Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People are angry and are pitching hard because of the polarisation of the debate between the status quo or independence . |
| 2 | In addition , if you are delayed more than 12 hours and you have chosen to take the recommended Holiday Insurance Policy that Club 18–20 has arranged with Eagle Star , you have the right to cancel and receive a refund , or , at your preference , continue on your holiday and receive compensation of up to £65 per person . |
| 3 | A recent Chinese assurance on ballistic missile sales to Middle Eastern countries , accreditation for a Voice of America journalist , and discussions of a possible resumption of the Fulbright academic exchange programme , have been dismissed here as inadequate . |
| 4 | Antinomians taught that since Christ died for the actual sins of His people , they are justified even before they are born . |
| 5 | A spirit of enterprise may have to be injected into ventures that are justified even if only on this basis . |
| 6 | We might hold that our beliefs about our sensory states are always justified to some degree just because of their subject matter ( non-inferentially , therefore ) , whereas most other beliefs are justified inferentially if at all ; one could suppose this in an attempt to make sense of the empiricist idea that our beliefs about our present experience have a stability which other beliefs lack , in virtue of which they are able to justify those other beliefs and thus meet the empiricist demand ( vaguely expressed here ) that all our knowledge be grounded in our experience . |
| 7 | ‘ Consequently , the measures which the member states may adopt when exercising the power conferred on them by article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/82 with a view to excluding certain of the vessels flying their flag from sharing in the utilisation of their national quota are justified only if they are suitable and necessary for attaining the aim of the quotas … |
| 8 | Genomic mapping has yet to resolve the order of coding segments 1 and 2 , or 9 and 10 ; these are assigned tentatively as shown . |
| 9 | Curiously , Gill and Jackson are aware of the problem of identity confusion but believe that it can be avoided if black children are placed transracially when very young : ‘ it is possible that older black children may , by the time a placement has occurred , have already internalised a definition of themselves as being black and that this definition may jeopardise the possibility of integration and emotional identification within a white family ’ ( p. 138 ) . |
| 10 | It had been hoped to have the English version ready for publication by Easter this year but it had been delayed principally because of objections to the use ‘ inclusive language ’ . |
| 11 | Unconditional strokes come with no strings attached and are given simply because a person is OK with you , warts and all ! |
| 12 | Confined to West Africa , these species of shrews have been persecuted locally because of their strange internal armour . |
| 13 | Rose thought the girl had n't been eating enough until she unclasped the bracelet and discovered the pus-stained square of lint beneath . |
| 14 | Health officials in Gateshead are contacting more than seven hundred women after discovering that the doctor who carried out cervical smear tests on them had not used the correct procedure . |
| 15 | To be told that animals are treated cruelly when they are caused unnecessary or unjustified pain is of little use unless we are told what counts as unnecessary or unjustified pain . |
| 16 | First , and most important , stick with fonts that were designed for the printer you are using even if this means giving up some of the typographic niceties . |
| 17 | If you are using more than two colours , you will need to mark the rows yourself . |
| 18 | Many of the species involved are listed internationally as endangered . |
| 19 | In those days quite a number of Diamond heights were attempted in large shower clouds and cumulo nimbus , whereas very few are flown today because of the unacceptable risks involved . |
| 20 | Between this line and the basin margin the formation comprises mainly platform carbonates , whereas basinwards it consists entirely of slope and basin plain deposits and submarine fans are developed only where the Z2 Carbonate reaches exceptional thickness . |
| 21 | It would seem that Parliament 's legal power has been limited only if : ( a ) community law is seen as a higher system of law ; and ( b ) our courts are willing to uphold the supremacy of community law . |
| 22 | The letter had been ripped open so Dexter drew out the note within , a sheet torn from a reporter 's notebook . |
| 23 | His speech of 1 November 1962 made references to ’ some differences ' between the two governments , but it was asserted that ‘ Nothing shall come between the Soviet Union and Cuba ’ , and the emphasis was on the Soviet arms which had not been withdrawn rather than on the missiles which had ( Cuba Socialista , no. 16 , Dec. 1962 , pp. 28–30 , in Clissold : 1970 , p. 276 ) . |
| 24 | May I draw to my hon. Friend 's attention a report in the Sunday Express pointing out that paramilitaries convicted of bombing and murder are sheltering in the Republic are drawing more than £2 million per week in dole money and social security , paid for by the British taxpayer , while many would face reconviction if they returned to Ulster ? |
| 25 | These advances in molecular genetics mean that by using a combination of haplotype and mutation analysis prenatal diagnosis is now possible in the great majority of couples who already have a child with phenylketonuria , although this has been undertaken infrequently because paediatricians and parents see early treated children as ‘ healthy . ’ |
| 26 | Every year the world 's industries have been producing more than one million tonnes of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) and halons for use as refrigerator coolants , in the manufacture of foams , aerosol can propellants , solvents and fire extinguishers . |
| 27 | It had been placed there when Mr Blakey had finished in the garden . |
| 28 | The existence of ( b ) and ( c ) he thought proved by the presence of some biblical texts where the literal sense seemed absurd or contradictory ; such texts must have been placed there as signposts to a spiritual allegorical exegesis . |
| 29 | It might even be possible to create a ‘ place in the sun ’ , where car parking has been placed underground because a place in the sun for townsfolk is more important than a place in the sun for cars ( e ) . |
| 30 | Erm it has been altered somewhat since the original er railway days , but nevertheless it retains quite a bit of the old character erm and er the high pitched roofs erm and the . |