Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [coord] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a second study , Kennedy ( 1972 ) found that repetition after 1 year was less common in patients admitted to the Edinburgh Regional Poisoning Treatment Centre ( 12 per cent ) than in those who made attempts and were not referred to the Centre , irrespective of whether the latter were referred to psychiatrists elsewhere ( 38 per cent repeated ) or not ( 37 per cent repeated ) . |
| 2 | He is doing well at school , has friends and is well liked . |
| 3 | It also has to assume responsibility for those children who lack parents or are not receiving proper care . |
| 4 | They had semi-circular arched heads and were generally filled with alabaster or marble sheets or , sometimes , glass . |
| 5 | In other matches skippers Kim Barnett and Mark Benson scored centuries but were badly let down by their team-mates . |
| 6 | He then has more chance of meeting females and is better equipped to overpower them in mating fights . |
| 7 | Many birds eat seeds and are often referred to as seed predators . |
| 8 | He made applications and was regularly turned down . |
| 9 | All vaccines transported by the district transport service , which does not use refrigerators and is not provided with cool boxes , were exposed to excessive temperatures . |
| 10 | Not the least valuable to the local historian are the lists of names of ignoble omnes who falsely claimed arms and were publicly shamed . |
| 11 | The raw material came from such sources as Renaissance sketchbooks , engravings and travel guides and was originally limited to Antique works of art known between 1400 and the conquest of Rome by Charles V in 1527 . |
| 12 | There were far too many accounts in the papers , of unsuspecting women who opened doors and were hideously attacked by those waiting . |
| 13 | She did not regularly use tampons and was not menstruating at the time of admission . |
| 14 | He also frequented ale-houses and was sometimes drunk . |
| 15 | Without this kind of analytical framework , respecting the complex levels of mediation involved and their relative autonomy , Elvis becomes simply the plaything of naked political forces ( rebellious/manipulative ) ; and the fact that the young rock 'n' roller sang ballads from the start , that the older Hollywood star could still sing rock 'n' roll songs and was still respected by rock 'n' roll fans , that his ‘ blues ’ were ‘ romantic ’ ( a kind of fantasy ) , his ballads often ‘ realistic ’ ( given flesh ) , or that he could make boogification ironic — all this is inexplicable . |
| 16 | He had turned to fly around the eastern edge of the island 's encircling reefs and was now staring intently at the houses , searching for any signs of danger , but it seemed as though Murder Cay was deserted . |
| 17 | They were , however , an all-White group , operating without directly involving parents and were generally committed to specialist care in the community . |
| 18 | ‘ I was thinking if we could stop his cows from getting out of a field or save his hayricks when they were on fire , ’ said Heather , who loved reading stories and was always having make-believe adventures , with herself as the heroine . |
| 19 | My Grandfather accompanied me to all contests and modelling assignments and was well known on the Beauty Queen circuit as ‘ Pop ’ . |
| 20 | Staphylococcus aureus and alpha haemolytic streptococci were the most commonly identified organisms and were usually isolated from the biopsy channel of the endoscope and it seems likely that needle tip contamination is the chief culprit . |
| 21 | In England there are cases where degree holders can not get jobs and are therefore forced to attend further education courses to try to improve their qualifications . |
| 22 | A lecture course is often a passive form of learning : you listen acutely and take notes but are generally discouraged from asking questions or raising points because the size of the group inhibits fruitful exchanges . |
| 23 | It was basically a group of people who happened to be around but very soon we all had titles and were constantly organising and re-organising the creating divisions and systems and methods . |
| 24 | Not only that but , since they automatically form lineages and are occasionally miscopied , later versions tend to be ‘ better ’ at making copies of themselves than earlier versions , because of the powerful processes of cumulative selection . |
| 25 | Do you seriously think that if you went to a school and it was like , you know , all cosy , you know , you had dealers and were n't allowed to smoke , you were n't allowed to drink and you were n't allowed to take drugs do you seriously think anyone would go there ? |
| 26 | The traditional sedatives , laudanum , mandragora , bromide , paraldehyde , chloral , barbiturates , all had disadvantages and were gradually displaced . |
| 27 | All units have fitted carpets and are generously equipped to an exceptionally high standard , including household linen , colour TVs , stereo music centres , fridge/freezers , automatic washing machines and payphones . |
| 28 | It need n't mean that Dostoevsky had been telling lies and is now telling the truth in the privacy of his own notebooks . |
| 29 | OLS continued to expand its partnering contracts and is now recognised as the UK 's leading offshore support company with extensive shore base facilities in both Great Yarmouth and Aberdeen . |
| 30 | These prepared public relations tapes work wonders and are widely used . |