Example sentences of "[adj] [det] [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From these categories the authors designated 42 as acts of communication by the mother and 32 that could be interpreted as communication by the infant ( burps and smiles for example ) . |
| 2 | A breakdown in the toilet habits of old dogs can again often be attributed to medical causes , and there is little that can be done , although in cystitis ( inflammation of the bladder ) , appropriate medication may resolve the problem rapidly . |
| 3 | There is little that can be done at this stage . |
| 4 | There is little that can be done down the sides of the door , beyond checking that the weatherstrip provided ( usually a rubber flap or brush strip ) is in order . |
| 5 | There 's little that can be done about the former ( it 's a consequence of Improv 's structure ) but the latter will be addressed in a future release . |
| 6 | In terms of a written flight plan there is little that can be done about wind , headings and estimates . |
| 7 | Doctors say there is little that can be done to help . |
| 8 | However , he added that pancreatic cancer is one of the most fatal forms and often there is little that can be offered to patients . |
| 9 | There is little that can be added to this chapter . |
| 10 | When the intimidation became unbearable , as at Bentheim on the German-Dutch border , the route was abandoned in favour of a Belgian crossing at Herbesthal , but usually there was little that could be done except to comfort the children and to urge calm . |
| 11 | Alice , familiar with this situation from somewhere in her well-stocked past , knew that there was little that could be done ; in fact it would get worse . |
| 12 | There was little that could be done to improve the overall unkempt appearance , except to dig the whole lot up and start again , but , as Luther Reynolds told David on one occasion , ‘ I do n't use the bloody garden , so why should I waste precious money on it ? |
| 13 | Thus there was little that could be acquired and developed immediately by those other builders who had an urgent need for land . |
| 14 | But that that will be determined by the sales exec when they go round to sign the contract . |
| 15 | I mean , is that an attitude that that that should be changed ? |
| 16 | It was agreed that where possible this should be extended into other areas . |
| 17 | It , it 's , it 's right that that this should be brought up anyway , Mr . |
| 18 | About half that could be saved if Trident were cancelled now . |
| 19 | This envisaged 300 first-past-the-post seats plus 175 that would be filled by proportional representation . |
| 20 | Can he give any indication about the further funding of phase 2 that will be needed , beyond that £2.5 million ? |
| 21 | Furthermore , in whole body calorimetry studies when total H 2 and CH 4 excretion were measured in healthy subjects eating test meals of various fermentable carbohydrates , the amount of excreted H 2 that could be accounted for was much less in non-methanogenic subjects . |
| 22 | As regards any holidays which have already been booked for the period after 1 April 1993 these should be notified to your new supervisor to help avoid any problems occurring later in the year . |
| 23 | This latter would be handed a bus pass and a deck chair , and could pass the time wondering to their hearts ' content why the hell they were there . |
| 24 | Strictly , this latter should be called a skill description rather than a task description . |
| 25 | On February 22 many will be attending a rally in Sunderland called by the Tyne and Wear Anti-Fascist Association . |
| 26 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
| 27 | ‘ We 've searched the local leagues for talent in an effort to bring in new blood , and hopefully a few more will be coming in the near future . ’ |
| 28 | Even so , there was not much that could be said , other than polite conversation . |
| 29 | Fortunately , there is much that can be done at home to reduce the level of chemical exposure — for the majority of patients , these simple measures will be enough to alleviate the symptoms considerably . |
| 30 | It should be clear from this article that a more multicultural approach would improve the quality of mathematics education , and that there is much that can be done to ensure that the mathematics we teach prepares children for our multicultural society . |