Example sentences of "be [verb] [modal v] [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 These descriptions — the first-order applications of theory , as Corder calls them — then serve as a source of information , an inventory of items from which the language to be taught can be directly derived .
2 For example , tendencies for the legitimacy of public decisions to be eroded can be partly offset by ‘ shifting decision-making sites towards state units that are less susceptible to a loss of popular support , such as the bureaucracy , independent agencies , planning committees and social and economic councils ’ ( Nordlinger , 1981 , p. 71 ) .
3 Is my hon. Friend aware that his statement that 28 landfill sites will be used will be widely welcomed in the country as well as , I hope , by responsible organisations such as Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace ?
4 For example , whether or not subheadings ( possibly numbered ) should be used will be partly related to length ; they will certainly be of benefit in any text longer than 500 words .
5 If the approver has granted approval to the specified package , each module to be approved will be automatically updated by LIFESPAN to contain an approval record , indicating that the module has undergone a successful QA check .
6 For without Shas , Mr Rabin 's ability to deliver the territorial compromise upon which a peace would be based could be fatally weakened .
7 Such objects do not lie beyond our grasp , as the sceptic might suggest ; for we can hope that every member of the set of statements about what would be observed should be conclusively verified , and in such a case there would remain no further possibility that the material object statement should be false .
8 The ends to which they might properly be put would be severely limited by these considerations .
9 The council tax means the number of bills to be processed will be almost halved to forty six thousand .
10 The means by which positive involvement can be expressed can be considerably varied .
11 The definition of " profits " against which the dividend is to be determined should be carefully drafted .
12 If careful attention is paid to the function of modules in relation to the overall structure of the software , as well as to the production method , the number of different combinations that have to be managed can be drastically reduced .
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