Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea was that Davis would be the anchor man , the resident musician , and every week we would have one paid performer who would be highlighted as performer of the week , a tradition that was kept up throughout the history of the folk club and the Arts Lab . |
| 2 | Do you , do you happen to know , will this service give benefit advice as well , because the , the budget which introduced a , an allowance of a kind for , for child care , is actually quite complicated , and , and it 's kind of er , an amount of income which can be disallowed before Family Credits are calculated and it , it , it involves a new kind of benefits trap as well , and I can see people needing quite a lot of advice about how to get it , and , and when not to get it and so on . |
| 3 | There was no reason why ‘ damage to the pocket' simpliciter should be disallowed when damage to the pocket coupled with physical damage has always been allowed . |
| 4 | The growth of quangos fits in with the idea that the burden on ministers could be eased if government departments concentrated on the development of policy and ‘ hived off ’ large blocs of routine administration . |
| 5 | Much more large scale research and testing of smoke venting systems needs to be undertaken before fire performance can be predicted with some confidence . |
| 6 | Strategic Planning Guidance … can provide the framework to begin the necessary work which will have to be undertaken if sustainability is to be given any credence within the development plan framework . ’ |
| 7 | Only one in four favours the idea of Britain joining the exchange rate mechanism immediately , compared with more than 40 per cent who believe entry should be delayed until inflation has ‘ substantially dropped ’ . |
| 8 | Moreover , abortion as a method allowed decision making to be delayed until material circumstances could be assessed . |
| 9 | may be delayed when dementia sufferer lives alone , or is not well known in the community ( eg crowded city areas ; living in multi-storey blocks , or has recently moved to a new area ) . |
| 10 | The car had to be righted before fire crews could attempt to cut the woman free . |
| 11 | The importance of his distancing from earlier critical theory becomes clear ; ‘ science ’ as a form of epistemology can not be dismissed as ideology but a tendency to ‘ scientism ’ can be treated as obscuring knowledge-constitutive interests and as potentially ideological . |
| 12 | In addition , what can easily be dismissed as paradox , inconsistency , or even hypocrisy may none the less represent some form of genuine religious commitment . |
| 13 | However , the bare infinitive is also found after how , and although this construction is far less frequent than the one with to , it can not be dismissed as nonce usage since fifteen cases have come to light thus far . |
| 14 | Credit should be given where credit is due . |
| 15 | On the issue of ‘ conservation of the environment , ’ some witnesses to the House of Lords Select Committee suggested that aid should be given where farming must be continued to conserve the environment , to maintain the countryside and to protect the coastline , and that food production is a secondary consideration . |
| 16 | Just as is the case for walking , the benefits of calming residential areas will not be realised unless provision is made for whole journeys from home to the shops , to work or to school , to be completed free from intimidation by motorised traffic . |
| 17 | This is made explicit in an executive letter which states that the ‘ objective of increasing the efficiency of the NHS will only be realised if competition delivers more in the value of savings and/or quality improvements than it adds to transaction costs ’ ( DoH , 1989g ) . |
| 18 | Trollope reaches the point of wondering whether a plumber could go to heaven , before sweet reason intervenes : ‘ we do not see why he should be debarred if cabinet ministers be allowed to enter . ’ |
| 19 | separate groups and departments continue to be formed as specialisation extends ; new problems of communication and coordination ( or integration ) now arise . |
| 20 | Many social service jobs tend to be filled when unemployment in manufacturing industry increases the attractiveness of the relatively secure job that local government , for example , affords . |
| 21 | They were opposed by Anthony Cary , Lord Falkland , a Tory , who argued that the throne should not be filled until Parliament had decided what powers to give the Crown , so that " we may secure ourselves from Arbitrary Government " , although in this he was supported by radical Whigs such as Wildman . |
| 22 | This large implication is said to be justified because Parliament must have intended to preserve the long-standing immunity against questioning after charge , and can not have intended to create a régime which would ‘ make a mockery of ’ ( A. v. H.M. |
| 23 | The scheme takes advantage of the extremely long prepatent period which allows a single breeding cycle by the gilts to be completed before egg-laying begins and so progressively eliminates infection . |
| 24 | This form is to be completed if proofing of an individual entry or a range of entries is required . |
| 25 | Butt lengths up to each other — any slight gaps will be hidden when overpainting . |
| 26 | Because of its shaped construction it 's less liable to be crushed as water passes through , and debris builds up . |
| 27 | All over Dynmouth she could be heard because tee volume had been specially turned up , the first indication that Ring 's were once again open for business . |
| 28 | The judiciary will also be consulted when release is an actual possibility to meet fully the requirements of section 61 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 . |
| 29 | In armies the power relations are so clear , and the rights and obligations of the participants so firmly established , that any one of these comments is likely to be punished as facetiousness or disobedience — even though no explicit order has been given . |
| 30 | The report says that the Marshall Islanders are likely have to flee their homes within 30 years and that the islands may be the first of the world 's low-lying countries ( mostly Pacific islands ) to be inundated as sea levels rise . |