Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [be] [vb pp] and [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otto the Great took special steps to be anointed and crowned king of Germany and emperor ; and his younger contemporary Edgar imported a very similar ceremony into England . |
| 2 | The images so vague in his mind were now quite clear and distinct but he had to be certain : the solution must be presented like a concise clear legal document , everything in its right place and , unfortunately , there were still gaps to be filled and ragged ends tidied up . |
| 3 | Most of the merchandise outside greengrocers ' and florists ' had already been taken in and now it was the turn of the sunblinds to be furled and waterproof awnings to take their place . |
| 4 | Any comprehensive community care system must ensure that all service users have ready access to skilled help from someone who is trained to assess their entitlements , to negotiate on their behalf with the Department of Social Security and other agencies , to assist with budgeting , offer financial advice and , where the individual desires it , hold benefit books and cheque books and arrange for regular bills to be paid and financial commitments to be planned . |
| 5 | The remote observer measures time intervals to be dilated and light to be red shifted . |
| 6 | They like their lives to be organized and tidy ; they hate paradox and mystery . |
| 7 | Quality standards require undertakings to be monitored and visible . |
| 8 | The objective of the research is to gain a better insight into the labour market processes and labour market and social policy measures which are contributing to the ‘ marginalization and exclusion of older workers ’ and , as appropriate , to make recommendations which will enable social costs to be minimized and social benefits to be maximized . |
| 9 | And the Government 's preferred method by which this responsibility should be discharged is the introduction of " energy management systems " microprocessor-based products which allow fuel consumption ( and control over environmental conditions ) within buildings to be centralised and automated . |
| 10 | Oliver liked things to be finished and shiny and to look as if they cost a lot . |
| 11 | Bidders may be requested to state their intentions with regard to the future of the business , major changes to be introduced and continued employment and career development opportunities . |
| 12 | It may be possible , due to restricted publicity and advertising , for few tenders to be submitted and personal friends or acquaintances of the agent to be able to submit a low offer , or arrange for an offer to be submitted once all the tenders have been opened . |
| 13 | The Green Paper is a discussion document ; it includes an analysis of the current situation in the member states , postal services problems facing the Community , objectives to be attained and possible solutions . |
| 14 | PI allows specified module details to be viewed and updated as necessary . |
| 15 | The correct speed , position and signal on the approach to the roundabout , while on the roundabout and when leaving the roundabout are all vitally important driving skills to be considered and applied as necessary . |
| 16 | Eventually , they do come , because there are sound checks to be made and dangerous tricks to be practiced . |
| 17 | The clearly visible wing bands enable individual birds to be identified and detailed records of their growth to be kept . |
| 18 | This is the view that the creation of a second , lower-status sector of higher education , capable of absorbing large numbers of less able , full-time and part-time students , would protect the universities and their traditional roles and processes from being swamped and distorted . |
| 19 | Large and unnecessary extra costs are imposed if all waste is treated as hazardous ; yet risks to the public result from allowing hazardous materials to be moved and disposed of cheaply as if it were ‘ merely ’ waste . |
| 20 | The federal , state and local levels of the state apparatus are all externally controlled by business and social elites , but of course the character of that control varies from region to region , thereby allowing very diverse elite interests to be reconciled and integrated . |
| 21 | Electron microprobes and scanning electron microscopes are now appearing with custom-designed CL attachments , allowing spectra to be taken and computer-assisted image enhancement processes to be used . |
| 22 | Those who fight rear guard actions in the USSR do so in the calculation and gamble that they are useful enough to higher-ups to be screened and protected . |
| 23 | They allow contracting procedures to be standardised and streamlined . |
| 24 | As a result , DIP systems , when combined with workflow software , are seen as a technology which will allow office processes to be simplified and automated — or ‘ re-engineered ’ . |
| 25 | The Charter is up for renewal in 1996 , and there are ministers to be lobbied and Conservative backbenchers to be wooed . |
| 26 | JOBS have become the battleground of the recession , with demands growing for existing ones to be saved and new ones created . |
| 27 | The East German airline Interflug and even Aeroflot have placed modest orders for the Airbus , which could quickly become vast were air corridors and airports to be opened and hard currency loans to become more freely available as Western economic assistance begins to flow . |
| 28 | The East German airline Interflug and even Aeroflot have placed modest orders for the Airbus , which could quickly become vast were air corridors and airports to be opened and hard currency loans to become more freely available as Western economic assistance begins to flow . |