Example sentences of "[adj] [vb -s] [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that matters now is ‘ access to the marketplace , ’ meaning the ability to borrow even more . |
| 2 | However , apart from the pioneering Ipswich project and Glasgow 's Kent Road Cabinet Works scheme , elsewhere in Britain little has yet been done to promote , or to try to demonstrate , the advantages of re-using redundant factories as dwellings . |
| 3 | But there was no haste about it : apart from that reorganisation and one major disposal , the fertiliser business , little has yet been done . |
| 4 | Neither has since been substantiated . |
| 5 | MAS has also been assisting purchasers transact acquisitions . |
| 6 | Each has already been touched on in passing , but something more needs to be said . |
| 7 | The splendid lustreware dish shown in Figure 6.1 has already been referred to . |
| 8 | A further feature , implicit in much that has already been said , is the emphasis given by the staff to ‘ openness ’ and ‘ accessibility . ’ |
| 9 | More specifically , Bock argues , syntactic alternatives are employed in order to place lexical information , that has already been retrieved , earlier in an utterance than lexical information which has not been retrieved . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , that has already been done and more simply . |
| 11 | That has already been agreed , and it will be in place by the end of next year . |
| 12 | That has already been increased to fou fourteen hundred er you when you 're making your recommendation may or may not come up with a recommendation for a somewhat larger settlement . |
| 13 | Er , sir , at the risk of straying slightly into into two B , you , do forgive me in advance , but you raised the specific point about size , and and erm there was er one or two statements that there is n't a a clear view on size in P P G three , I think it 's important to bear in mind the interrelationship between all P P G s and as Mr Curtis said , the research that that backs them up , and I I I point you to three quotes in the statement that C P R E have put in , erm i i i paragraph four point one seven , an and s the quote that attaches to that is taken from the research that erm er backs up draft revised P P G thirteen , transport , and erm I shall quote from that on this question of size , i it is also evident that smaller settlements , those with populations of less than fifty thousand , but particularly very small settlements are characteristically less transport emissions efficient than larger settlements , I think the the erm essence of of that particular piece of research is not as Mr Davis was implying to achieve totally self contained settlements , I do n't believe such a concept exists , it 's actually erm a planning land use in the long term to reduce C O two emi emissions something that is essential now to government policy , I think perhaps more instructive though is is the quote that I 've in included in paragraph four point one nine and that 's taken from er er this book here which I perhaps should submit the whole chapter in evidence to the panel , I 've only just included one quote , it 's it 's I suggest one of the more interesting reads that you may have as a result of this panel , it 's by Colin Ward , and it 's called New Town , Home Town , it 's undertaken by er , sorry includes some of the work that 's been undertaken by the University of Reading , erm and er David Lock Associates , on erm er new town research , and this this is due to be published by H M S O shortly , it 's unfortunate that it was n't available in time for this E I P , but I think erm , if you 'll bear with me , I will read out the quote that I put in four point one nine , because I feel that it is useful on this question of of size , we concluded that if you are interested in environmental impact , energy conser consumption , and sustainability , new settlements have to reach a certain size to be worthwhile , it 's parallel to the old arguments that used to take place around self containment in new towns , we found that new settlements of much less than five thousand houses , that 's about fourteen thousand people are not really worthwhile because if they are smaller than that you are simply putting a housing estate in the countryside , a phrase that that has already been put round this morning , it appears that the best minimum for a new settlement , the best minimum , is about ten thousand houses , that 's that 's twenty five thousand people , which as it happens is about the size of the original garden cities . |
| 14 | I hope you 'll pick out what 's got to come from the East Midlands National airport , can I remind you that a list of that has already been made and passed by this council when there was not a Conservative majority and that had on it about seventy traffic calming schemes bottlenecks 'll be done all over this county which in themselves save accidents and save lives . |
| 15 | Now that has clearly been the right choice given that I think Motif has clearly achieved the ascendant over open look . |
| 16 | Accounts by the first space-travelling visitors to the planet say that they found even the rocks and plants coming after them , but that has since been shown to have been normal travelogue exaggeration . |
| 17 | We have built up a great deal of knowledge about the historical side of the palaces but that has not been presented to the public . ’ |
| 18 | The effect of that has not been forgotten by either of the main parties . |
| 19 | ( Unfortunately , the fact that many projects have produced attractive material which is extremely effective in the hands of some teachers but that has not been widely successful may reasonably be interpreted either as an aim- or a style-mismatch , or as a dissemination problem . ) |
| 20 | Inevitably , er that has not been entirely acceded to , and indeed to some extent er I can hardly be surprised as events move on during the course of the enquiry . |
| 21 | We should consider Spain 's experience since joining the exchange rate mechanism because that has not been an easy option for Spain . |
| 22 | I understand that has not been invited to speak to the Committee yet but perhaps you might consider this at the time of him producing his annual report next April . |
| 23 | The tape of a phone conversation , late in the siege , that has not been heard publicly before . |
| 24 | While awaiting the views of the European Court , will my right hon. Friend bear in mind the fact that Presbyterians in Scotland enjoy shopping on Sundays and that has not been detrimental to those who wish to attend church ? |
| 25 | Is he aware that that has not been the case in large parts of the national health service , where food , cleaning and laundry services have been put out to competitive tender , and where , as a result , standards have often fallen far short of what they ought to be ? |
| 26 | That has not been the attitude of David Houghton or his group , and they are to be congratulated for that . |
| 27 | We 've tried to persuade the planning authorities in Greater York area , for a considerable period of time to try to bring about a situation where to this E I P with specific proposals , but for good sound local reasons , that has not been possible . |
| 28 | We have heard many times why that has not been possible and it 's no good crying over spilt milk , as they say in these parts . |
| 29 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
| 30 | So far that has not been so . ’ |