Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also for creative arts , a weekly period of music and art would be insufficient ; rather , a rotational arrangement should be employed which allowed pupils to spend more time on music , say , for part of two years , with the opportunity for work in art and perhaps drama at other times ' . |
| 2 | In reaching my decision that the notice should be served I discussed the matter with the above mentioned persons . |
| 3 | ( A fine baby boy was born the day Eric arrived , and asked what he thought the child should be called he suggested ‘ Armistizio ’ . ) |
| 4 | To achieve this aim a curriculum should be formulated which took into account the needs and expectations of society , ensured continuity of the education process throughout the years of compulsory schooling and the importance of the coherence of subject disciplines . |
| 5 | To show the trade how furniture should be displayed he opened his first Habitat in the Fulham Road in London . |
| 6 | During the 1970s the Community was preoccupied with enlargement of the Community , institutional crises such as the Luxembourg accords , following the refusal of France to accept qualified majority ruling in the Council of Minsters , frequent budgetary difficulties and differences of view as to how the Community should be financed which resulted in very little progress towards the achievement of a single market . |
| 7 | ‘ How you must be wishing you 'd chosen a different way of doing things . ’ |
| 8 | Vern must be thinking he 'd really made it . |
| 9 | Common decency insisted that Vitor must be told he had a son . |
| 10 | Having considered ways in which a company might be libelled he continued , at p. 139 : |
| 11 | His nature , which it might be argued he turned into Nature , always desired love and recognition , in a way that most of us do , but it seemed increasingly the environment in which he lived , and more especially the people which he met , denied him that . |
| 12 | Full of new hope that maybe our rethink might be working he struck into what appeared a solid fish , although this was a little misleading as the cat had picked up a little weed and once freed she quickly surrendered . |
| 13 | These have all featured in GH and we 'll be keeping you informed of any new developments . |
| 14 | I 'll warn ya , I 'll be playing me Led Zeppelin tapes : - ) |
| 15 | Several fellow players asked her to take them for a ride as pillion passengers but that treat seemed to be reserved for members of her regular entourage , though I suppose it could be argued she took Steffi Graf for a ride in the semi-finals . |
| 16 | Deane scored for Leeds , and , it could be argued he scored for Tottenham as well cos I think it was his foot that deflected it past Beaney . |
| 17 | Before that could be arranged she took very poorly one day and an ambulance had to be sent for — luckily one of the nearby farms had a telephone . |
| 18 | Thus comparisons could be made which revealed progress in some areas and decline in others . |
| 19 | After 30 minutes of flight time , Dick felt comfortable enough to join up on our wing so a picture could be made which commemorated the moment . |
| 20 | However , Schoenbaum points out the superficial level of social change pointing to the ‘ schizophrenia ’ of Nazi society — ; where it ‘ could be seen everything had changed and nothing had changed . ’ |
| 21 | On the sovereignty issue Ordóñez declared that " the colony of Gibraltar belongs to the past " , while Hurd reiterated that nothing could be done which went against the will of the Gibraltarians . |
| 22 | This sometimes occurs in certain environments and when asked how this could be rectified he said it was not viable to work on a computer of that age and invest in a new one . |
| 23 | As a result of the impact of research of this kind a further third strand could be detected which devolved upon the investigation of earth hazards and of physical geography from a socioeconomic-viewpoint . |
| 24 | After all , before Jesus could be arrested he had to be found . |
| 25 | A number of factors could be identified which helped to explain the apparent resilience of these women . |
| 26 | Since there was no prospect that an Executive could be found which satisfied the " wide acceptance " provisions of Section 2 of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act , the Assembly was prorogued and the strikers returned to work . |
| 27 | This would not necessarily conflict with the picture of word-meaning developed so far if a single superordinate sense could be found which covered all the variants . |
| 28 | He let a dignified minute pass before going out himself , collecting Catherine , and dispatching Bruce to supervise the house-to-house interviews in Malplaquet Terrace , to see if anyone could be found who had seen the blue BMW arrive or caught sight of its driver . |
| 29 | In these circumstances it can fairly be said that there was no medical evidence favouring such ventilation , although it was clearly possible that within the paediatric medical speciality some consultant of repute could be found who took a different view . |
| 30 | So as often as could be managed I went for trips with my father on the trams . |