Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we are fascinated to know that this approach has been shown to be so effective in a remote part of the Far East where our cassettes are transported on the back of a motorcycle ! |
| 2 | ( G ) In the event of any occurrence giving rise to a dispute between a party hereto and its Insured or to a claim against a party hereto other than a claim for which this Agreement provides it shall be optional to such party upon notice thereof to suspend the application of this Agreement to such occurrence until such dispute or claim has been adjusted provided that such party shall indemnify the other party hereto against all costs and expenses incurred as a consequence of such suspension in defending its interests in a matter for which this Agreement provides . |
| 3 | In the final version , however , the wording had been amended to state that foreign banking markets were required to provide equivalent , but not necessarily identical , access facilities to EC banks if they wanted to trade within the EC ; it was also agreed that any foreign banks which were already trading legally within the EC would not need to reapply for authorization . |
| 4 | A shareholders action committee has been formed to see if any value can be obtained . |
| 5 | Tom settled himself down at the table and said , ‘ Now , let's have a chat about what we 're going to do when this snow clears . |
| 6 | I think we 've all got used to , with some products at least , asking questions about how green it is , whether it 's recycled paper , whether it 's going to destroy the ozone layer , as well as asking questions like what price is it , but if we 're going to decide whether one jar of coffee is fair-traded as opposed to another one , what questions do we need to kn know the answers to , to decide that . |
| 7 | And , ultimately , you 're bound to realise that this amount of money would go a long , long way towards buying your own small PA system — cabs , mixer amp , processor , parametric , vocal mike and all . |
| 8 | Oh , we 're trying to see if any pick up the nails in the wall , you know |
| 9 | From my recent discussions with Chris Harris in the European Liaison Unit I am lead to believe that private sector investment in qualifying projects is eligible for grant assistance from the EC , but that the grant can not be paid to a private sector company direct . |
| 10 | ‘ I think we are going to see that slight pick-up disappear . |
| 11 | Other banks and lending institutions are beginning to realise that Third World countries have very little hope of ever paying back the huge loans they have taken out . |
| 12 | Scientists are beginning to argue that psychological fitness could be the biggest hurdle to a Mars mission . |
| 13 | The pupae , too , are beginning to split and new adult workers and soldiers are emerging . |
| 14 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , you may keep your door closed and not answer when I ring the bell , you may refuse to answer my letters or return my calls when I leave a message on your answering machine , but sooner or later we are bound to meet and this time I will not let you fob me off with a smile . |
| 15 | This is not a suitable case in which to reopen the matter but I am bound to say that this case seems to show that there is room for an exception where examining the proceedings in Parliament would almost certainly settle the matter immediately one way or the other . |
| 16 | Annoyed as we may be at having the cardinal terms left thus undefined ( for Pound proceeds no further towards defining them ) , we are compelled to see that this criticism is not of the chalk-or-cheese , sheep-and-goats variety ; the discrimination proposed is more subtle — between a quality in poetry that is ‘ nearly always ’ a virtue ( ’ I can think of no case where it is not' ) , and an opposite quality that is ‘ not always ’ a fault . |
| 17 | Traditionally , United Kingdom law has been generous and compilations of non-original matter have been protected providing that some judgment at least has been expended in its making ( see Macmillan & Co . |
| 18 | I am saddened to find that such thinking still exists within the profession . |
| 19 | It was claimed in 1803 that no less than 90 out of 165 canal acts obtained since 1758 had been concerned primarily with coal carriage , while a further 47 had been linked to iron or non-ferrous metal works or mines . |
| 20 | That code was to be developed to ensure that public transport met the needs of all passengers , including the disabled and that it worked efficiently in the consumers ' interest . |
| 21 | This market can be expected to grow since increased leisure time and rising disposable incomes are likely to.lead to an increased take up of leisure activities . |
| 22 | Erm what I was trying to do was be candid about what kind of er inquiries of the strategic kind might be expected to come if this county had that kind of policy . |
| 23 | Does subsidiarity mean that the Member States should be permitted to decide whether that decision is an individual matter or one for the national state to take on the basis of its view of where the best interests of |
| 24 | To protect themselves , they were to be permitted to say that this differential was being implemented ‘ at the Minister 's request ’ . |
| 25 | Likewise arrangements should be made to ensure that supplementary information will be available where required . |
| 26 | This effectively established a matrix on the database ( Fig 11.10 ) so that an annotation could be made to indicate whether each item of information , in relation to the activity described , was relevant to the functional groups that existed in the EPH , ie the Officers ( OICs ) , Clerical Assistant ( Clerk ) , Care Assistants ( CA ) , Domestic Assistants ( DA ) , the Cook , and the Gardener/handyman ( Gdnr ) . |
| 27 | Scientists from Lancaster Moor Hospital and Lancaster University , who discovered the link , are calling for more studies to be done to see if other childhood cancers have increased in the 4,000-5,000 children born between 1950 and 1990 to mothers in the target group . |
| 28 | Many of the other member states agreed with the Commission that more should be done to ensure that that implementation goes ahead . |
| 29 | In these circumstances the creditor should be seeking to ensure that unfair advantage is not taken of the surety . |
| 30 | The merit of separate qualified defences is that they focus the evidence and the legal argument , giving the jury ( in contested cases ) an opportunity to assess the defence , and giving the judge fairly precise guidance on the basis for sentencing : this might be thought to ensure that each defendant is dealt with more fairly , but the risk of confusing the jury in a contested case might tend to erode that protection . |