Example sentences of "and it [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a stony silence , Dolores hides her head and turns away and it 's left to Fergal to say in solemn tones : |
| 2 | Permanent Vacation marked the start of their comeback , and it 's stuffed with unforgettable songs , some of the finest riffs this side of Keith Richards , and above all , contagious good humour . |
| 3 | Control is exercised at the centre and it is characterised by informal webs of influence rather than formal procedures . |
| 4 | The study programme is essentially erm addressed towards erm Third World countries , and it is supported by British technical assistance , and therefore a number of the participants , a large number , are funded by technical assistance funds . |
| 5 | The use of a petrol block on a diesel engine is not a problem as the parts are exactly the same The problem is with the crankshaft The diesel unit is of forged steel and carries a ‘ D ’ stamped on the web of the crank The petrol version , whilst sharing exactly the same dimensions is marked P and it is made from cast iron and will not run for long in a diesel unit — as you have discovered Some military petrol engines however are fitted with the forged steel crank and these will fit and run in diesel units |
| 6 | This can already be guessed at from the demonic intensity of his most famous recordings , and it is confirmed by first-hand reports . |
| 7 | This consists of money that banks , finance houses , pension funds , insurance companies and other financial institutions invest outside the country in which they are based , and it is invested in financial instruments and securities of all kinds ranging from bank deposits to bonds issued by governments and corporations . |
| 8 | During the spring and summer of this year the Chairman and members of the committee have invited presentations from a wide range of suppliers of financial services products and it is hoped in due course to publish both recommendations as to the type of financial services products members of the Bar should consider taking up and details of advantageous group insurance schemes . |
| 9 | Apart from being well written and a pleasure to read the overall feeling of this book is that the Author has a great deal of enthusiasm and knowledge about his subject , and it is based on personal experience . |
| 10 | The scheme is called Year in Industry and it is operated by Top Business Links — a company which helps businesses to communicate with schools . |
| 11 | All this makes television an exciting and immense force in society and it is approached with dogged zeal by those ambitious for money and fame . |
| 12 | One of the greatest centres of renaissance art , Raphael and Brumante were born here and it is surrounded by massive ramparts , set amid rolling hills and dominated by the superb 15th century Palazzo Ducale . |
| 13 | The top and sides are sprinkled with toasted nuts and sesame seeds and it is finished with orange jelly slices and raspberry jam . |
| 14 | Discrimination against women is still , of course , to be found in law , and it is codified in other institutional practices determining sex-differentiated rights and opportunities ; but a more fundamental source of discrimination lies in the realm of social attitudes and beliefs . |
| 15 | This was by far the most fertile area I had as yet seen in the Danakil country , and it was dotted with small villages of mat-covered huts . |
| 16 | It started to pour in and it was compared with previous . |
| 17 | Four voices , more or less unbroken , were singing the old Drifter 's classic ‘ Stand By Me ’ , and it was followed by ragged Turkish applause . |
| 18 | Either local cultivators and pastoralists were cleared from the land completely and it was reserved for European immigrants , or in some cases ( like Uganda and larger parts of Tanganyika ) local cultivators were encouraged , or forced , to grow crops for sale either as export crops or as food crops to feed the mining workforces in southern Africa ( for longer accounts of the processes of settler immigration and colonial policies , see Rodney 1972 ; Palmer & Parsons 1977 ) . |
| 19 | By 1886 La Chapelle covered 60 hectares of land , and it was lit by electric light from 1877 . |
| 20 | It rose higher than the surrounding buildings and it was lit by clerestory windows below roof level . |
| 21 | The cake was fully eighteen inches in diameter and it was covered with dark-brown chocolate icing . |
| 22 | It stood out , jagged and broken like a decaying tooth , and it was covered with pale pink roses . |
| 23 | It was called the ‘ Scottish Enlightenment ’ , and it was fuelled by great minds and hearts . |
| 24 | His conversation had the inconsequence that Chekhov gave to his older characters and it was larded with Russian proverbs , many of which he was suspected of having invented himself . |
| 25 | Possibly the deaths of the Chancellor and the Treasurer undermined the confidence of the King 's surviving ministers , and it was left to other loyalists to act on their own initiative . |
| 26 | And it was coupled with devastating figures showing Britain had plunged deeper into recession . |
| 27 | Now its innocence had vanished , and it was thronged with worldly-wise urban people intent upon sophisticated urban undertakings . |
| 28 | 19E was delicensed on 17 February , but instead of being put into store like the others , it was painted plain red and fitted with primitive snow brooms , which were no more than boards with bristles attached , fitted in place of the lifeguard gates and it was used for sweeping snow in the Croydon area until 31 March 1937 . |
| 29 | The hawthorn is the oldest of the hedgerow trees , for it gets its name from the Old English word haga , ‘ a hedge ’ or ‘ an enclosure ’ , and it was used from Saxon times onwards to make impenetrable fences — the hedge-thorn . |
| 30 | Both accounts also demonstrate that as soon as this new configuration was established , Oppenheimer described it as ‘ technically so sweet ’ , and it was translated into practical terms in under two years , for the November 1952 ‘ MIKE ’ test . |