Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In England , the complete technique was applied to serious music ; in September 1935 Elisabeth Schumann recorded both parts of the Evening Prayer from Humperdinck 's Hansel und Gretel . |
| 2 | Nor , in an atmosphere of reluctance , can the initiator be confident that a participator 's initial dependence on other people 's ideas and energy will in due course be turned into well-informed independence . |
| 3 | It is apparent , therefore , that differentiation was made between male and female blood , and that circumcision , in its new casting , had some role to play in that context . |
| 4 | The parsing algorithm is based on chart-parsing techniques and works breadth-first across the input . |
| 5 | In addition , even though a fifth of total income is derived from occupational pensions , the vast majority of pensioners rely on social security either for all or for a significant proportion of their income : two-thirds of them receive 80 per cent or more of their income from this source . |
| 6 | Each part was cushioned by synovial fluid . |
| 7 | RSPCA thanks rescuers who fought for pony Rescuers who saved a foal from a watery grave were presented with top RSPCA awards at Darlington Town Hall this week . |
| 8 | Each noise is split into different frequency bands in the 20 hertz to 20 kHz range ( equivalent to the range of the human ear ) , and data about each band is fed into the system . |
| 9 | Accordingly , two entire trials for each pairing were subjected to detailed analysis . |
| 10 | Friendly support is offered by small groups of mothers and children meeting regularly in the daytime in each others houses . |
| 11 | Friendly support is offered by small groups of mothers and children meeting regularly in the daytime in each others houses . |
| 12 | Friendly support is offered by small groups of mothers and children meeting regularly in the daytime in each others houses . |
| 13 | Friendly support is offered by small groups of mothers and children meeting regularly in the daytime in each others houses . |
| 14 | Friendly support is offered by small groups of mothers and children meeting regularly in the daytime in each others houses . |
| 15 | The outer layer of each hair is made of overlapping cells ( cuticles ) . |
| 16 | The second largest income is provided by other forms of external hire — whether for art exhibitions or concerts . |
| 17 | The selected affixes and function words are represented within the planning frame in phonological form , and , as we have already noted , the phonological forms of the content words have been retrieved from the lexicon : when all these phonological representations are put together under the control of the planning frame , we have the positional-level representation for the sentence , a level at which a specific sentence is represented in phonological form . |
| 18 | E. Griew , The Theft Acts 1968 – 1978 , 6th edn , Sweet & Maxwell , 1990 , 211 , wrote : [ i ] f a blackmailing demand is " made " as soon as it is spoken or dispatched beyond recall , the possibility of a case of attempted blackmail is limited to fanciful situations such as where [ the accused ] is affected by a stammer or interrupted in the act of posting . |
| 19 | Though not the most powerful punch ever thrown , Stretch 's right hook was delivered with perfect timing . |
| 20 | The too-long text is set in hard-to-read sanserif and the clincher headline reads : ‘ Honestly . |
| 21 | Speaking at its launch , the Environment Secretary , Michael Howard , said : " Not enough people yet realize just how much unnecessary damage is caused by inefficient use of energy . |
| 22 | While the military were subordinate ( having solved the problems of the frontier and the Civil War ) , the massive increase in corporate power due to industrial concentration and the expansion and unification of the national economy led to the political elite being dominated by corporate power . |
| 23 | The present results indicate that a substantial amount of this total calcium is associated with insoluble phosphate , which is in accordance with results obtained in other animal and human studies . |
| 24 | Fifty to 60 crypts from each case were divided into upper and lower portions . |
| 25 | Streat congratulated MacArthur on his ‘ momentous ’ achievements and then warned him against encouraging Japanese competition to the point where strong antagonism was aroused in western and eastern countries . |
| 26 | The poloidal field is produced in different ways , depending on what sort of machine it is . |
| 27 | Their obsessive story is told in graphic detail as they sail merrily along on an ocean liner . |
| 28 | The standard of service obtained by a lexicographer at a primary-use terminal is determined by various demands made on the configuration of equipment and software . |
| 29 | That disgust is translated into violent purging by vomiting or laxatives . |
| 30 | The friendly deal was struck after lengthy negotiations between lawyers and Official Solicitor David Venables , the girl 's court-appointed guardian . |