Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although no two dyes obtained from plants will be exactly alike , the colours are soft and subtle , and the mixtures can be blended to give sophisticated hues and tints equal to any of the manufactured colourings . |
| 2 | So far as boilerplate conditions are concerned , the draftsman can add these to the extent that they seem appropriate and necessary , although he should be sparing given that the aim of the exercise is to produce a relatively short set of commercially acceptable terms and conditions . |
| 3 | Where the ‘ victim ’ of the threats , abuse or insults is a well-behaved , law abiding member of the public , he or she is unlikely to be provoked to use unlawful violence by the speaker 's comments , and no offence is committed under this limb of the section . |
| 4 | To be sure , these categories are not inscribed immutably in the mind : they can be altered to accommodate new experience . |
| 5 | New ideas may be assimilated into given modes of thinking or given modes of thinking may be altered to accommodate new ideas . |
| 6 | Note that none of the existing module names can be altered using this option . |
| 7 | Note that none of the existing module names can be altered using this option . |
| 8 | Not only was the administration of education to be decentralized , but also the curriculum was to be revised to eradicate the transmission of ideas about the deferential duties of citizen subjects , which were to be altered to stress individual rights . |
| 9 | The beginner 's stance needs to be altered to handle higher winds otherwise you will tire quickly and the boom will be constantly ripped from your grasp . |
| 10 | Other questions that follow are whether other species ( for instance H. heidelbergensis ) should be recognized to fill any taxonomic void between H. erectus and Neanderthals , and the extent to which internal , rather than between-taxon , variation is responsible for differences between the specimens . |
| 11 | Employment laws should be amended to include young workers who are barred from most employment rights for at least two years . |
| 12 | In any notification case of this kind the local planning authority will be given an opportunity to decide whether , in their view , the proposal should be advertised so as to give the public a chance to comment , and also to discuss with the department ways in which the proposal might be amended to overcome any objections to the proposed development . |
| 13 | For example , if a public figure suffers a bereavement and no suitable image is available for transmission a stock photo may be amended to indicate plausible grief . |
| 14 | Partly , these relate to fears that state policy ( especially social security and housing policy ) might be helping to create such families ; and partly to disapproval of the way in which absent parents are able to evade their ‘ responsibilities ’ to provide for their families . |
| 15 | Should you succeed in becoming a planner you would be helping to create these parameters . |
| 16 | As the dramas will take place in the dining room , they will also be helping to prepare that area . ’ |
| 17 | He 'll be helping to escourt sixteen tons of glass to the school and will also carry out repairs . |
| 18 | As the final election results come in from all over the country , it is clear they will be helping to run many Soviet towns and cities . |
| 19 | We will examine ways in which the uniform scope of regulation could be eased to safeguard traditional local products or practices . |
| 20 | But it is clear that the future lies with a microkernel , which IBM dubs the Workplace OS and will be using to host future versions of OS/2 , AIX and MS-DOS with Windows . |
| 21 | But it is clear that the future lies with a microkernel , which IBM dubs the Workplace OS and will be using to host future versions of OS/2 , AIX and MS-DOS with Windows . |
| 22 | Analyses will be undertaken using these methods to identify some of the important factors determining migration and employment behaviour in the British Isles . |
| 23 | The SVQs are designed to be assessed in the workplace , or , where this is not possible , in simulations which enable assessment to be undertaken to demonstrate consistent , comprehensive performance under workplace conditions including difficult and stressful circumstances . |
| 24 | As a result of the meeting and subsequent publicity , it was resolved that the council would indeed proceed with compulsory purchase , that study would be undertaken to explore new uses for the building and that English Heritage would grant substantial aid for repairs . |
| 25 | Disciplines have to be undertaken to take special care with potentially flammable items and those which may be chemically/physically unstable when moved from store . |
| 26 | Old habits and traditions die hard and work will be needed to be undertaken to convince some parents that they now have a tree choice of school . |
| 27 | ( a ) which sets out in summary form the most important information derived from your research and the main lessons to be learned from your interpretation of that information ; ( b ) which spells out the policy implications of your findings and , where appropriate , the follow-up actions that appear to be necessary ; and ( c ) which indicates what further research might be undertaken to pursue some of the findings uncovered by your own research . |
| 28 | It is for the humanities to speak up for the value of retrospective conversion , and for some national planning to be undertaken to achieve this , as they , and to some extent the social sciences have most to gain from such an investment . |
| 29 | There are certain classes of English word combinations that can not be explained using existing syntactic or semantic theories . |
| 30 | There are certain classes of English word combinations that can not be explained using existing syntactic or semantic theories . |