Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What a Babel that will be ! |
| 2 | In part that might be explained in terms of the powers of resistance possessed by the bureaucracies under attack , so that whatever change is proposed it is soon absorbed and reinterpreted by the very groups it is intended to undermine . |
| 3 | Till eventually I mean you ere doing it with these As you were going through here you were n't looking at this table you were working some of them out you were saying , Oh that 'll be a double positive that 'll be a double double negative these 'll go together . |
| 4 | Dave 's verdict : if you 're looking for a reasonably priced bag for general camping the Kozi-tec 500 may be just what you 're looking for as it 's warm and comfortable with plenty of room to move inside . |
| 5 | I 'd like to say he 's a better finisher than me , but of course that would be a lie ! |
| 6 | The direction specifically requires ( in para 4 ) that each report should state on the face of it the name of the party on whose behalf the expert has given the report , the date on which it is given ( of course that can be avoided by the use of an indexed bundle ) , and whether or not it is agreed by the other parties . |
| 7 | The strengths of using written communication is that it 's on paper there 's a record , of course that can be a weakness sometimes , be careful what you put down , it means more you get hold of more than one person you 've said it to more than one person who can be quite difficult to get hold of . |
| 8 | You have , therefore , erm a proposal for a figure of over five million pounds to meet the demands of increased pupil numbers er next year and of course that will be a continuing pressure for the future . |
| 9 | Thirdly , there are amendments in the name of the Government of the er Noble Earl Lord which are Amendments ten , fifteen and twenty and these provide for greater flexibility in the size of police authorities , again between sixteen and twenty-four members to be determined by the Secretary of State and for the Bill 's existing proposition that er fifty per cent of the members should be er and only fifty per cent of the members , should be from local authorities that er er er er that er of the remainder some should be magistrates and some should be members appointed by the Secretary of State and finally er there is a series of amendments er by the Noble Lord , Lord , Amendment seventeen , eighteen and twenty-two and those provide again with flexibility of size for er police authorities that half of the members should be from local authorities and the other half should be magistrates . |
| 10 | Obviously it is impracticable for the average hobbyist , however enthusiastic , to rear several thousand fry , and in any case this would be undesirable from the quality point of view . |
| 11 | Or the clause may not say how they are to be paid , in which case this should be covered at the time of fixing the procedure . |
| 12 | Such explanations could be reasonably well founded or might be hypothetical , in which case this should be made clear to the reader . |
| 13 | Should we decide to develop our law more filly in this direction this can be accommodated within the idea that all relevant considerations should be taken into account by the decision-maker . |
| 14 | King James St Bede 's RC Comprehensive Bydales Comprehensive Brierton Carmel Woodham Comprehensive Newton Ripon Grammar Teesdale Barnard Seaton Burn Community High St Cuthbert 's High Egglescliffe Durham Durham Nunthorpe School , Grangefield School , Spennymoor Wellfield Kings Manor School , Roseberry Comprehensive Easington Marden High Framwellgate Moor Hummersknott St Michael 's RC Hurworth Our Lady and St Haughton George Stephenson Community High Killingworth. — The draw for the preliminary rounds and the first-round proper will be appearing in The Northern Echo in the next week . |
| 15 | Where the receiver enters into a new contract this will be binding on the company . |
| 16 | However , since no interest in the goods passes to the buyer at the time of the contract this will be an agreement to sell . |
| 17 | Pupils ' progress should be registered against these levels : level 2 should be assumed to represent the performance of the median 7 year old ; level 4 that of the median 11 year old ; the boundary between levels 5 and 6 that of the median 14 year old ; and the boundary between levels 6 and 7 that of the median 16 year old ; ( d ) assessment should be by a combination of national externally set Standard Assessment Tasks ( SATs ) and assessments by teachers . |
| 18 | Pupils ' progress should be registered against these levels : level 2 should be assumed to represent the performance of the median 7 year old ; level 4 that of the median 11 year old ; the boundary between levels 5 and 6 that of the median 14 year old ; and the boundary between levels 6 and 7 that of the median 16 year old ; |
| 19 | In Branch Banking Division this will be done with the support of the BBD Service Quality Development team . |
| 20 | The Guidance says that where they intend " to limit the way in which a parent meets his responsibility this should be discussed with the parent and incorporated in the plan of arrangements for the child whilst in care so that it may be subject to periodic review " ( para 3.68 ) . |
| 21 | If necessary you would then follow-up with physiotherapy treatment ( if referred by a GP this can be claimed back from health insurance ) and remedial exercises in the small but well-equipped gym . |
| 22 | If ever there was a night to be numbed by champagne this would be it , but she needed her wits with this man . |
| 23 | At one level this can be seen in the attitude of the lawmakers , who consciously shape laws with commercial considerations in mind . |
| 24 | On a superficial level this can be seen in her long and mutually admiring correspondence with Voltaire , and in her financial help to Diderot and the unsuccessful visit to Russia which he paid at her invitation . |
| 25 | The present 43 will be nearly halved to 25 , with much larger ‘ super forces ’ covering greater areas taking their place . |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps your luck will change tonight and Prince Charming will be there to whisk you off your feet , ’ Maggie said . |
| 27 | Further , some instructions halted the computer if an error occurred , such as attempted division by zero , whereas in a third generation computer this would be dealt with by setting a flag or generating an interrupt . |
| 28 | ‘ From your description this could be your mother , ’ said the man from the Army Medical Corps . |
| 29 | It would be nice to think that a rapid flow of projects will be generated by this initiative and in due course this may be so . |
| 30 | Of course this would be easier for you — a middle-aged man is more likely to find someone attractive than a middle-aged woman — but if I am prepared to accept this disadvantage , why should you grumble ? |