Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employees who work in areas where exposure to ionising radiation is possible are issued with personal film badges or other dosimeters to monitor their exposure . |
| 2 | of The Capital Hotel in London near Harrods , has furnished the town house bedrooms in a variety of styles , but the most memorable are decorated with distinctive Ralph Lauren fabrics and wall coverings in warm shades of brown and burgundy with red and green detail . |
| 3 | That our old are conned into sheltered housing , |
| 4 | Of course , this does not mean that accommodation problems for the old are solved for all time . |
| 5 | It appears that the unemployed are segmented into two groups each of which is accorded different treatment : those who have been unemployed for more than six months and those who have not . |
| 6 | In what ways have the social security rights of the unemployed been curtailed in recent years ? |
| 7 | Then sharp words from on high were whispered in youthful ears . |
| 8 | Parish poorhouses and workhouses were established for the destitute and if there was no work available , the unemployed were put to paid work on the roads or on local farms . |
| 9 | Two intersecting lines of seismic were recorded to 12 sec TWT , the longer north-south line running from the Devizes borehole to a point 10 miles west of Swindon . |
| 10 | I hope that there will be no question of the British being regarded as second-rate Europeans and members of some slow track to economic and monetary union . |
| 11 | One bistable is needed for each bit — thus , a 4-bit counter ( able to count up to 1111 or 15 in decimal ) could be made using 4 flip-flops ( or 2 off 4013 's ) . |
| 12 | ‘ All sins will be forgiven the sons of men , and whatever blasphemies they utter ; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness … for they said , ‘ He has an unclean spirit ’ ' More light is shed on this verse by the form in which it occurs in the ‘ Q ’ material ( sayings of Jesus preserved in Matthew and Luke independently of Mark ) . |
| 13 | The thirty seven year old is accused of murdering pensioner Jim Eggleton sometime between December the 26th and the 28th aty his home in Russells Water near Watlington . |
| 14 | Although an acceptable is obtained with this model ( ) , if , it exceeds the COBE fluctuations at the level ( Fig. 1 b ) . |
| 15 | Common-sense observers have long noted this ‘ mellowing ’ , yet it is only recently that empirical data have demonstrated that concern for relationships does on average increase , that concern for stability and structure also increases , and that enthusiasm for the radical or the different is replaced by conservative views of the world . |
| 16 | The new density meter from Paar Scientific is designed for industrial production environments such as breweries , food and beverage , pharmaceutical , cosmetics , polymer , nuclear and petrochemical industries . |
| 17 | The idea is perhaps implausible because it does not explain why ageing is associated with pathological changes , which would have been the ancestral state under Hamilton 's theory . |
| 18 | Benefit payments to unemployed 16 and 17 year olds were stopped , resulting in a surge in the numbers of young homeless ; DSS grants were replaced by pernicious Social Fund loans ; the waiting-period for benefits for the ‘ voluntarily unemployed ’ more than doubled ; and the cut-off period for mortgage interest payments for the unemployed was reduced to 16 weeks . |
| 19 | When I was finally called one wintry Monday by the neighbours , she looked quite dreadful ; her faced was bruised from several falls the previous night , she was struggling for her breath , her legs and thighs were painful and very swollen . |
| 20 | Depending upon who you speak to and what you read , the following are included in this year 's likely participants : |
| 21 | Some of those remaining were sent to other libraries , while many books were destroyed in a fire . |
| 22 | Those remaining were placed under strict rules and penalties . |
| 23 | The hearings , closed to foreign observers , began on Feb. 5 , and on Feb. 12 two of the accused were sentenced to 13 years in prison , but those showing " repentance " were less severely treated . |
| 24 | The following is based on English Law , that is the laws applying to England and Wales . |
| 25 | Harris points out that the scope of temporal reference covered by the standard English present-perfect is covered in Irish English by no fewer than five forms , as exemplified above . |
| 26 | Tokyo Central was designed by Japanese architects assisted by an Englishman , William Barton . |
| 27 | We had coffee , talked of the gardens and of plants difficult to grow in chalky soil — but nothing personal was said on either side , nor any thought of how she happened to be with me . |
| 28 | All of the preceding was accomplished within one hour of the Spitfire 's arrival at Renfrew ! |
| 29 | The Imperial was used to large banquets , but the added responsibility of the Prince of Wales made molehills into mountains . |
| 30 | Winchester Group Ltd. was incorporated on 24 August 1989 . |