Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] be [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cases may be transferred up , down and across the court system subject to certain criteria . |
| 2 | Public law cases may be transferred up , down and across the court system where this will avoid delay , facilitate consolidation or allow the case to be heard at an appropriate level . |
| 3 | But where a party says , ‘ I charge you such a sum by virtue of an Act of Parliament , ’ it matters not whether the money is paid before or after the service rendered ; if he is not entitled to claim it , the money may be recovered back . |
| 4 | But where a party says , ‘ I can charge you such a sum by virtue of an Act of Parliament , ’ it matters not whether the money is paid before or after the service rendered ; if he is not entitled to claim it , the money may be recovered back . |
| 5 | Kevin Horlock may be called in to midfield |
| 6 | Where group tasks are concerned with problem solving , decision-making or creative thinking , different member talents may be required along with a variety of leadership styles . |
| 7 | Where an officer of government in the exercise of his office obtains payment of moneys as and for a charge which the law enables him to demand and enforce , such moneys may be recovered back from him if it should afterwards turn out that they were not legally payable even though no protest was made or question raised at the time of payment . |
| 8 | The second and later major influence on Barth has been , again by his own admission , that of Borges and he has set on record his admiration for that writer in his most famous article , ‘ The Literature of Exhaustion ’ ( 1967 ) , in which he argues that certain literary forms may be used up and so are no longer available to the writer except as parody . |
| 9 | ENVIRONMENT Secretary John Gummer may be called in to save a family of badgers at Berwick . |
| 10 | For the TES ‘ Poly faces closure after report ’ , for the Daily Mail ‘ Chaos college faces collapse ’ , for The Daily Telegraph ‘ Degree threat to polytechnic over low standards ’ , for The Guardian ‘ Poly may be left out on academic limb ’ . |
| 11 | The inner city provides a medium through which the political project may be legitimated and the site on which new forces of economic change may be played out . |
| 12 | THREE historic sites in Colchester now run by English Heritage may be taken over by the borough council . |
| 13 | There is clearly now an urgent need for a Historic Stations Trust to remove those treasures that remain beyond the reach of the hammers of the destroyers , both official and unofficial , so that at least part of this precious heritage may be handed down to future generations . |
| 14 | Any such decision may be taken on an emergency basis by the unit manager . |
| 15 | Probyn himself fears that the decision may be taken out of his hands . |
| 16 | The recognised or nominal leaders of such groups may be relied on to produce an initial list of individuals who are presumed to have power in community affairs ( leaders ) . |
| 17 | Peripheral groups may be made up of employees or of workers bought in on a sub-contract basis . |
| 18 | Seeming contradictions can be explained in situations where conservation policies may be drawn up in some areas ( perhaps financed by foreign aid , and attached to prestigious foreign fellowships and enhanced salaries for senior officials ) — but in a neighbouring area a carte-blanche logging contract is offered to a transnational company . |
| 19 | The time limit in Ord. 53 suffers from three major defects : first , the basic limit of three months is too short and may , indeed , be contrary to EC law ; secondly , not even the three months is an entitlement : a case may be struck out for undue delay even if brought within three months ; and thirdly , there is a discretion to extend the time limit on vague grounds , and this creates uncertainty . |
| 20 | Rosyth verdict may be put off until summer |
| 21 | Although the draft rules may be toned down in theory , overseas tax authorities are well aware of their likely effect and Clinton 's intended enforcement . |
| 22 | The rules may be laid down in Standing Orders or may be the custom and practice of the organisation . |
| 23 | More specifically , the following rules may be laid down . |
| 24 | My maternal grandmother was living with us at the time , it having been decided that her flat in Highgate should be closed down for the duration of the war , and she circulated between the homes of her son and three daughters so that she could be looked after . |
| 25 | But " before the office of proof reading can be properly undertaken , a regular apprenticeship to printing must be worked out … |
| 26 | On 13 June 1991 the House of Lords ordered , pursuant to section 18 of the Legal Aid Act 1988 that the defendant 's costs before the issue of his legal aid certificate should be paid out of the legal aid fund and , pursuant to regulations 143 and 147 of the Civil Legal Aid ( General ) Regulations 1989 , suspended the effect of that order to give the Legal Aid Board an opportunity to object . |
| 27 | Both the transfer and the original share certificate should be handed over on completion , and subsequently registered with the secretary of the company . |
| 28 | If Tara 's brilliance , if the radiance that had once shone for Ireland 's High Kings was ever to be kindled again , Medoc must be driven out and destroyed . |
| 29 | The struggle must be carried back to the Dalek city , they argue . |
| 30 | Blood and other body fluids in contact with the skin should be washed off with soap and water . |