Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] [noun] [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rules of the STV game decree that the only ballot papers needing to be considered for transfer are those that came along last , i.e. in the present case those that lifted Craig 's votes from below to above the quota . |
| 2 | Territoriality , dominance , and ritualized fighting all result in the fact , often noticed , that the amount of naked aggression to be seen in nature is less than the maximum possible . |
| 3 | All that can really be said with certainty is that quasi-governmental bodies generally operate in narrower , more specific areas than government departments or local authorities . |
| 4 | In general , the materials which can be dated by radiocarbon are those which once formed part of the biosphere , and hence are organic . |
| 5 | The ‘ Bathers ’ is the second Cézanne on this theme to be offered at Christie 's this year . |
| 6 | At a non-denominational school in the west end of Glasgow a head teacher explained that the maximum time to be spent on homework was half an hour . |
| 7 | The nine or so different forms and species to be found in England are all specialists . |
| 8 | The most energetic waves likely to be observed on Earth are those due to stellar collapse in our Galaxy . |
| 9 | Thus the aspects of the Fulton recommendations that could be put into practice were those compatible with ministerial responsibility . |
| 10 | The only obligations to transfer economic benefits which should not be taken into account are those which would not be considered in accordance with the going concern concept , that is , those which would only arise on the insolvency of the issuer and , where the issuer is expected to be able to comply with covenants on loan and similar agreements , those which would follow a breach of those covenants . |
| 11 | No-one can say for certain whether he was right ; what can be stated with certainty is that with Italy and Germany helping the Nationalists almost from the beginning , non-intervention threw the Spanish Republic into the embrace of the only great power willing to help her — the Soviet Union . |