Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [adv] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can the tape be structured so that by reading serially through the file it would be simple to produce a text stream suitable for an automatic typesetting process : |
| 2 | Rises in numbers of people with gonorrhoea were observed within and outside the Thames regions in 1989 ( J Hilton , personal communication ) . |
| 3 | if the vehicle is a public service vehicle , being a stage carriage or an express carriage being used otherwise than on an excursion on tour within the meaning of section 159(1) of the Transport Act , 1968 , and the vehicle is waiting , after having proceeded past the zebra crossing in relation to which the zebra controlled area is indicated , for the purpose of enabling persons to board or alight from the vehicle . |
| 4 | But this does not necessarily mean that a physical demonstration of the product in action is the only way to use TV for a demonstrable product — the Vauxhall Astra ‘ dog ’ commercial , in which the proud owner treats the car as a pet , and it reacts appropriately , is , in effect , a demonstration commercial , but the demonstration is done obliquely and with humour . |
| 5 | There is evidence at many points around the continent that more rock is exposed today than in the immediately recent past , and that there were several retreats during the present interglacial ( Péwé , 1960 ) , though not on the scale of the northern retreat . |
| 6 | Even now only half of donated blood is tested simply because of the lack of diagnosis kits . |
| 7 | The committee 's general ambivalence probably reflected its membership though it did admit that recent investigations suggested that to some extent investment was going abroad because of the unfavourable economic environment at home . |
| 8 | The knowledge of structure in masonry was extending quickly and with this advance in technique came the means to erect buildings which were mere shells of stone ribs and pillars . |
| 9 | No wonder he qualified his optimism about Henley by speaking of a 300-strong membership because the Huntercombe club was struggling terribly and in fact went into liquidation in 1908 . |
| 10 | Serum bismuth concentration was measured initially and after two and four weeks with samples taken 12 to 16 hours after enema administration . |
| 11 | A court in the United Kingdom might have jurisdiction if the alleged perpetrator was domiciled here because of the provisions of the Civil Jurisdictions and Judgments Act 1982 . ’ |
| 12 | There are certain defences or exceptions to infringement ; for example , if the act is done privately and for non-commercial purposes or for experimental purposes ( on the basis that the proprietor 's interests are not harmed by such use ) . |
| 13 | The idea of a friend dying in battle is featured here as in all the narratives and the hopeless and despairing feeling also can be felt throughout Owen 's poetry . |
| 14 | Sales service teams in the UK and Ireland ensure that our on-trade draught equipment is operating efficiently and at the correct temperature so that the products can be served in the very best condition . |
| 15 | Our assistance is offered sensitively and in a culturally appropriate way . |
| 16 | Inevitably when we reach the point of change in special education , the question is asked frequently and in different contexts and independently in different places , as to how the changes should actually occur . |
| 17 | She could tell at once that he knew who her caller had been and , from his expression , that his intelligence was working overtime as to why the head of the Massingham empire should ring her personally . |
| 18 | And although the er , the causal relationship is not completely established , it is a very helpful way of remembering that one of the principle distinguishing features of this organism which separates it from other members of the genus staphylococcus it pr it produces this enzyme to coagulate things on and the effects of this enzyme are illustrated here as against the control preparation , you see a clot form due to the action of this enzyme on clotting practice which has been put into this test tube serum . |
| 19 | any accident loss damage or liability caused sustained or incurred while any Caravan described in the Schedule is let out on hire by the Policyholder being used otherwise than for social domestic and pleasure purposes |
| 20 | The major difference is that whereas in Popper the decisions concern the acceptance of singular statements only , in Lakatos the device is extended so as to be applicable to the universal statements that make up the hard core . |
| 21 | Ensure that , if you are retained to conduct contact with prospective purchasers in your country , the contact process is handled expeditiously and by a partner or senior professional . |
| 22 | The idea is to try and develop a steady build up of air play before the record is released so that on the week of release there is a good demand for the record and this reflects in your chart position . |
| 23 | It will be concerned with the way in which meaning is produced rather than with meaning itself . |
| 24 | Two particularly charming works are ‘ Le jaloux dort ’ by Antoine Borel in which a scantily-clad woman slips out of the bed where her husband is sleeping soundly and into the arms of her lover , and ‘ Les Baigneuses ’ by Etienne Leguay , depicting an all-female bathing party spied upon by three men with telescopes . |
| 25 | While such estimates are always open to dispute of all kinds , it should be noted that the experiments involved a scheme more like a social dividend , with the income guarantee being set near or at , and the marginal tax rate was a high one at 50 per cent . |
| 26 | Nottinghamshire and Middlesex drew at Trent Bridge without a ball being bowled yesterday because of heavy rain and the same fate hit champions Essex and Glamorgan at Chelmsford . |
| 27 | A second criterion frequently suggested is that the very regularity and invariability of such robot-like behaviour may be a guide to what behaviour is performed automatically and without the need for thinking . |
| 28 | As we have already seen by juxtaposing Sonnets 35 and 70 , after we have read a poem in which the attempt at exculpation is exploded by the Poet , either by irony or by direct criticism , when we subsequently read one in which the exculpation is made again but with no recoil on itself , then the second poem seems hollow . |
| 29 | The serial usage is arranged so that in the first half , the ‘ O ’ , ‘ I ’ , ‘ R ’ , and ‘ RI ’ versions are all used at once , as follows : Violin 1 — ‘ O ’ beginning on C ; Violin 2 — ‘ R ’ of the same series as that of Violin 1 ; Viola — ‘ RI ’ of the series beginning on B♭ ; Cello — ‘ I ’ of the series beginning on B♭ . |
| 30 | Similarly , the operative yield is either the yield to maturity or the yield to relevant call depending on whether the bond is trading above or below par . |