Example sentences of "[noun] they [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They had taken an early lead with four points from Damien Short but when Oliver Lennon was sent off for a high challenge they were plunged into temporary disarray . |
| 32 | Where the transform faults occur on land they are associated with significant topographic features such as the valley of the Irrawaddy River in Burma . |
| 33 | But for the rest of the year they are dominated by dead plants . |
| 34 | That way , they query nothing and never answer back ; as a result they are not known for their political judgement , but , during the Depression they were jolted into social awareness . |
| 35 | When rabbits were first released in this country they were freed into man-made warrens — artificial holes covered over with a pyramid of cordwood which in turn was covered with faggots . |
| 36 | At that time they were faced with legal fees of £3,000 if they sued the surveyor , and the risk of losing this as well if they could not prove the surveyor 's negligence in law . |
| 37 | In their time they were regarded as great magicians who brought prosperity to these parts . |
| 38 | By the time they were interviewed in late 1982 and early 1983 ( some three years after being made redundant ) , they were divided almost equally between the economically active and inactive — 51 per cent and 49 per cent respectively — according to the standard definition of such activity . |
| 39 | As soon as scripts are marked by internal examiners they are sent to external examiners and the unmoderated results fed into the student management system . |
| 40 | In fact they were painted from dead specimens , and to get within range of a naturalist was a misfortune for a nineteenth-century bird or animal ; but Audubon painted them against realistic backgrounds , and in more or less plausible action . |
| 41 | To offset the emotional effects of their unnatural life-style they often require tranquillizers , and to ensure commercially satisfactory levels of meat production they are injected with anabolic — that is , body-building — steroid hormones . |
| 42 | By then Cameron 's mind was rousing itself from shock , there were many things he wanted to say to James , but the moment they stepped down under the massive archway of the prison they were hustled in opposite directions . |
| 43 | The programme tests the stability of school effects over time , and considers to what extent they are related to measured differences in processes within schools or resource inputs to schools . |
| 44 | This rule needs to be changed , so as to allow the unemployed to draw benefit as long as unemployment lasts , providing that claimants have not refused jobs they were offered without good cause , and are prepared to go on training schemes . |
| 45 | After the 36–6 defeat , Argentine coach Luis Gradin said : ‘ I was not happy with the three penalties they were given for collapsed scrums . |
| 46 | At one stage they were seen in hot pursuit of a fully loaded M&B beer lorry ! ! |