Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If we write g x for the proportional growth rate of variable x , and let we have ( using ( 8–4' ) ) and if we let denote output per capita , ( this needs to be modified where there is technical progress — see below ) .
2 I am fundamentally lazy and decided that we would inevitably be scrambled so it was less effort to remain in my aircraft and wait for it , helmet on and listening to the R T. The next thing I saw was people running — I still could not hear anything due to my helmet — and on looking round saw the 109s starting their dive on the field .
3 Suitable attire is essential ; careful attention should be paid to the weather and its forecast ; and extra rations and a heat-reflective sheet for warmth must be carried if there is any possibility of encountering adverse environmental conditions .
4 It is difficult to see how any of the dramatic problems of the modern world thrown up by the exhaustion of Fordism — can be solved unless there is some sort of co-operation among major and lesser powers and some sort of political involvement of those groups and movements that articulate concern about these global problems .
5 When there is , for example , loss of blood or plasma ( sometimes called oligaemic shock ) the reason for circulatory failure is more readily understood and expected because there is actual loss of circulatory volume .
6 In order to prevent anybody being cremated where there is possible doubt about the cause of death , there are very strict rules about certification , which can increase the cost of cremation .
7 Its estimates of job losses in the ferry ports are still broadly accepted although there is little evidence of much decline as yet .
8 Application is normally made for Part A and Part B registration might be granted if there is some doubt about the mark .
9 This means that a surplus of 38 votes can only be transferred if there are 3,800 voting papers or fewer which have expressed on them subsequent preferences for continuing candidates .
10 Forget about embarrassment : a landing out has to be made if there is any doubt about getting back .
11 Prefixes are not always used , and a direct inquiry should be made if there is any doubt as to where or by whom a particular rug was made .
12 She was an extremely angry , very bitter woman , who was determined to get everybody around her as angry as she could , and she succeeded , and I do n't know where she 's moved now , but I 'm sure she will go on and do the same thing , and frankly , I despair of anything being done unless there is some provision made for people such as herself , and one of her friends in particular .
13 It should n't have done because it was extra funding it should have been left out but they made
14 MARRIAGE to beautiful Somalian model Iman , has inspired David Bowie to take up sculpting again — something he has not done since he was unknown art student David Jones .
15 Footprints , found in soft mud under the scaffolding , had been photographed and casts made though there was little doubt that they belonged to the victim , not the killer .
16 It demanded that new immigration be stopped until there were sufficient housing and work to accommodate immigrants , that immigrants with criminal records be deported , that all foreigners be obliged to carry identity cards at work ( to reduce the number of illegal workers ) , and that the number of foreigners in school classes be limited to a maximum of 30 per cent .
17 Le Moignan has talked about retiring in two years ' time , but that could be hastened if there were another loss to Opie , who has made a determined comeback after defeats in the world and British opens .
18 The mines inspectorate later cleared them of the cause , usually though they 're used where there are thick coal walls or pillars .
19 The shutters had been closed so there was little damage .
20 Here significant uplift of rift flanks has occurred although there is convincing evidence ( from the deposition of marine sediments at the time of rifting ) that rifting preceded uplift .
21 No Government can do so because — and here the argument extends Professor Joan Robinson 's — as monopolistic suppliers of labour trade unions will charge more for it than would be necessary to exhaust the supply , and supply less of it than would be supplied if there were perfect competition .
22 I I I sir that we we may be able to erm argue that here today it may be very difficult once it 's established , especially in the public mind that that that there is that there E two land I fear would be not only interpreted unless there 's some justification for me saying this because that 's what it says in the in the in the Harrogate Rural Areas Plan .
23 A conference may be convened before a child is actually born if there is sufficient concern about future risk .
24 Usually a compromise can be reached when there is good will and honesty on both sides .
25 The road gets flooded when there 's heavy rain and I er I clean it out .
26 De la Mare felt Limb could not be received because it was British policy to sustain the Moscow agreement and it would be difficult to see the representative of a leading opponent of the government .
27 This represents a homogeneity of effort but is criticized because it is some way away from full partnership .
28 The common doormouse , despite its name , is now quite rare but can still be found where there is thick scrub and hazel coppice .
29 It was estimated that it would take them two to three weeks to get to the Falklands and therefore , theoretically , the decision could be rescinded if there were some kind of diplomatic breakthrough .
30 The site that was identified or potentially identified by by the house builders in York was a site which both the County Council and the District Council considered performed a number of greenbelt functions , I think that it would be accepted that in any development plan land should only be allocated if there were some degree of certainty that it would come forward for development within the plan period , the site that was identified , there had been no objections made to the Southern Ryedale local plan so therefore there were no indications that it would have come forward for development within that plan period anyway , had it been identified , had it been allocated .
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