Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [adv] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By October we find Smolensk party officials annulling a delayed payment of 425 pudy of rye still being demanded by one local authority ( some taxes in kind had been reduced from March onwards to a single uniform tax calculated in terms of rye ) . |
| 2 | The fact is that the considerable amount of literature now being produced on ‘ IT ’ and ‘ strategy ’ is notable for the almost complete absence of any mention of external online database systems of the type used by librarians and information scientists . |
| 3 | ( The asbestos had been built into the carriages to act as sound and heat insulation , but had of course later been found to be a health hazard . ) |
| 4 | Which will of course just be played as an F. |
| 5 | The latter point has of course long been recognised in academic psychology and from the 1950s onwards considerable effort was expended attempting to identify the unique features of creativity . |
| 6 | The 1s level binding energies of elements increase roughly as Z , the nuclear charge , and can of course only be used for elements lighter than that used in the X-ray source . |
| 7 | Even Crosland took it for granted , in trying to disarm those critics who argued that comprehensives would damage standards , that pupils who would have gone to grammar schools would of course still be taught with those of their contemporaries who would also have gone to grammar schools . |
| 8 | Such progression may of course merely be preempted by the worse prognosis of HIV disease itself . |
| 9 | With sheep farmers in Wales still unable to market their lambs , and with new ‘ hot spots ’ of contamination still being discovered in parts of the country , this was a crisis that was continuing to leave its mark well beyond the Ukraine . |
| 10 | One of the worst forms of slavery today is practised by the developed countries when they keep down the prices of basic products by subsidizing and dumping products and so competing with those that are vital for the countries of the Third World2 . ’ |
| 11 | In the sphere of school work I believe that the high standards of work now being achieved in West Riding Schools are due in very large measure to Mr Rocke 's influence . |
| 12 | The , the area of law here is bedevilled by many layers of discretion . |
| 13 | In multimedia systems , the most successful type of interface today is known as the Graphical User Interface ( GUI ) . |
| 14 | The relevant Rules of the Supreme Court governing the procedure for service of process abroad are drafted by reference to writs . |
| 15 | The role of information in an internationally mediated environment has sinister implication when combined with the new high-tech modes of warfare currently being tested in the Gulf . |
| 16 | Each also undertook to halt any act of aggression against the other 's territory , and to settle the issue of the prisoners of war still being held by each side . |
| 17 | The aim of the original Commission directive was to reduce the vast amounts of waste currently being buried in landfill sites . |
| 18 | Provisions as to the taking of evidence abroad were included in the Civil Procedure Conventions of 1896 and 1905 , and in that of 1954 which reproduced the evidence provisions of the 1905 Convention . |
| 19 | Now it might be argued that the resultant sense of dog here is caused by contextual modulation of the general sense : dog can not in this context refer to females if logical consistency is to be preserved , which leaves only males as possible referents . |
| 20 | A pooled estimate of the overall odds ratio of drop out was calculated by weighting each odds ratio by the inverse of the variance ; thus studies with more subjects were given more weight . |
| 21 | Furthermore , he was attempting to construct a discourse which was impervious to the kinds of attack then being launched from inside and outside the discipline . |
| 22 | Oliver said he guessed it was partly because Cobalt had led the sort of life where being thumped over the head with a bottle was not a unique experience . |
| 23 | Lysosomes incubated in the presence of buffer alone were used as controls . |
| 24 | However , the significance of climates of the more remote geological past is greatest in connection with their role in the formation of relief now being exhumed from coverings of later rocks . |
| 25 | Ward says : ‘ Here , the question is how much responsibility does the local authority have for assessing children where there is no question about the standard of care already being provided in their own home . |
| 26 | Prior to attendance , the physical and mental health of the patient is carefully assessed by a consultant psychiatrist , who in addition will assess the level of care presently being provided to the patients and also , to a lesser extent , the physical and mental health and motivation of carers involved . |
| 27 | I have seen the secret contract of employment now being operated by one of the new health trusts , at Kingston Hospital . |
| 28 | I 'd like to go into a little more the composition of the net debt which again is something that er interests some of you we have er a reduction both on gross debt and equally an increase in cash as you would expect as a result of the Elsivir sale the increases are not fixed debt fixed term fixed rate debt is a function again of the exchange rate we have n't in issued any more the whole of the reduction of debt therefore is confined to our floating rate or variable debt and that amount 's ready to the repayment of the gilder drawings we had under our to hedge or partially to hedge our holding in Elsivir We have increased our cash holdings and they remain concentrated in sterling as part of our sterling er asset er portfolio which is managed from Millbank and which we regard as our investable funds as and when needed . |
| 29 | The appendix on useful verbs should come in handy for those not up on adventure jargon , but be careful with the address section — a lot of them are now out of date so be prepared for some lack of response in some cases . |
| 30 | Henry Porter doubtless spoke for many when he wrote recently in the Guardian : ‘ Little in the post-war years of decline in Britain has prepared us for the deep sense of unease now being experienced by its people . |