of patriotism in order to further a particular cause on the spurious grounds that only they understand what needs to be done and should not be asked to account or explain for any of their actions which must remain secret for all time . |
| 11 | Note that in practice Silver and Knitmaster chunky and double knit machines should NOT be set to tuck while knitting with the ribber . |
| 12 | However , its efficiency advantages in these circumstances should not be used to infer that it is a panacea of organizational design . |
| 13 | Identifying the typifications of abnormality used by Easton 's section police in this way should not be taken to suggest that there is universal agreement on the abnormality of each specific incident . |
| 14 | However , this should not be taken to suggest that the present generation are seduced by their salaries and expenses to the degree that they will abandon their principles in order to continue to have access to the institutional channels for political activity . |
| 15 | However , this point should not be taken to imply that the burden can be effectively discharged by the voluntary sector , even though it may be able to make a useful contribution to meeting these needs . |
| 16 | This division is intended only to simplify the analysis and should not be taken to imply that the aggregate level of unemployment in a country can readily be divided into completely separate and distinguishable categories . |
| 17 | However , this should not be taken to imply that this approach does not have its critics or that all researchers working within the developmental paradigm are in agreement regarding the more detailed aspects of language development . |
| 18 | This should not be taken to imply that there was in any sense an unrestrained licence for peasant sexuality ; there was no ‘ amorality ’ in a fundamental sense . |
| 19 | Editor , — The short paper by B W Lloyd and P Barnett provides confirmation that problem list letters are welcome by their recipients , but it should not be taken to imply that these are a new invention . |
| 20 | Their existence should not be taken to mean that studying the neural bases of behaviour is beyond us , but they should be recognized when designing and interpreting experiments . |
| 21 | The intention was to place a legal obstacle in the way of anyone seeking to imitate the Ordainers , but the Statute of York should not be taken to mean that the king and his supporters had a high view of the function of parliament . |
| 22 | ( This should not be taken to mean that such psychopathological trends could not appear in individuals before the coming of cultivation or delayed-return hunter-gathering , merely that they would have been much less common and could not have taken on the collective , cultural significance which they did in the Neolithic and subsequent epochs . ) |
| 23 | But such a situation should not be allowed to occur because any casualness in the ballerina 's behaviour destroys any attempt to convey style in the classical manner . |
| 24 | Alternative methods of achieving the same objective should be sought and the problem should not be allowed to rest until a satisfactory solution is found . |
| 25 | That in the interests of consumer awareness , advertisers should not be allowed to imply that beers are brewed at locations other than true point of origin . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , if we adjust the above findings , they suggest that almost 40% of the public feel that mentally handicapped people should be segregated from the rest of society ; around the same proportion would dislike the idea of a mentally handicapped child being at the same school as their child and around 70% feel that mentally handicapped people should not be allowed to marry and have children . |
| 27 | Sir Derek believes he should not be held to blame since the fraud occurred in the accounts of International Signal and Control , which had received a ‘ clean ’ audit when Ferranti bought the company two years ago . |
| 28 | It will be noticed that the normal justification thesis identifies the case that must normally be established to show that a person has authority . |
| 29 | The tank must still be kept covered until the fry are free swimming . |
| 30 | Care must also be taken to ensure that , if the price of the consideration shares falls , the total shares to be issued do not exceed 30 per cent of the purchaser 's share capital as the vendor may then be obliged to make an offer to purchase the remainder of the purchaser 's share capital under rule 9 of the City Code . |