Example sentences of "be [adj] [pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When profits are low they will be reduced or ‘ passed ’ . |
| 2 | When profits are low they will be reduced or ‘ passed ’ . |
| 3 | Also , at the end of the turn when the boom is grasped , unless you are low you will be pulled straight over as the power comes on . |
| 4 | He had clearly been afraid they might be used against him after Samantha 's release . |
| 5 | Where the cliffs are high they may be undercut by the sea with the result that most of the material may be removed by the subsequent collapse of the upper undermined section . |
| 6 | Buying a second-hand board is rather like the second-hand car or computer market in that there are plenty of bargains but unless you are careful you can be ripped off . |
| 7 | Or as Dr Ed Wheat puts it in Love Life for Every Married Couple , ‘ If you are afraid to try it because you are afraid you will be hurt , consider this : the risk of pain is always the price of life . ’ |
| 8 | I am afraid we will be slaughtered and embarrassed . |
| 9 | Investors have been expecting its publication for the last two weeks but are fearful it will be kept back for the week when Parliament goes into the Christmas recess . |
| 10 | I am convinced he must be replaced . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ If they 're guilty they should be banned indefinitely , ’ he said . |
| 12 | When you see what 's on offer , we 're sure you 'll be left speechless . |
| 13 | if they 're two they should be lapped should n't they ? |
| 14 | When you 're seven it 'll be finished . |
| 15 | A third guard in the van , Anthony Edwards , told the court he 'd been petrified he might be shot . |
| 16 | ‘ Since I know I am innocent , I am confident I will be exonerated . ’ |
| 17 | There is a reason for this Chairman is that erm I think erm many of us and I am sure we would be deserved by recent articles in the Daily Telegraph er particularly the one that appeared last week which erm referred , I can see in the report , that it referred to a report which is very critical of the work of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of erm Pollution . |
| 18 | Obviously we 're trying to make a homely atmosphere so that parents can come and go , er when new parents come on to the ward , when new patients come on to the ward , nursing staff maintain a , a close control and a close liaison with them , so were any undesirables as it were , to come on to the ward , I am sure they would be picked up almost immediately . |
| 19 | In the lighthouse field I am sure he will be remembered as having made one of the important inventions . |
| 20 | I have spent most of my career in two specific areas and therefore I am sure I can be forgiven for saying a special thank you and farewell to Inroads and an extra special thank you and goodbye to Roadcare . |
| 21 | Seizures of cannabis and amphetamines were dropping as the hard drugs began to dominate the scene , but as far as amphetamines are concerned it must be remembered that the seizure figures relate only to illegal imports . |
| 22 | Some of the landowning agencies that are most restrictive are those which might be thought to be answerable to the public , or have their best interests at heart : the Forestry Commission , the Ministry of Defence and sometimes even the National Trust come to mind . |
| 23 | He argues that the principles of justice are those which would be chosen by a rational agent situated behind a ‘ veil of ignorance ’ . |
| 24 | Problems which may arise in any family are those which may be seen as related to the Oedipal situation — the sexual attachment which arises between parent and child and which is not always worked through adequately . |
| 25 | The subjects listed opposite are those which may be counted towards the General Entrance Requirement . |
| 26 | Public judicial review actions are those which must be brought under Ord. 53 ; hybrid judicial review actions are those which may but need not be brought under Ord. 53 ; and private judicial review actions may not be brought under Ord. 53 . |
| 27 | Thirdly , there are those which can be called abstract ballets , among which are Symphonic Variations and Monotones I and II . |
| 28 | The supposedly most securely dated vessels are those which can be related to Continental chronologies ; vessels which occur on the Continent but not in England date to before the migration , those on both sides of the North Sea to the migration period itself , and those which are only found in England must have developed after the migration period . |
| 29 | By far the most important diagnostic features for the excavator are those which can be sexed upon inspection . |
| 30 | The only matters that I discuss with Irish Ministers in intergovernmental conferences under the Anglo-Irish Agreement are those which can be discussed under the rules of the agreement . |