Example sentences of "and [vb mod] [adv] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pro forma invoice may be sent before goods are delivered : if the customer is a new one and the manufacturer does n't know if he will pay his bills ; or if the goods are being sent on approval and may later be returned to the manufacturer . |
| 2 | Access rights are limited to tables and may also be restricted to combinations of read , update , and insert . |
| 3 | Light-sensitive photocell controllers can be used indoors and out : they will automatically turn on lights at dusk and may also be wired to a timer , to come on randomly . |
| 4 | Such techniques are available in the axisymmetric case , and may soon be extended to the colliding wave situation . |
| 5 | This will be explored further in the next chapter ; here it must be stressed that these arrangements will in many cases have a quite fundamental impact upon the character of the policy and may thus be deemed to be part of the policy . |
| 6 | Most complications ( n=7 ) occurred in the first third of the series and may partly be ascribed to a ‘ learning process ’ with the operation . |
| 7 | Such statements may be based on strong conviction and close observation , and may even be felt to be self-evident , but they appear to have no empirical status — are merely , we might say , guesses — unless supported by frequency data . |
| 8 | Some voiced sounds may become devoiced under the influence of surrounding voiceless sounds : the /L/ in play has very little voicing ; the /r/ in tray loses some voicing , making it slightly fricative ; the /v/ in fivepence will also be devoiced ( because of the /p/ ) and may even be assimilated to a voiceless /f/ : / " faifpens/ . |
| 9 | The animals in question are anaesthetised , of course , but are then allowed to recover and may then be subjected to repeated surgery . |
| 10 | In such circumstances the copy certificates for processing through the cost and financial accounts may not reach the accounts department until after the date of the monthly close down and may therefore be costed to the following month . |
| 11 | They no longer function adequately ‘ on automatic ’ and may therefore be exposed to unacceptable risks . |
| 12 | If a mixed metaphor can be forgiven , Pandora 's box remains black , and must now be opened to the light of day . |
| 13 | Consequently , the semantic information used by the present project is acquired either from ( a ) machine-readable dictionaries , which contain encyclopaedic knowledge as well as the purely semantic sense definitions ( and should strictly be referred to as pragmatic in nature ) or ( b ) from text corpora ( which are syntagmatic rather than semantic in nature ) . |
| 14 | Mains-voltage cable should not be run on the surface of the ground and should never be attached to fences — as these can be easily blown down . |
| 15 | It deserves praise and a high recommendation , and should perhaps be sent to every politician . |
| 16 | These orthographic conventions should be taught in the context of the children 's own writing and should always be related to their function of making the writer 's meaning clear to the reader . |
| 17 | All the cases should be used with care and should always be related to their unique facts . |
| 18 | The passage that follows ( very similar to advice given during this period in Infant Care ) comes from the 1928 edition , and might well be subscribed to by Susanna Wesley : the emphasis may be different , but the spirit is the same . |
| 19 | Those who have Rights of Common would receive an Equivalent for those Rights ; and even the Cottagers living on the Borders of the Forest , who , by our Information , at present waste their Time in pilfering in the Woods , would find useful Employment , from the Demand for Labour which the Inclosure and Improvement of the Wastes would create , and might perhaps be led to Habits of Industry . |
| 20 | It literally means a rug manufactured in the Orient , and could legitimately be applied to any rug of oriental origin , regardless of its appearance or how it was made . |
| 21 | It appears to be the most durable consequence of , and could well be considered to be a ‘ surviving paradigma ’ of , Paracelsus . |
| 22 | A learner driver sitting behind the steering wheel is a driver even though the qualified driver has control of the vehicle as well and could also be said to be driving . |
| 23 | The Germans , defeated , suffering every form of deprivation , were not and could hardly be expected to be enthusiastic about dismantling the only source of their livelihood and handing it over to the hated Russians . |
| 24 | He was guilty of blasphemy and could now be taken to the Roman Governor with the recommendation that he suffer the death penalty . |
| 25 | Here , the fact that the adjective property is applicable to the object entity in a whole construction like ( 22 ) is intimately connected with the lexical meaning of the verb , and will thereby be understood to be applicable to the entity of the object even when that is considered in isolation . |
| 26 | Cray Research Inc reports that Queen 's University of Belfast , Northern Ireland , has installed a Cray Y-MP EL entry level supercomputer system : it is the first Cray Research system anywhere in Ireland ; the machine , which lists for between $340,000 and $1.5m , will be used to run simulations in aerodynamics , quantum chemistry combustion modelling and physics and will also be linked to a more powerful Cray installed near Oxford , England . |
| 27 | first , and in all cases , the Member State concerned will be in breach of its duty under the Treaty to implement the directive concerned and will accordingly be exposed to infringement proceedings under the Treaty . |
| 28 | Their line is that the CPP is in a state of shock and will eventually be reconciled to its new position . |
| 29 | The certificate is likely to specify the extent of the aid available and will often be limited to the taking of particular steps in the action . |
| 30 | She took her plight to the Bishop of Northampton , the Right Reverend Leo MacCartie , who listened quietly and told her : ‘ Father Christopher will receive prayer and counselling and will then be moved to other parts . ’ |