Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One aspect of these changes is the strengthening view that existing boundaries between education and training are artificial and that both can better be seen as a single , lifelong process offered in different ways , to different people at different times . |
| 2 | Given their present configuration , Opposition Front-Bench Members might better be described as a hot dog . |
| 3 | The advertisers obviously wish to give the idea that their products are for blondes or light-skinned people only , or maybe that if you use their product you will suddenly be transformed into a seductive beauty with a string of young men at your fingertips . |
| 4 | For her earlier years , there are the famous Ronsard poems extolling her charm and beauty , along with those in similar vein by the man who was to become her most vicious detractor , the great Scottish scholar George Buchanan — exactly the kind of thing which would naturally be written about an attractive young queen . |
| 5 | While Fountains Abbey , the great Gothic ruin set in beautiful parkland , could naturally be transferred to the National Trust given a suitable endowment ( who would provide the millions needed for that ? ) , and Westminster Abbey 's Chapter House could be entrusted to the Church of England , it is uncertain whether some of the less glamourous archaeological sites could be hived off to local councils without risk to their future . |
| 6 | Thinking and perceiving , which might naturally be attributed to an incorporeal mind , are simply complex motions in matter . |
| 7 | If the matrix event is felt to " control " the infinitive event 's realization , then the matrix event must obviously be conceived as a conditioning factor with respect to the latter , and therefore as logically prior to ( i.e. before ) the infinitive event . |
| 8 | While the identical symmetric sections of an infinite ladder would obviously be loaded with the characteristic impedance , this is an impractical arrangement . |
| 9 | The presidency of the organization would henceforth be rotated within a three-member presidium , to which were elected Giovanni Malagodi , LI president since 1977 , Otto Lambsdorff , chair of the West German Free Democratic Party ( FDP ) , and Adolfo Suárez , leader of Spain 's Democratic and Social Centre ( CDS ) . |
| 10 | It was announced on Sept. 1 that the Albanian lek would henceforth be linked to the European currency unit at an initial rate of ECU1=30 leks ( US$1.00=25 leks ) . |
| 11 | At a congress on May 26 , 1990 , the Left Party-Communists ( Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna — VpK ) voted by 136 votes to 133 to drop the word communist from its name ; it would henceforth be known as the Left Party . |
| 12 | In this way , words in a definition that represent senses inappropriate to a domain will be unlikely to overlap with the filter set , and so be excluded from the new definition . |
| 13 | It is in this sense that lawyers can also justly be characterised as the organic intellectuals of the bourgeoisie ( Gramsci 1971 , pp. 5–23 ) , thinking the class 's advance through a close institutional relationship with its day-to-day practical concerns . |
| 14 | For , as has been suggested in the texts reviewed , the old paradigms may merely be replaced by a new form of determinism , this time based on space . |
| 15 | This effect can not merely be explained by a conceivable depletion of TBP , because transcription of the classical pol III genes requires only a very low amount of TBP ( 6 ; and our own unpublished results ) , the presence of which could be verified by western-blot analysis of hTFIIIB and hTFIIIC containing fractions used for the assay ( our unpublished results ) . |
| 16 | While the decision can not be impugned on the facts , it undoubtedly confirms the difficulties which inventor employees face where the employer 's sales can only be traced to a single main purchaser of the patented product . |
| 17 | The SD in the industrial town of Schweinfurt in Lower Franconia reported complaints in March 1941 from the poorer sections of the population that badges bearing a picture of the Führer could only be obtained through a sizeable contribution to Winter Aid collectors , and that there were too few to satisfy the demand . |
| 18 | ‘ Its success can only be ensured by a maximum effort from all those willing and able to work to that end . |
| 19 | One swim I know on the Hampshire Avon near Ringwood can only be fished on a quiet day , when few other anglers are around . |
| 20 | In the main , notices to be given under the Act can only be given in the prescribed form ( see the Landlord and Tenant 1954 Part II ( Notices ) ( Amendment ) Regulations 1989 ) . |
| 21 | Without probate of the will or letters of administration , neither executor nor administrator can take any steps in any other court of law , for the executor 's proof of his title , and the administrator 's title itself , can only be given by the Ecclesiastical Court . |
| 22 | Your protected rights can only be invested in a single contract , in contrast to your/ your employer 's extra or voluntary contributions which can be invested in as many different personal plans as you please . |
| 23 | The various parties involved in the peace process had tended to ignore the issue , working on the assumption that it could only be tackled at an advanced stage of a settlement . |
| 24 | For many Keynesians , and certainly Keynes himself , the celebrated ‘ problem of money wages ’ was essentially one which could only be tackled on a political as opposed to an economic front . |
| 25 | There would also be limits on coverage of uninsured deposits of more than $100,000 , as a means of reducing taxpayer exposure to losses from wealthy individuals holding multiple accounts and to deter risk taking ; in future uninsured deposits would only be covered by the FDIC if this was the least costly measure , and in rare cases of high risk by the Treasury and Federal Reserve . |
| 26 | The manner in which death came to men , including those innocent of any offence , could be so appalling that the final stroke could only be regarded as a merciful relief . |
| 27 | While most students not in receipt of a job offer were making applications and attending interviews at the time they completed the Initial destinations questionnaires , the fact that one third of students would be looking for employment at the end of the courses can only be regarded as a disappointing , and rather unexpected , finding . |
| 28 | For public transport flights it is a very small risk indeed , but it can only be regarded as a prudent action to take out personal life insurance before one voluntarily exposes oneself to the hazards of flight . |
| 29 | Furthermore , it was felt that the potential costs of providing the necessary microfilming equipment , plus additional staff time , would outweigh any benefits gained , particularly as this could only be regarded as an interim solution before progressing to greater computerisation . |
| 30 | In what can only be regarded as the ultimate pilot 's ‘ Jim 'll fix it ’ fantasy come true , he persuaded the RAF to let him go through key parts of the four-year course that ends with a posting to an operational fighter squadron . |