Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However corporacy became strained when the acute unit wanted to apply for self-governing status . |
| 2 | Industrial relations became strained when the post office abolished a flexible shift system at the SWindon branch . |
| 3 | Come to think of it , it is most unusual at any hour for so many hon. Ladies and hon. Gentlemen in the Chamber to remain seated when I rise to speak . |
| 4 | Irene Avery lay with her eyes closed , and for a moment Juliet hoped she would stay asleep so they did n't have to talk . |
| 5 | Stephen was sure his grandmother had fallen asleep before he was even out of the room . |
| 6 | Having lost one job he was interviewed at the Feltham Ordnance Factory , but was rejected as useless , ‘ having fallen asleep while waiting to be given instructions ’ . |
| 7 | I have known patients to be worried because they have on occasion fallen asleep while practising — but in fact this does not matter . |
| 8 | I 'd almost fallen asleep while Uncle Hamish had been droning on . |
| 9 | A TRIAL was halted yesterday after complaints that magistrates had fallen asleep when they should have been listening to evidence . |
| 10 | He could remember a time when he had fallen asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow , and when he had always had a healthy appetite . |
| 11 | I stood there and promised them that I would stay alive until I had killed the monster . |
| 12 | I shall stay alive until I can catch him . |
| 13 | Even if all informed people could agree concerning what animal welfare is , and how well various animals are faring — and these are large assumptions — the animal welfarist 's position would remain controversial because of how it answers the question ‘ What may be done in the name of , or in pursuit of , animal welfare ? ’ |
| 14 | Rangers nevertheless extended their lead over Aberdeen in the championship to ten points after a performance which had seemed destined to go unrewarded before the floodgates opened . |
| 15 | The scramble to partition Africa into colonies — made possible once the wide availability of quinine solved the problem of fever — typified this more militaristic phase of imperialism . |
| 16 | Booth did it in the last minute , slipping the ball home after Lee Richardson , an outstanding performer in the Aberdeen midfield , had struck the post with a clever shot made possible when Rhodes miskicked . |
| 17 | The power to negotiate , which is central to compliance systems , is one which exists by implication only but one made possible because the law is not made concrete or specific . |
| 18 | As will be seen , one of the problems for the United Kingdom economy is that , despite government exhortations for companies to become involved in selling overseas , many executives remain apprehensive because of the mystique with which the subject often surrounds itself . |
| 19 | Neither is it in terms made defeasible if Ellen Nicholl should die before marriage . |
| 20 | I got pregnant because you spent all my life filling my head with romantic ideas rather than giving me any practical advice . |
| 21 | Where at that date , any payment was accruing due , ie where payment in arrears was stipulated , the creditor may prove for the amount which would have fallen due if the debt had accrued from day to day ( r 6.112(2) ) . |
| 22 | Where the ground is frozen for most of the year , soils that contain water remain solid except for a brief spell each summer , when they thaw to a depth that varies with latitude and local conditions . |
| 23 | However , the extreme south-east might stay dry until after dark . |
| 24 | Previously people were as likely to talk of a ‘ public broadcasting system ’ ; , but this became confusing when the distinctive US Tv network with that name was established , often using British programmes . |
| 25 | Mr Greenhow said at an inquest in Darlington yesterday his wife became depressed because of anxiety over her health and home . |
| 26 | While I was there they found out I 'd fallen pregnant while I was on my home leave from Bullwood Hall . |
| 27 | motes pissed as newts , seraphic soaks , |
| 28 | If patients are forced to go private because the local dentists opt out of the National Health Service , fees will triple . |
| 29 | If patients are forced to go private because the local dentists opt out of the National Health Service , fees will triple . |
| 30 | The Senate may vote this week on a bill to give the proposed department that authority , but the issue is expected to remain controversial when it moves to the House of Representatives . |