Example sentences of "he be [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ ( The European Parliament ) … considers that , in the absence of palliative care correctly provided at both psychological and medical level , each time a fully conscious patient insistently and repeatedly requests an end to an existence which has for him been robbed of all dignity , and each time a team of doctors created for that purpose , established the impossibility of providing further specific care , the request should be satisfied without thereby involving any breach of respect for human life . ’ |
| 2 | Unfortunately , the new baronet lived in India and no instructions from him were expected for many months . |
| 3 | They had only wanted to reduce the political power of Charles I and prevent him being manipulated by those who sought to return England to the Roman Catholicism . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've explained it to him and it 's not fair on him being exposed to some of our defending in recent weeks . ’ |
| 5 | You 're here , you 're on trial , you can see him being accused of all sorts of things , defend yourself , job your opportunity to clarify in front of us , we represent the people . |
| 6 | Tom Walkinshaw offers his personal guarantee for any shortfall , conditional upon him being released from any liabilities or claims under the Companies Act . |
| 7 | McCann suggests that the idea of having a march through the city centre to commemorate him was inspired by this desire to provoke the authorities ; but given the importance of the centenary , it is likely that some kind of parade would have been organised in any case . |
| 8 | Nor had he been interviewed by any policeman or other official whatsoever during the five months of his stay in Long Kesh Detention Camp . |
| 9 | Never before had he been subjected to such a plethora of opinions — often form people with whom he had no real relationship , many of whom , bore him and his family substantial grudges . |
| 10 | Thus , the doctor , on this reasoning , incurs no liability under the civil law ; nor can he be accused of any crime . |
| 11 | Also , if a person chooses not to smoke why should he be subjected to such a poisonous , foul and unpleasant cocktail of several thousand gases in the form of tobacco smoke ? |
| 12 | Was he being treated for any medical condition ? ’ |
| 13 | He is human and so is she and all the marriage certificates in the world would not keep him faithful if he were tempted in those circumstances . ’ |
| 14 | And what if their occupants were already walking among us , keeping cautiously in the background to avoid notice and suspicion , just as twentieth-century man would need to do if he were thrust into another , and potentially hostile , age . |
| 15 | If he were a safety representative on a platform and , without explanation , he were transferred to another platform run by the same operator or service company , how would an industrial tribunal or any other organisation be able to prove that the reason for his transfer was that he was making a nuisance of himself over safety matters ? |
| 16 | And if he were propelled by such categorical imperative to fail , he could not reek loveableness out of every pore … |
| 17 | It would be hard to give a satisfactory explanation if he were found in that part of the house so late at night . |
| 18 | He is born with that instinct , for no mother wasp ever taught him , nor does he possess the capacity to learn something so fundamental to his existence . |
| 19 | He is selected for that reason , because he will not be suspected by the police . ’ |
| 20 | They applied the well established ploy of neutralising the troublemaker by proposing him for the position of chairman , where he is obliged above all to be impartial . |
| 21 | ‘ ( 1 ) Subject to the following provisions of this section , a child who is being looked after by a local authority may not be placed , and , if placed , may not be kept , in accommodation provided for the purpose of restricting liberty ( ‘ secure accommodation ’ ) unless it appears — ( a ) that — ( i ) he has a history of absconding and is likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation ; and ( ii ) if he absconds , he is likely to suffer significant harm ; or ( b ) that if he is kept in any other description of accommodation he is likely to injure himself or other persons . |
| 22 | The first target tonight will be Brian Close , the former Yorkshire and England captain and now chairman of the cricket sub-committee , on which he is supported by such luminaries as Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott and Bob Platt , all ex-players . |
| 23 | When a man looks at nature as Thoreau did , he is moved by some invisible influence . |
| 24 | He is called upon both to defend his faith against stiff opposition and to spread it among his friends . |
| 25 | Once he is assured of these , other needs arise . |
| 26 | On some occasions it may not be of great importance to the patient 's health whether he is treated at that time or perhaps at all . |
| 27 | But what people notice about Anthony is the way he holds his head down , that he 'll hardly ever look you in the eye , and the manner in which he will suddenly turn his whole head away if ever there is disagreement or he is challenged in some way . |
| 28 | He is aided in this by good actors like Angela Punch McGregor as the girl 's mother and Bruno Lawrence ( so good in New Zealand 's in Smash Palace ) as the boy 's sea-faring mentor . |
| 29 | If he is convicted of this crime [ this ] punishment follows : the loss of members , that there be member for member for when a virgin is defiled she loses her member and therefore let her defiler be punished in the parts in which he offended . |
| 30 | 4 As the attacker falls backwards after the initial blow , he is floored by another full-force elbow strike across the throat . |