Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] be [vb pp] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It shows how many items of the product ought to be on the shelf ; how many are still in the stock room ; the minimum number that the store is supposed to be carrying ; whether fresh ones have been ordered if stocks are too low ; what the current price is ; and whether that price is the Kmart standard , or has been lowered to beat local competitors . |
| 2 | One type of regression equation that has been employed to give empirical content to the question of taxation and labour supply is where |
| 3 | Feminists and other progressives have always been uncomfortable with the whole notion of morality , viewing it as an essentially conservative concept that has been used to bolster traditional modes of thinking and undermine efforts for change . |
| 4 | The day concentrated on personal awareness of accidents , on the theory and practice of prevention and on the written procedure that had been produced to eliminate major injuries . |
| 5 | This was the ultimate culmination of all the measures since the 1927 Cinematograph Film Act that had been designed to involve American finance in British films . |
| 6 | Particular attention is paid to the organisational structures that have been developed to support global research strategies . |
| 7 | Some other general qualities of schizophrenia can be appreciated by examining attempts that have been made to identify various subtypes . |
| 8 | Its purpose is to examine in detail the various experimental procedures that have been said to demonstrate acquired distinctiveness and to determine which generate reliable effects that are not to be explained away in other terms . |
| 9 | Most of the index-linked stocks that have been issued have annual coupon payments of 2 or 2 ½ per cent ; this is designed to reflect the fact that the long-run real rate of return on the UK capital stock is about 2 ½ per cent . |
| 10 | In Chapter 1 I distinguished two basic training procedures , one involving discrimination training , the other mere exposure to stimuli , that have been thought to reveal perceptual learning effects . |
| 11 | In the context of a varying incidence of the sudden infant death syndrome in different ethnic groups , and the possible contribution of infant care practices to this variation , this paper has described the beliefs and practices concerning infant care among two groups of carers in populations that have been shown to have significant differences in the likelihood of the syndrome . |
| 12 | When they are eight weeks old , for example , mouse pups that have been conditioned using mild electric shocks to their feet readily learn to swim through a simple water maze . |
| 13 | Section 2 will consider the methods that have been used to allocate scarce foreign exchange and their effects on export performance . |
| 14 | Having outlined the key features that have been used to distinguish positivist criminology , in its wider sense , it remains to consider the manner in which they have actually been manifested in the different causal theories that have been proposed . |
| 15 | In this chapter we shall be dealing with files that have been designed to make direct record retrieval as easy and rapid as possible . |
| 16 | Kantor 's method for identifying causes of unavailability is generally recognized to be the most accurate , and has been refined to demonstrate linear relationships between various non-availability categories . |
| 17 | While present it can be most alarming and has been known to cause severe impairment of flying performance . |
| 18 | Unemployment makes many people very unhappy , and has been found to have serious effects on both mental and physical health . |
| 19 | Although Keating , as Treasurer , was responsible for much of the current economic position — it was widely accepted that in 1987 he had allowed the economy to overheat , and had been forced to use high interest rates to cool it , thereby exacerbating the impact of the world recession — he was also widely perceived as the only Cabinet member with the experience and stature to provide an alternative to the leadership of Hawke . |
| 20 | They interact with the actin based cytoskeleton , and when stimulated may cause cytoskeletal rearrangement and have been shown to activate other cytoplasmic signalling pathways , thus acting as true transmembrane receptors . |
| 21 | Schools which observe a principle of ‘ open house ’ are better able to achieve this , because they encourage parents and local residents to make visits during school hours , and have been shown to make notable improvements in the quality of the education which they provide simply by working with parents on a basis of equality . |
| 22 | The scratchplate partly covers the pickup mounting rings but has been cut to allow full access to the adjusting screws . |
| 23 | A spokeswoman for the Saatchi Collection said the sales did not signal a lessening commitment to the collection , but had been made to finance new acquisitions . |
| 24 | In 1842 he was asked to report on the practicality of restoring the Brymbo ironworks in Denbighshire , which belonged to John Wilkinson [ q.v. ] but had been allowed to become derelict . |