Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [coord] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could no doubt be taught to sew or clean things . |
| 2 | There are obvious limits to the extra work that families can be expected to absorb and these limits may already have been reached . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Social ties might be beginning to weaken but ancient attitudes and expectations could still — just — be relied upon . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |