Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [be] [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When the break for lunch was called the press girl came and fetched her , ‘ About ten minutes , okay ? ’
2 Demand for prospectuses has been such that an Independent scribe seeking a Warburgs telephone number for publication was told the firm really would prefer that it did not appear in print .
3 If a request for transfer is refused the applicant can ask the appropriate county court care centre to review the decision and the application may be dealt with by a nominated care district judge .
4 I am not talking about hunting being given the name of culling , I am talking about situations where culling does really look to be the only way to save the vegetation .
5 Although most of the proposed changes in means-tested forms of support were confirmed the review would now realize only marginal financial savings .
6 When we restricted the analyses to subjects whose history of smoking was known the results were similar to the results among all subjects .
7 At the same time , The 55th Regiment of Foot was entitled The Westmorland Regiment .
8 First as the flow of blood is reduced the change in blood supply may produce a slight tingling sensation in this muscle group .
9 Once the momentum of marketing is established the ideas and actions become almost self-generating and weave themselves through the normal contacts and business of the day .
10 When a claim for loss of cash is received the Policyholder should be asked to provide evidence of the existence of the cash e.g. cheque stub , bank book , bank statement/print-out , etc .
11 The factor of proportionality is called the temperature of the system .
12 When this task of selection is completed the designer must then consider how the motor and drive are to be controlled and interfaced to the remainder of the system .
13 In the jargon of quantum mechanics , this choice of behaviour is called the statistics obeyed by the particle .
14 Once the pioneers of a new level of development were given the chance to flourish , they radiated out into a whole range of orders and families to take advantage of all the various possible means of gaining a livelihood .
15 Could I just have your attention , it 's just the end , for practice , for summary , you need to be very aware of why certain pieces of writing are written the way they are .
16 As soon as the genetic component of schizophrenia is understood the search for the elusive environmental factor can begin in earnest .
17 The Secretary of State is given the authority to sanction road and highway authorities ' schemes , which may not always fall within the regulations .
18 These extra wires are generally known as the handshake connections and the method with which they control the flow of information is called the protocol .
19 If a sentence of imprisonment is passed the process is intensified .
20 When a painting , sculpture or other item of craftwork is sold the ownership of the copyright remains with the artist .
21 The as regards to the other evidence , you have my two-page summary , er and therefore there is no risk of erm any erm leng length of time being taken the rest of .
22 7.1 Where gaps in provision are identified the council permits centres to submit Locally Devised Modules .
23 Your alloted space in purgatory is reserved the moment you decide , for whatever reason , that a bottle of excellent but inexpensive champagne ( Safeway £7.49 ) must make way for a grander counterpart like Bollinger ‘ 83 ( Sainsbury 's £20.45 ) or , if the devil has really got to you , Dom Perignon ‘ 82 ( £44.99 at Tesco ) .
24 Before supper was served the Highlanders would offer the guests a display of their dancing .
25 The 37-year-old property developer will in turn be given the chance to buy the 1,000 shares necessary to become a club director .
26 When deaths from cancer were excluded the difference remained : 22 per cent against 9 per cent .
27 The temperature at which two enantiotropes are in equilibrium is called the transition temperature .
28 Whenever a request for accommodation is received the receptionist must establish :
29 Nevertheless , there is an element of incongruity here since the requirement of fitness for purpose is made the basis of s14(2) as well as s14(3). ( e ) Merchantability and quality The emphasis in s14(6) upon function and purpose can in one sense be regarded as undermining an important element in merchantability , namely , quality .
30 The children carrying out the work about evaporation were given the opportunity to watch the tank of water over several weeks , noting their thoughts and observations in a class log book .
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