Example sentences of "[conj] is [verb] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I paddle quickly , aware too that the Ocean 's cold has gnawed its way uncomfortably through the thin GRP of the kayak and into my poorly protected flesh Tony waits for me , to point out a small brown luck that is lurking among some rocks to our right . |
| 2 | The sort of rebounding abuse , the trickster tricked , the reader ( ironically ) laughing at an image he does not realize is his own , that she describes , is indeed a pattern that is found in some fabliaux . |
| 3 | The law recognises degrees of homicide other than murder and is observed with some nicety on the matter of recklessness or assault with intent to cause bodily harm . |
| 4 | If the material is not topical and is delayed for some time before being sent out the date should be changed . |
| 5 | Once again opinions vary as to whether conditions should be attached with the aim of controlling odour pollution and is regarded by some planners as an undesirable duplication of powers , a view endorsed by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution especially with regard to planning conditions designed to control air pollution from registered works . |
| 6 | Video is a relatively new medium for in-house communications and is used by some companies to great effect . |
| 7 | Another way out of the problem of fraud could be to require from both parties the presentation of a birth certificate as a prerequisite for the issuing of a marriage licence , as is done in some states in the United States . |
| 8 | The cylinder index and any higher-level indexes : it is unlikely that any but the largest files will require more than one cylinder for these indexes , although a complete cylinder has often to be set aside for them , as is required by some manufacturers ' software . |
| 9 | In fact , however , as is shown in some detail in chapter 11 , while the Conservatives have been very committed to public ‘ expenditure restraint and have stopped the growth of public employment , they too have found social policy expenditure hard to curb . |