Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] [prep] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We support the proposition that the provision of access beyond existing Rights of Way should be paid for out of the public purse . |
| 2 | The Chamber of Deputies introduced an amendment which meant that politicians discovered making payments in order to secure votes could be sentenced to up to six years in prison . |
| 3 | The full potential of the range is such that the new machine could be upgraded to up to 250 per cent of its initial capacity . |
| 4 | The BBC Providing Our Services : Staff could be cut by up to 10,000 by 1996 through contracting out services and introducing the new internal market system called Producer Choice — under which producers choose between using individual BBC departments or buying in services from outside . |
| 5 | If he issues the injunction and Mr Farquharson ignores it , he could be jailed for up to two years for contempt . |
| 6 | If he breaks yesterday 's court order , he could be jailed for up to two years for contempt of court . |
| 7 | The woman would then be taken to a certified hospital for medical examination , where she could be detained for up to three months . |
| 8 | Owing to national budgetry complications arising from Czechoslovakia 's split into two nations on 1 January , 1993 , this long awaited tax law could be delayed by up to six months . |
| 9 | British Bio-technology , which employs 70 drug researchers with PhDs , could be valued at up to £200 million . |
| 10 | They could be slashed by up to one hundred pounds a year if you introduce some simple energy-saving measures . |
| 11 | Post-election analysis predicted that while 14 governors could be expected to back the government , eight others were doubtful and four governors would support the opposition parties . |
| 12 | In a catering environment the oven could be used for up to 10 hours a day . |
| 13 | Once arrested , a person may be detained for up to 3 days without knowing what he/she is alleged to have done . |
| 14 | Impairment of warmth and rigid or anxious mothering styles also occur during the acute illness , and improvement may be delayed for up to one year , depending on the premorbid social adjustment . |
| 15 | Alternatively , it may be studied for up to 3 ( or 4 ) years within the MA General ( or General Honours ) , or as an outside subject for one or two years . |
| 16 | Favourable movements in share prices may be secured for up to 9 months by buying put options in the relevant securities or by buying put options in the FTSE index . |
| 17 | An SPR may be passed on up to 6 times using this option but LIFESPAN will not allow it to be passed to a user to whom it has been passed before . |
| 18 | Grants may be provided of up to £10,000 in any one financial year . |
| 19 | To help you get organised a group option may be held for up to one month before deposits are required , and names need not be supplied until 12 weeks before departure . |
| 20 | In this case the initial suspicion must be reasonable , whereupon the person may be held for up to 7 days . |
| 21 | They will have to reside there for a minimum of one month a year , but this may be waived for up to five years by an annual payment of $5,000 to the Bahamian government . |
| 22 | Our home had been turned upside down , our little boy , who we now loved so much , was diagnosed as retarded and Andreas was told he would be jailed for up to seven years in Cyprus . |
| 23 | The congress , which will be attended by up to 2,000 delegates , is intended to re-make the Party in a ‘ European ’ image , as Party spokesman Jan Bisztyga has said . |
| 24 | However , because of the court timetable , the posting of the scheme document will be delayed for up to three weeks after the announcement . |
| 25 | The centre will look after internationalisation of Sun software for the European market and will be staffed by up to 100 employees over time . |
| 26 | The centre will look after internationalisation of software for the European market , though not manufacturing , and will be staffed by up to 100 employees over time . |
| 27 | Like Sun Microsystems Inc before it , NCR has gone to Oracle Corp for its manufacturing and financial management software for its own manufacturing groups : the software will be installed in up to 14 NCR manufacturing sites in the US and abroad . |
| 28 | The school will be closed for up to a week , and pupils will have to stay at home while temporary buildings are put up on the site . |
| 29 | And that sum will be paid for out of the scrap value of the old thick copper cable used in the original 1950s electrification . |
| 30 | The bill for the refurbishment will be paid for out of the government-backed Urban Programme . |