Example sentences of "[vb mod] it be [vb pp] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as one eminent Scottish judge pointed out in MacCormick v Lord Advocate ( above ) , why should it be assumed that successive reconstituted Parliaments at Westminster have inherited the attribute of ‘ sovereignty ’ peculiar ( and , as is above suggested , perhaps with a limited meaning even then ) to the English Parliament . |
| 2 | But even if definitive results were forthcoming , why should it be assumed as self-evident that natural learning is necessarily the most effective ? |
| 3 | Presumably I 'll have to transfer them to a separate tank first , but should it be planted or bare ? |
| 4 | Neither should it be thought that informal methods necessarily lead to untidy work presented in a poor hand . |
| 5 | Nor could it be argued that private property ensured an efficient allocation of resources since the market no longer resembled the model of perfect competition . |
| 6 | Detinue lay where a man was in possession of another 's goods and refused to give them up but could it be said that such a mere refusal was a positive act ? |
| 7 | Need it be emphasized that this exposition claims to be no more than schematic ? |
| 8 | Nor can it be concluded that this state of affairs is anything other than unfair to residential workers and the institutions they serve in order to help young people . |
| 9 | 5. can it be seen as sustainable in people 's lives and through the centuries . |
| 10 | Changed secretion of peptides , amongst many other such changes , may be necessary if memory formation is to occur , but it is neither sufficient nor , because it is a very general process , can it be regarded as specific to any particular memory . |
| 11 | Nor can it be contended that this harsh judgement on Socrates was in any way typical of Athenian democracy 's attitudes towards its critics or even its enemies . |
| 12 | But can it be said that such a duty lies on individuals and groups ? |
| 13 | Nor can it be assumed that all parts of the biosphere have the same 14 C concentration . |
| 14 | Nor can it be assumed that all its invaders came directly from Scandinavia . |
| 15 | Nor can it be assumed that professional courses always tackle the social aspects : How much do accountants or pharmacists consider the professional client relationship ? |
| 16 | In no way can it be described as independent when the chairman of that inquiry is a former general who is responsible for some of the worst atrocities against the East Timorese . |
| 17 | Only by engaging in extreme forms of economic casuistry can it be claimed that such things can be supplied satisfactorily without the agency of government at either national or local level . |
| 18 | Can it be avoided or modified ? |
| 19 | And how can it be construed as reasonable that the US and their Western allies continue to control and plunder the oil resources in the Arab region via puppet regimes such as those they have directly installed in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia , while the Arab World , like the rest of the ‘ Third World ’ , finds itself experiencing an ever increasing and intolerable poverty at the hands of Western capitalism and imperialism . |
| 20 | Can it be supposed that such a Balkanisation , extended on a world scale , would provide a stable or lasting political system ? |