Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The programme that is devised for them will usually be geared largely towards communication skills and will probably include craft , drama , and life skills which thus serve a dual function . |
| 2 | She had only ever loved one man — and tomorrow the barrier that stood between them would finally be removed , when Anna married another . |
| 3 | His violence towards them might even be deemed no more than a Satanic desire to get them used to the notion of reigning in Hell rather than serving in Heaven . |
| 4 | But if it had not been for Hillary Clinton 's TV performance and George Bush 's Japanese collapse , neither of them might now be ordering the removal vans . |
| 5 | They have reported what they know about the number of minke whales in the sea , but have made no recommendation as to how many of them might safely be slaughtered — or ‘ harvested ’ in the unpleasant terminology of the whalers . |
| 6 | The industrialists of the water-power age , out in the open country , had put up houses for their workpeople — as at Cromford , Mellor and Styal , where many of them may still be seen — which were , in Professor Ashton 's words , ‘ not wanting in amenity and comfort ’ and even possessed a certain quality of design and proportion . |
| 7 | The fact that the company never had and was never entitled to have some of the documents and that certain of them could only be obtained by litigation with the appellants , in so far as they were relevant to issues in that litigation , are factors to take into account in the balancing exercise to be set against the purposes of the administration set out in section 8 of the Act of 1986 . |
| 8 | Whether skilled or unskilled , the vast majority of fathers of brides in the sample were engaged in manual trades ( 110 of the 161 ) , and most of them could safely be assumed to be skilled workers . |
| 9 | Instead , what we have are literally thousands of measures in educational testing , social surveys , attitude research or statistical analysis , with little or no idea as to how any of them could conceivably be reduced to a few dimensions or compared with agreed-upon standards . |
| 10 | The value of this work can be assessed by the fact that of 2,000 parts which may be needed for the repair of a bomber , 1,000 of them could often be obtained from such recoveries . |
| 11 | Only the priests remained , and the Colonel and the Factor and none of them could really be asked . |
| 12 | Do n't tell Madeleine I said so because she 'll deny it just to be contrary , but I 'm very much hoping the two of them will soon be getting engaged . |
| 13 | However , almost all of them can equally be done by the student working independently , either in a language laboratory or at home . |
| 14 | Some of them can still be seen — for example , the church of St-Hilaire-le-Grand in Poitiers , or the lower church of St Eutropius , who was believed to be a descendant of Xerxes of Persia , in Saintes . |
| 15 | Whereas , as we have seen , primal societies use the initiation and totemic rituals to instil whatever rudimentary superego-formation is necessary for the conduct of their social life , modern societies have more or less totally abandoned these rituals and anything resembling them ( although vestiges of them can still be found in some educational and penal institutions ) . |
| 16 | Who thought of them can only be imagined , but it is obvious that some are attributed to the physical build or character while others have probably got connections with the work they did , terms which have died with them . |
| 17 | So long as ‘ blind-alley ’ openings … are not absolutely illegal … the choice of them can only be discouraged generally by bringing them [ boys ] into direct competition with better openings at a general exchange . ’ |
| 18 | How should indexicals be accommodated , so that the notion of logical consequence , as it applies for example to the inference from ( 14 ) to ( 15 ) , can also be applied to the inference from ( 16 ) to ( 17 ) ? ( 14 ) John Henry McTavitty is six feet tall and weighs 200 pounds ( 15 ) John Henry McTavitty is six feet tall ( 16 ) I am six feet tall and weigh 200 pounds ( 17 ) I am six feet tall Clearly , in order for ( 17 ) to be a valid inference from ( 16 ) , the referent of I must somehow be fixed — the inference does n't follow if ( 16 ) and ( 17 ) are said by different speakers . |
| 19 | My doctor tells me that leg of his must still be hurting like the devil . |
| 20 | As you have read the above paragraphs , many of you will already be forming your own opinions — and this is just as it should be . |
| 21 | Discussion and debate may need ( as with the Humanities Curriculum Project ) packs of supporting data , and if paper is short some of it may well be put on overhead transparencies and projected when relevant . |
| 22 | As the question of his death date , and indeed the circumstances of his death , are intimately bound up with the vexed problem of the identity of his successor , further discussion of it may suitably be left to the following chapter . |
| 23 | Its shape became clear , and I could then guess roughly how much of it must still be buried under the sand . |
| 24 | Our revival of it could well be seen as defiant ; that 's why we have already commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of Aby Warburg 's death . |
| 25 | It will be evident that these united designs compete under considerable disadvantage with the single designs , and that unless a united design should be superior in both departments to all its single competitors , it could not receive a prize because one portion of it could hardly be executed without the other . |
| 26 | I have declined to act as external examiner to candidates whose subject or thesis title seemed to be so dubious that a successful treatment of it could only be done by a candidate of exceptional brilliance ; in such cases it is likely that the candidate has had inadequate or misguided supervision . |
| 27 | This information is mostly for the GM , but some of it can easily be fed to the PCs before an adventure . |
| 28 | Without them , and thousands like them , none of us would currently be enjoying , if not prosperity , at least our freedom . |
| 29 | No you do n't have to , there 's no , there 's no rea there 's no , there 's no thing that makes someone but it , it if you 're pissed off it does n't , you do n't have to have a special reason to be pissed off you can just be pissed off like you can just be annoyed , it 's like saying you 're annoyed when someone nicks your towels . |
| 30 | Here is another equation , We wish to find what number I stands for , unc We have now " solved the equation " for You may well be thinking that all this working out is not needed since you can work out the answer in your head Very soon though you will be given problems too difficult to work out in your head , At that time you will have to use the method you re practising now , |