Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could no doubt be taught to sew or clean things . |
| 2 | In these examples descriptions of exchange and the crossing of frontiers illustrate the move from one discursive domain to another , showing how such actions can be made to function as textual manoeuvres and figure the metaphoric strategies of the imagination . |
| 3 | Either attempts can be made to ensure that corporate managers behave as profit-maximizers by making them responsive once again to the market ; or , alternatively , new life can be breathed into the legal model of the company so that managers are once again forced to act in the interests of the shareholders . |
| 4 | Work therefore needs to be done to ensure that administrative records are retained sensibly , since it would be impossible to preserve every piece of information for ever . |
| 5 | As D. S. Landes has pointed out , whereas the public clock could be used to open and close markets , to signal the start and end of work and to move people around , it signalled only moments rather than the continual passage of time . |
| 6 | Social ties might be beginning to weaken but ancient attitudes and expectations could still — just — be relied upon . |
| 7 | He wants ITN to continue to gather the news , but for individual companies to be left to edit and present programmes , giving ITN bulletins a local dimension . |
| 8 | Responsibility would be passed to state and local governments for the spending of their share of federal transportation funds on priorities of their choice , either on highways or public transport , and they would be required to raise substantial sums to meet the full development costs . |
| 9 | This should not , however , be taken to imply that extra-marital affairs are taken lightly . |
| 10 | While this should not , of course , be taken to imply that female listeners lack intelligence , it does suggest that radio is not perhaps a suitable medium for putting across complex ideas or instructions . |
| 11 | The breaking and training process will need to be longer than usual and extra care must be taken to ensure that new lessons are clearly taught . |
| 12 | In organisations where employees sent on overseas postings are recommended by their managers , care needs to be taken to ensure that senior managers are not withholding recommendations for good candidates . |
| 13 | It is intended that care will be taken to ensure that important relics such as the wheels are retained . |
| 14 | Care must be taken to ensure that speed-reducing obstacles such as humps can be avoided by the cyclist , to whom they are irritating and dangerous . |
| 15 | Whilst automatically operated high-bay warehouses tend to be designed to exclude personnel when in operation , special precautions have to be taken to ensure that unauthorized personnel do not gain access , notably with man-rider operated equipment . |
| 16 | This statement must not be taken to mean that exposed beaches have gentler profiles than protected beaches , because the energy available may itself affect the calibre of sediment present so that a complex relationship exists . |
| 17 | 1992 , 28 , 46 ) may be comforted to know that systematic names have yet to penetrate the realms of applied chemistry . |
| 18 | The powers that be have decided that various lists have to be drawn up , including one of all those who survived . |