Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adj] [noun] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each isotopic substitution gives in principle one extra piece of information about the force field , and for several small molecules enough isotopic species have been studied to allow the force field to be specified fully . |
| 2 | This principle , that within each diplomatic rank ( ambassador , minister-resident , etc. ) precedence should be decided merely by seniority , was to lead more than half a century later , by the international convention of 1818 , to a final solution of most of the issues on which for generations so many energies had been expended and so much ink spilt . |
| 3 | While the first words most small children say are ‘ Mummy ’ , ‘ Daddy ’ and ‘ me want ’ , Graham Harrison 's first utterance was the word ‘ scratch ’ . |
| 4 | Thus , despite the widespread use of intravenous heparin no patency data so far support the additional use of this agent once full-dose aspirin has been given with streptokinase or anistreplase . |
| 5 | The FBI — which handles counterintelligence matters — is trying to turn the influx of Soviet emigres to its advantage , however , and , according to The New York Times , the agency hopes to reap a potential intelligence bonanza once double agents have been weeded out . |
| 6 | Through the centuries about twenty-five houses had been built in Ploughman 's Lane , first of all for the minor gentry , the widows and kinsmen , for instance , of the lord of the manor ; in more recent times , equally large and widely spaced dwellings had been put up for the professional class . |
| 7 | During the past twenty years , however , ‘ fascism ’ has become the object of rigorous academic analysis , with the result that much effort has been expended in attempting to establish whether or not the label is appropriate in the Spanish case . |
| 8 | At the Allan Hills about 1200 specimens have been collected from 75 sq . |
| 9 | THE pilot of a Bristow helicopter that crashed in the North Sea with the loss of 11 lives earlier this year has been sacked , his lawyer claimed last night . |
| 10 | In Tirgu Mures an institution for Hungarians most Hungarian professors have been retired , and not replaced by younger Hungarians . |
| 11 | In recent years mostly early paintings have been acquired : a 1629 ‘ Self-portrait ’ ( bought in 1976 ) the ‘ Allegorical musical party ’ of 1626 ( bought in 1976 ) and the ex-Thyssen ‘ Tobias and Anna ’ of 1626 ( bought in 1979 ) . |
| 12 | In particular the government forces encountered problems in maintaining control of a town once rebel forces had been defeated ; when armed units moved on to another troubled area , rebels could regain control . |
| 13 | When food is clumped in groups , the best method of search is to move straight ahead when not in a group , but to turn through tight angles once one item has been found , in order to find the rest of the group . |
| 14 | The logical result is that in a month of war more high explosive has been dropped on Iraq than was used in the whole of world war two . |
| 15 | In recent years far more attention has been paid to psychological factors in skill development , the catalyst being a book The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey ( Cape , 1975 ) . |
| 16 | That significant marine action extends to quite high levels is well known.Wentworth ( 1938 ) has for instance described an example from the Hawaiian Islands , where a block of tuff weighing about 7 tons has been moved several feet fro its natural position at an elevation of 12m ( 40 ft ) on an exposed cliff . |
| 17 | The IRA men died ten miles from the spot where ten days earlier eight soldiers had been killed and 27 injured in the Ballygawley bus bombing by the IRA . |
| 18 | ‘ Over recent years hugely successful efforts have been made to promote Edinburgh and the Lothians in Europe . |
| 19 | Nevertheless in recent years considerably more interest has been aroused and in at least some cases governments and international agencies are showing themselves willing to put real money into research . |
| 20 | Since the crisis began in the late 1970s , spending on education below tertiary level has been at rock bottom and health little better . |
| 21 | I thought — if it had been my parents who had been talking , they would have been doing it at the tops of their voices , for surely on the content alone that conversation had been a row . |
| 22 | There was a strong moral belief in old England that evil spirits only had power over ill-gotten goods , thus explaining why ABBEY LUBBERS could only wreak havoc amongst monks once corrupt behaviour had been evidenced . |
| 23 | Is the Minister aware that part of the result is that in my constituency today 14 classrooms have been closed in Bassaleg school ? |
| 24 | Seif dunes are larger : in the Egyptian Sand Sea they attain a height of loo metres ( 330 ft ) and dunes twice this height have been reported from southern Iran . |
| 25 | Finally , in very different conditions very small barchans have been observed to form in very cold ice crystals as long as the wind remained absolutely constant in direction . |
| 26 | I. Recently four decisions have been made : ( i ) to have another new integrated iron and steel works at Newport ( Llanwern ) ; ( ii ) to enlarge the blast furnaces and steel mills at Port Talbot ; ( iii ) to close the iron and steel works at Ebbw |
| 27 | Three times as many people had been packed into the old confines as could prudently be housed there , even by the low standards of a hundred years ago , and the slums of Nottingham have remained a byword down to our own day . |
| 28 | By mid-February only 47 thrifts had been closed or sold , another 300 were under the management of the Resolution Trust Corporation ( RTC ) and 200 more were expected to be taken over soon . |
| 29 | Near some crofts however some areas have been improved by liming and surface seeding and elsewhere grazing , drainage and muirburn have altered the natural vegetation cover . |
| 30 | Large parts of southern and eastern Africa stand at over 1500m yet recent volcanism has been very localized . |