Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would be fascinated to know if these yards of generally disagreeable reviews will in fact sell copies . |
| 2 | She could no doubt be taught to sew or clean things . |
| 3 | There are obvious limits to the extra work that families can be expected to absorb and these limits may already have been reached . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Social ties might be beginning to weaken but ancient attitudes and expectations could still — just — be relied upon . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In any event , the vendor will be asked to warrant that all documents and responses supplied are true and accurate . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | This should not , however , be taken to imply that extra-marital affairs are taken lightly . |
| 15 | While this should not , of course , be taken to imply that female listeners lack intelligence , it does suggest that radio is not perhaps a suitable medium for putting across complex ideas or instructions . |
| 16 | Care should be taken to ensure that such guidelines are used only in appropriate cases . |
| 17 | Care should be taken to ensure that such guidelines are used only in appropriate cases . |
| 18 | The breaking and training process will need to be longer than usual and extra care must be taken to ensure that new lessons are clearly taught . |
| 19 | In organisations where employees sent on overseas postings are recommended by their managers , care needs to be taken to ensure that senior managers are not withholding recommendations for good candidates . |
| 20 | The client for whom the firm is acting should be clearly identified and care should be taken to ensure that third parties do not form the impression that the firm is advising them or acting for them when this is not the case . |
| 21 | The client for whom the firm is acting should be clearly identified and care should be taken to ensure that third parties do not form the impression that the firm is advising them or acting for them when this is not the case . |
| 22 | It is intended that care will be taken to ensure that important relics such as the wheels are retained . |
| 23 | Care must be taken to ensure that speed-reducing obstacles such as humps can be avoided by the cyclist , to whom they are irritating and dangerous . |
| 24 | This section of the policy covers the cost of emergency dental treatment and care must be taken to ensure that any claims received only relate to emergency treatment and not cosmetic ‘ treatment ’ , e.g. crowns , capping , etc . |
| 25 | Care must be taken to ensure that these assets are included in the sale if they are needed by the purchaser for operating the business . |
| 26 | Whilst automatically operated high-bay warehouses tend to be designed to exclude personnel when in operation , special precautions have to be taken to ensure that unauthorized personnel do not gain access , notably with man-rider operated equipment . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Options for change in other areas to be covered by the Strategy will be analysed to ensure that any changes maintain or improve equity . |
| 29 | Certainly they talk of other gods , but the nature of these gods is so different from that of the god whom Jews and Moslems are to follow that we might be tempted to deny that these others are gods at all . |
| 30 | 1992 , 28 , 46 ) may be comforted to know that systematic names have yet to penetrate the realms of applied chemistry . |