Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nuclear weapons can not escape from the kinds of restraints built up carefully in the laws-of-war tradition over the centuries , but there is a risk that they may be thought to be so escaping ( especially in view of the UK and US reservations to 1977 Geneva Protocol I ) unless positive action in this direction is taken , The comparative neglect of the whole subject of laws-of-war restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons has endured for forty years , for reasons which can be understood if not approved . |
| 2 | We choose to do this in terms of a simplified version of the computer described in the paper ‘ Preliminary discussion of the logical design of an electronic computing instrument ’ by Burks , Goldstine , and Von Neumann ( 1946 ) , for reasons which will be mentioned later . |
| 3 | Deaf people , whether they be children , young people or adults , have always posed something of a challenge to generalised policies of integration , for reasons which will be laid out clearly below . |
| 4 | The one group who placed ( i ) towards the end of their story did so for reasons which will be discussed shortly . |
| 5 | Now if the minister is right and a partner in the firm or indeed an assistant in the firm a acting as a tax advisor or financial planner , might come across something er tha that er if er he were acting as auditor he would be bound to report . |
| 6 | The practice has been for the judge to deduct a period for remission which might be earned , and to advise the Home Secretary that what remains is the requirement of retribution and deterrence . |
| 7 | Further to the entry in the January Notes Hilary Weedon is still appealing for clubs which might be spared for a youth club . |
| 8 | Other organisations , including the Woodcraft Folk , religious youth groups and the youth group attached to the Red Cross , would have to apply for funding which would be given at the council 's discretion . |
| 9 | If Brian sued John for negligence he could be met with the defences of volenti non fit injuria and contributory negligence . |
| 10 | Recall that constructivism refers only to mental representations at the level of the input systems , as entities which can be translated , more or less directly , into the language of neuropsychology . |
| 11 | For instance it might be suggested that action sample clients were less likely to be admitted straight away to long-term institutional care than control sample clients , for service-providers might have felt that with the Home Support Project such clients could be sustained at home whereas in its absence in the control areas they were not sustainable . |
| 12 | For instance it might be predicted that aspects of situations which were highly inconsistent with a pre-existing schema would be better recognised than relatively consistent aspects , but less well recalled . |
| 13 | Congress duly approved funding of $200 million , but subsequently objected to the Defense Department 's initial proposals for projects which could be supported by it . |
| 14 | One is to eliminate any badgers with TB and for this much hope is pinned on the development of a test for TB which can be done on live badgers . |
| 15 | And it was suggested that the closure programme had not been properly thought out , resulting in some homes being singled out for closure which should be kept open . |
| 16 | Nonetheless , care should be taken here to distinguish between words which can be considered to be merely useful information , from words which go to the identity of the goods sold . |
| 17 | By seeing the failures of women as sins which may be repented of , rather than the unalterable course of nature , she advances a far more positive view of her sex than does Pope . |
| 18 | in the heavens and let us make a celebrated name for ourselves for fear we may be scattered all over the earth , well that was God 's command was n't it there they said be scattered all over the earth |
| 19 | To her , it was nothing dreadful after all , but she was compelled to keep silent and pay lip-service at least to the general despair , for fear she would be outlawed otherwise . |
| 20 | She could not bear to watch him bathed for fear he might be dropped . |
| 21 | Perhaps that was what mothers meant when they insisted you should change your underwear daily for fear you should be run over . |
| 22 | In spite of her bulk she moved swiftly to grab the instrument , and she stepped back for fear it should be taken from her again . |
| 23 | When transferring animals between cages it may be found easier to coax them into a bottle than to handle them . |
| 24 | After issue they can be traded ( they are thus ‘ securities ’ ) and so the holder at the time of redemption need not be the person to whom the bill was originally issued . |
| 25 | Day after day she could be seen sitting cross-legged on the carpet in front of her house , a pair of silver-rimmed spectacles perched across her mask , a copy of the Qur'an or a book of the Hadith on her lap , oblivious to the movements of the household . |
| 26 | Mr Fallon had blamed the education departments of Cleveland and Durham county councils for withholding money for bureaucracy which should be spent on schools . |
| 27 | ideas for matters which might be included in an announcement to employees ; and |
| 28 | He began by saying that seven years earlier Meehan had been found guilty by a jury ‘ on evidence which was amply justified ’ , and then went on : ‘ Some public support was whipped up over the years for reasons which were not entirely clear and for motives which might be imagined . ’ |
| 29 | The research involves experimental studies of memory for sequences of movement , body centred encoding of movement , and memory for movements which can be named . |
| 30 | An exporter to reduce his foreign exchange risk may borrow in the currency of his expected export receipt or an importer may require a currency loan to pay for imports which may be re-processed for an overseas market . |