Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [conj] [vb mod] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the standard approach to agoraphobia is an overtly behavioural one of graded exposure , many of the aspects of exposure that used to be described as ‘ non-specific ’ , such as arriving at a realistic interpretation of the week 's events , or at accurate expectations for the future , or dealing with reservations about treatment , are now described in cognitive terms . |
| 2 | The climate of violence that used to be there inside football has diminished . |
| 3 | It 's a poem by a fellow called the Earl of Rochester that used to be recited when someone was elected . |
| 4 | The Cook & Co pursues the idea that no meal is made without sacrifice to an extreme conclusion that is macabre and funny , but there is an element of truth that ought to be more widely recognised in our squeamish society . |
| 5 | erm There seems on the whole to be general agreement throughout Western Europe about the kinds of things that ought to be covered by health and social security system _ industrial accidents , sickness , provision for old age and so on — and all the countries of the European Community , for example , have some kind of system that provide these sorts of benefits . |
| 6 | Its travelling lecturers were required to accept and transmit the proposition that slavery was ‘ a crime in the sight of God and ought to be immediately and forever abolished ’ . |
| 7 | No doubt I will request our librarian to get me some of the original references cited but my point is that surely Chemistry in Britain is written for the general interest and education of chemists and ought to be comprehensible to the reasonably trained chemist . |
| 8 | The female form is a thing of beauty and ought to be looked at . |
| 9 | Eldorado Close got its name from a kind of needle that used to be made locally . |
| 10 | That is not being disingenuous : that is asking for the kind of conduct that used to be normal on both sides of the House . |
| 11 | This was the kind of language that used to be attributed to the sharper end of the second-hand book world . |
| 12 | Plymouth Drake : tough fight for Dame Janet Fookes in seat that used to be one of most marginal in Britain ; though Lib Dem Val Cox needs only a four per cent swing , Labour barrister Peter Telford has best hopes . |
| 13 | That was because I mean you take now the , the , the Dredging Company what they call the in their funnel they used to have erm a square and in halves that used to be a blue and a yellow . |
| 14 | Grangetown and South Bank are in Langbaurgh and used to be in Eston Urban District . |
| 15 | It is seven mile from Yarmouth and used to be a kind of pub or lodging-house for wherry-men when the wherry traffic was the only kind on the river . |
| 16 | I found this section , number three , of particular interest because surely it 's dealing with the very kernel of our relationship to what we call in language that ought to be so real and preserved from romanticism , the body of Christ membership limbhood branchship , whatever you want to call it , if whether you take your figure from John fifteen or from the Apostle . |
| 17 | Alloy wheels , anti-lock brakes , electrics for the hood , windows , mirrors and central locking are all standard , but you can spend many thousands on extras that ought to be included in the list price . |
| 18 | In any case Campion tells us that there exists in the archives of Norwegian Radio a preferable version of the Rhapsody conducted by Tuxen that ought to be issued — as should other hidden treasures in radio and other archives to which Campion refers . |
| 19 | It was argued in Chapter 2.5 and 2.6 that social attitudes towards various sources of harm are too hidebound by convention and ought to be re-examined . |