Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [be] [vb pp] the " in BNC.

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1 Labour 's reaction to that is that local authority inspection should be made the universal norm , with local authorities inspecting the schools which only they are allowed to run .
2 Taking both these factors into account , I conclude that a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence should be given the opportunity to make representations in writing to the Secretary of State about the length of his tariff period before it is set .
3 The water level and backfill level should be kept the same to give maximum support to the pool .
4 In the context of this paper it is suggested that the following principles are added : dementia sufferers should be maintained in their own homes for as long as possible dementia sufferers should be maintained in their own community for as long as possible the number of moves should be kept to a minimum the independence , dignity and privacy of the sufferer must be respected the dementia sufferers must be involved as far as possible in discussions and decisions regarding their care and any possible move carers or potential carers should be involved in the decision-making process .
5 A second type of critic may be called the progressive .
6 THE HUMAN FIGURE may be considered the ideal subject for the imaginative artist .
7 THE HUMAN FIGURE may be considered the ideal subject for the imaginative artist .
8 Held , allowing the appeals , that the Secretary of State was required to afford to a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence the opportunity to submit in writing representations as to the period that prisoner should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence before the Secretary of State in the exercise of his power under section 61 of the Act of 1967 set the date of the first review of the prisoner 's sentence ; that , before giving the prisoner the opportunity to make representations , the Secretary of State was required to inform him of the period recommended by the judiciary as the period he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence and of any other opinion expressed by the judiciary which had not been disclosed at the trial and would be relevant to the Secretary of State 's decision as to the appropriate period to be served for those purposes ; but that the Secretary of State was not obliged to adopt that judicial view or , if he departed from it , to give reasons for doing so , and that he was entitled to delegate his powers for that purpose to a junior minister within the Home Department ; and that , accordingly , the decisions made by the Secretary of State as to the length of the period each of the applicants should serve before the date of the first review of their sentences should be quashed and that each applicant should be given the opportunity to make written representations after he had been informed of the judicial opinion regarding the period he should serve before review ( post , pp. 963B–C , 969A–C , 973F–H , 974A–B , 977B–D , 979C–F , 980E–G , 981F–G , 983C–D , 984C–E , 985B–C , 986H — 987A , F–G , 988C–E , G–H , 989B–C , D–E , 991B–C , 992F–H , 993B–E , F–G ) .
9 For each tax year the net earnings after tax that would have been received by the plaintiff if he had not been injured should be calculated , and from this net figure should be deducted the net earnings that the plaintiff has in fact received : the difference is the plaintiff 's loss during the tax year .
10 Fearing that the seat might be stolen the councillors arranged for it to be taken away for safe-keeping .
11 Fearing that the seat might be stolen the councillors arranged for it to be taken away for safe-keeping .
12 He said Labour would be denied the opportunity to re-erect the interventionist policies promised in the policy review .
13 Ultimately , Harris conceded that if this was the Air Ministry 's will , the addition to the Command would be called the Pathfinder Force and demanded Bennett would be the first Commandant .
14 If rectification were refused , the public purse would be saved the burden of paying an indemnity .
15 Students pursuing MPhil or PhD degrees in the department will be given the opportunity of attending postgraduate MSc courses taught as part of the Scottish Doctoral Programme ( a collaborative venture involving all eight Scottish universities and based at Glasgow , where the MSc component is taught ) .
16 There is in Scotland a long tradition of a lawyer acting on a ‘ speculative ’ basis , whereby the lawyer will be paid the normal fee if the case is successful , but if the case is lost he or she will be paid nothing .
17 The term whose meaning is included in this way will be called the endonym , and the containing term will be called the exonym .
18 On refusal , the failed applicant will be given the reasons why and receive a copy of the papers that will go to the adjudicator .
19 The previous section has concentrated on cultural , and hence spatial , variations in what for shorthand can be called the ‘ world of work ’ , that part of life which is concerned with creating and sustaining the means of subsistence .
20 A fourth type of critic can be called the compiler , whose criticism is implied in choices for collections or exhibitions .
21 Its issue presupposes that some function of the body remains to be performed , and this sets an internal time limit after which the order could not issue ( although an applicant can be denied the order because of undue delay even before the expiry of this time ) .
22 Just across the Dean Bridge beside the imposing facade of Stewarts Melville college can be found the gracious Victorian setting of the Queensway Hotel .
23 Among variations on this generalized Pterygote plan may be mentioned the connection of the frontal ganglion with the protocerebrum by a median nervus connectivus , the regression of the hypocerebral ganglion and varying degrees of fusion between the hypocerebral ganglion , the corpora cardiaca and the corpora allata , culminating in the condition found in the larvae of Cyclorrhaphan Diptera where all three fuse to form a composite structure known as Weismann 's ring which encircles the aorta just behind the brain ( p. 278 ) .
24 If an XY recorder is used to plot the results an elliptical plot is produced ( Figure 5.3 ) and from the plot may be derived the values of the loss factor .
25 PP may ask , ‘ What is … noted for ? ’ or the question may be put the other way round — ‘ Which city is noted for … ? ’
26 Secondly , he must be ‘ absolutely assured that the High Command was in a position to furnish us with the necessary men and material for the continuance of the offensive , and that not by driblets , but on a large scale ’ Thirdly , the campaign should be halted the moment ‘ we ourselves were losing more heavily and becoming exhausted more rapidly than the enemy ’ .
27 As in so many other matters , the judge should be given the discretion to tell the press that they may not publicise the name of a person , because to do so would be in contempt of court .
28 The child must be shown the word in print , and at the same time hear it pronounced .
29 Then , when the rule is subsequently applied in specific cases , more junior management should be given the authority for its application .
30 ‘ Bulk ’ transfer should be used the first time information of a given type is transferred , thereafter this information can be kept up to date with LIFESPAN by use of ‘ incremental ’ transfers .
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