Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Going back to the family problem just mentioned , much as we love that child in spite of his problems , we would not let ourselves be completely taken over . |
| 2 | On her return , would she be casually dismissed from her job ? |
| 3 | Where could she be more needed and honoured ? |
| 4 | In this respect , we believe it is vital that comprehensive and enforceable planning conditions are legally attached to planning permission , should you be so minded to recommend that permission be given in your report to the Minister of State for Wales . |
| 5 | It will strengthen your case should you be so infuriated by a label that you decided to take it to your local trading standards officer . |
| 6 | The old file wo n't itself be finally lost until all its space happens to be used for storing new files . |
| 7 | That means helping them not only to make any additional or different arrangements to what is ‘ normally available for all ’ to meet the needs of particular children , but also to review and develop the general curriculum , so that ‘ what is normally available for all ’ can itself be gradually transformed to provide better learning opportunities for all children in the future . |
| 8 | Second , acyclovir triphosphate might itself be mistakenly incorporated into DNA , in place of dGTP . |
| 9 | ‘ Stir up we beseech Thee , O Lord , the wills of Thy faithful people ; that they , plenteously bringing forth the fruits of good works , may of Thee be plenteously rewarded . ’ |
| 10 | I would nt have been watching ( maybe with the sound down ) , but millions would have seen them be COMPLETELY outclassed . |
| 11 | Why should they be financially penalized because they happen to be sick or disabled ? |
| 12 | The process of ‘ becoming ’ involved the development of the ‘ character ’ of pupils , since only in this way could they be properly prepared for their ‘ shared social and political ’ life . |
| 13 | Can they be fairly compared and , in that comparison , how does Matisse fare ? |
| 14 | Should they be compulsorily edited so as to be accurate and balanced , that is censored ? |
| 15 | Just as selection criteria must be reasonable , so must they be rationally applied . |
| 16 | Only from here could it be reasonably expected to take off . |
| 17 | ‘ Because if you do n't , ’ said Owen , ‘ I shall let it be generally known that Andrus has been giving money to the Moslems for them to use against Copts . ’ |
| 18 | And would it be just kept for funerals especially . |
| 19 | Wilson knew that some visiting Americans had let it be widely known in Florence that they considered Mrs Browning little more than a ghost and though she had laughed such gossip to scorn she now saw there was perhaps real cause for alarm . |
| 20 | Nor can it be wholly explained by the employment changes which were pushing greater numbers of people into the market irrespective of wage trends . |
| 21 | Will it be quietly forgotten in the next boom period ( whenever that might be ) ? |
| 22 | Should it be so decided , the first thing under review will be the road system which just about copes with the present traffic . |
| 23 | For what might he be best remembered ( quiz setters take note ) . |
| 24 | Why should he be so changed ? |
| 25 | If you are addressing your senior manager will he be constantly interrupted by phone calls ? |
| 26 | How can anyone be politically persecuted in Canada ? |
| 27 | In this book it is our aim to give such an account of the meaning of the various surface constructions where adjectives are found in English , doing so by relating these to such intensional notions as entity , identification , qualification and assignment ( which can themselves be plausibly related to more general aspects of mental activity ) ; and indeed we believe this is the task for syntax in general . |
| 28 | Before they can go to supply and support the British contingent in former Yugoslavia , the regiment must themselves be properly supplied and prepared . |
| 29 | Moreover , the variables contributing to the effect may themselves be causally related . |