Example sentences of "[det] [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Symptoms like this are called strange , rare and peculiar , and are often of prime importance in finding the remedy or group of remedies from which to make one 's selection . |
| 2 | Only just over half are coded acceptable or/acceptable after revision , the others being seriously flawed in design , analysis , or interpretation . |
| 3 | What has not yet been made clear is that the vice-chancellors are seriously split over the issue and some are expressing grave misgivings over the direction being taken . |
| 4 | Some are hopping mad . |
| 5 | And some are using special tactics to boost share prices , people in the market say — by , for example , deliberately pitching their buy orders above the last dealt price . |
| 6 | Some are born great , some achieve greatness and some have it thrust upon them . |
| 7 | Some are called mad , disturbed , maladjusted , rebellious , even criminal ; others are called individualists , poets , comedians , philosophers . |
| 8 | For the festa , the church , churchyard and the street leading to them are all gaily decorated with flags — some are coloured striped flags and others are white with red crosses like those used on the sails of Henry the Navigator 's ships . |
| 9 | Some are listed adjacent to the term to which they are to be applied and in the form in which they are to be applied in the main list . |
| 10 | Some are going broke . |
| 11 | They can also be classified by frequency , Some are published weekly , others monthly and yet others bimonthly or quarterly , and the " lead times ' or periods between material being received and appearing in the magazine can vary from three or four days to six months more an important point to bear in mind when planning a press campaign . |
| 12 | The educational psychologist may be invited to observe a child it playgroup should this be deemed useful hut will not , as a rule , carry out a formal assessment during playgroup time which would thus single the child out from his/her peers and probably deprive the other children of their leader 's care . |
| 13 | On this were arranged thick candles in red glass jars , two vases of dahlias , a small plaster statue of Our Lady . |
| 14 | Those still in working order can be used for straightforward word-processing as stand-alones , with some being held in reserve to replace machines out on repair , plus some being made available for the use of Associates and long-term visiting researchers . |
| 15 | Since the 1950s , lots of our rivers have changed beyond recognition , some being rendered sterile through pollutants such as industrial waste or the effects of agricultural chemicals , while others have become noisy with leisure craft and visitors . |
| 16 | Newcomen got round this difficulty by fitting a leather skirt on top of the piston , this being kept supple by filling it up with water . |
| 17 | It can end in silence , this being considered preferable to choosing an incorrect word or phrase , and this is clearly nonsense . |
| 18 | as well as a host of other academic successes — but neither Arnold or his successor , Dixon , ever took more than eight boys a time and most of them carefully selected — few were born deaf . |
| 19 | On top of some were displayed heavy glass bottles of fizzy pop , or coloured postcards , or jig-saws or ragdolls with floppy arms . |
| 20 | Some were shot dead when thousands of women , protesting against the killings , tried to march on the President 's residence . |
| 21 | Some of the males were injected with morphine for a few days and some were given other drugs . |
| 22 | But some were painted green , grey , red , yellow or blue , with highlights picked out in contrasting colours ( see left , middle and bottom ) . |
| 23 | Some were made hopeful by it . |
| 24 | Of the scientific Discourses at the Royal Institution some were describing original research , occasionally very new as when J. J. Thomson reported in 1897 the discovery of the electron ( if we may allow that phrase ) ; others were in the nature of a review of recent work . |
| 25 | Some were carrying bulky packages covered with thick quilted cloths . |
| 26 | Bernard was present at their interrogation by Australian and British officers and helped escort them to Singapore Supreme Court , where some were found guilty of war crimes . |
| 27 | Some were thrown high into the air . |
| 28 | Some were judged trustworthy enough to be told about Samantha 's abduction . |
| 29 | Some were travelling direct from Cowes , most were arriving from London by railway express , and the remainder by carriage from their country houses . |
| 30 | This is causing local people some alarm . |