Example sentences of "[be] [verb] and [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday police were still combing the area for any similar devices which may have been hidden and for further clues . |
| 2 | Nevertheless in recent years considerably more interest has been aroused and in at least some cases governments and international agencies are showing themselves willing to put real money into research . |
| 3 | This is especially clear in the later stages of the market , when the relatively simple relations of speculative production have been joined and in many areas replaced by planned marketing operations in which certain types of work are positively promoted , of course with the corollary that other types are left at best to make their own way . |
| 4 | I was staggered to realise I had been honoured and to this day I do n't know who put me forward . ’ |
| 5 | If you find that you worry about the imagined outcome of the bout and fear the worst or if you have a racing pulse , then I would say you are over-aroused and in danger of throwing everything away . |
| 6 | Once you have access to the BIOS setup screen go through and enter all of the details of the floppy disks and hard disk you are using and of course the date . |
| 7 | Some four hundred medicinal plants ‘ hardy enough to bear the open air ’ are listed and for those found in the fields , ‘ generally termed as Weeds ’ , typical habitat is given to assist those ‘ inclinable to cultivate them ’ . |
| 8 | Now the driver of the car had been traced and in a few minutes would be appearing at committal proceedings in the Magistrates ' Court on charges of dangerous driving , failing to report an accident , and failing to stop at the scene of an accident . |
| 9 | They have been conserved and in the main appear green . |
| 10 | The simplest answer to the question about what causes the sleep/wake rhythm to arise is that it is a reflection of the rhythmic world in which the newborn child has been placed and to which it begins to respond . |
| 11 | The major field monuments , which are better documented , almost certainly provided the foci in the landscape , around which such subsistence settlements would have been placed and to which they would have looked for some specialised goods and services . |
| 12 | Under s393A TA 1988 , Case I trading losses may be set against profits of whatever description ( including chargeable gains ) , in the accounting period in which the losses are sustained and against profits from accounting periods falling within the preceding three years . |
| 13 | Basal guanylate cyclase activity was lower in homogenates from coeliac disease patients who had not been treated than in those from patients who had been treated and from control subjects , though the differences were not statistically significant ( Table I ) . |
| 14 | Both cAMP and cGMP values were significantly higher in duodenal mucosa homogenates from coeliac disease patients who had not been treated than in those from patients who had been treated and from control subjects ( Table II ) . |
| 15 | Facilities for yachts are limited and in the country 's current economic turmoil visiting yachtsmen would be wise to stock up with adequate fuel and provisions to last the duration of their visit . |
| 16 | I agree with both the judgments that have been given and with the reasons given in those judgments for allowing this appeal . |
| 17 | Elsewhere , new brickwork flanking circulation spaces and certain living-rooms has been painted and in every flat at least one wall-panel of the original brickwork is left exposed . |
| 18 | Several puzzles remain , however , most notably in understanding the way in which expectations are formed and in the difficulty in econometric research of capturing a strong interest rate effect . |
| 19 | The lands to the north and east of a line joining these two houses had in the ninth century been conquered and to some degree settled by pagan Scandinavians , who had destroyed the existing monasteries and several of the bishoprics , and such evidence as there is suggests that the Christianity practised within them retained aspects upon which the stricter kind of churchman would have frowned . |
| 20 | All the processes that follow apply to wood that has been stripped and to articles made with new wood . |
| 21 | The dramatic succession of disposals from the TI Group , following Sir Christopher Lewinton 's appointment , has been completed and in 1991 the group 's entire £900m turnover came from continuing operations , whereas in 1987 , £394m came from continuing operations and £462m from discontinued operations . |
| 22 | It is , of course , desirable to check that nothing has been forgotten and to this end it is usual to ask an operator to go through the designed procedure while observing what he does and also observing that the system performs as expected . |
| 23 | By 1801 , not only had the conflicts between monarch and nobility over the extraction and use of rents and taxes , and the respective rights and duties of each , largely been resolved and in the process made irrelevant , but also the industrial revolution was well under way , establishing the basis for the growing political ascendancy of the industrial classes over both monarchy and aristocracy . |
| 24 | If the judge awarded damages to the petitioner on the grounds that there was no compromise or that the compromise had been cancelled and on the grounds that the respondents had been guilty of misconduct in the Clearwater transaction , then the respondents could have appealed to the Court of Appeal and either party , losing before the Court of Appeal , could have appealed to the Privy Council as of right and on that appeal all three issues , the compromise issue , the cancellation issue and the misconduct issue could have been argued . |
| 25 | On coach/air and coach touring holidays , all road tolls , ferry and port charges are included and on self-drive holidays , port charges are included when you book our special rate ferry tickets . |
| 26 | The new EGs have been rethought and in part redesigned with a less obvious PRS body style . |
| 27 | Though primarily a commentary on Henry II 's government in England , the Policraticus used the terms of Roman law , princeps for ruler and provincia , province , for the area of his rule ; these suggest that John also intended his book to be relevant to France , the land in which he had been educated and to which he was to return as bishop of Chartres . |
| 28 | To handle these , a separate telephone line with a twenty four hour answering machine service has been installed and to each individual is sent a list of stockists for their local area , together with a covering letter . |
| 29 | But by that time stadia had been booked and in most cases new arrangements could not be made . |
| 30 | Practical help is also needed for those who are dying and for orphans left behind . |