Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , much of the writing and even foreign staff in conservation institutions are derived directly from colonial administrations . |
| 2 | In addition to banning , delaying or censoring news and current affairs reports ( ibid. ) , the British government and military officials have used a variety of sanctions , notably cutting journalists off from authoritative sources of information , to ensure that recalcitrant individuals and institutions are brought back into line ( Aleut , 1978:153 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ It really was n't so very difficult , though your precious Shannon seems to believe her sordid little secrets are locked away in a safe somewhere . ’ |
| 4 | Dyeing is considered a science , whose secrets are handed down from generation to generation , and when the dyer is working , only other dyers may speak to him . |
| 5 | Well we know that a lot of beginners are put off by the complexity of larger boats and one great advantage of the Topper is that it 's so quick to raise and easy to sail , so great for beginners . |
| 6 | NEW WAYS TO DIP INTO INFORMATION Document image processing can only fulfil vendors ' claims if the right analysis and preparation are carried out before a decision to buy is made |
| 7 | Cold sores are triggered off by an increase in body temperature such as when sunbathing or skiing . |
| 8 | He says that some mines are picked up by children , they explode when the children play with them , causing terrible injuries . |
| 9 | Leathart in his report , dated 10 September 1833 , felt that " … generally the mines are carried on with spirit , and conducted with skill … |
| 10 | The actual ATs and PS are set out in separate documents ( for example Science and the National Curriculum ) which have recently been issued to schools ( and are also available for purchase through HMSO ) . |
| 11 | A few scribbled legal notes are crossed out at the top of the paper — and John was a solicitor 's clerk , after all . |
| 12 | Dance rhythm means how the varying lengths of notes are grouped together within a phrase . |
| 13 | A work of trash cinema par excellence , wit and sublime effects backed up by ideas , The Fly is a bleak modern fable where love , sex and faith are rent asunder by arrogance and human folly . |
| 14 | ( The separate ‘ Tramways ’ enumerated in the 1902 and 1903 Acts are set out in Appendix B ) . |
| 15 | It is a curious miscellany , where photographs of his early ballets are mixed in with family snap-shots , pictures of his friends , souvenirs of journeys , Christmas and other greetings , a book of clothing coupons from the days of rationing , costume drawings and various illustrations cut from magazines , including a feature on Roland Petit 's ballet Carmen and examples of the ‘ new look ’ in women 's clothes when long skirts came back to fashion for the first time since the war ; he proposed a ballet about that , but it was rejected . |
| 16 | The riders are contracted separately for each event and live on appearance money — there is no prize-money as such . |
| 17 | Nervous riders are taken on by Blue Well Riding Centre ( Tel : 0267 202274 ) at Pencader , Dyfed , limited to four guests only on the Monday to Friday courses . |
| 18 | if butane gas or aerosols are sprayed directly into the mouth , they may cool the throat tissues causing swelling and perhaps suffocation |
| 19 | The interactions are divided phenomenologically into four categories . |
| 20 | In the Middle East and Latin American countries , business discussions are carried out in very close proximity , involving physical contact , which many Western salespeople find strange . |
| 21 | With consumption in Great Britain averaging 114kg ( 250lb ) per head per annum , incidentally the highest consumption figure in Europe , most of the crop is consumed in this country ; some potatoes are exported whilst the remainder are held back for use as a seed to produce the following year 's crop . |
| 22 | The first 20 live closest to the hospital that is to do the transplant , the next 20 are somewhat further afield and the remainder are scattered all over the country . |
| 23 | Rules and prohibitions are best accepted and obeyed when they are kept to a minimum and when good reasons are put forward for abiding by them . |
| 24 | His parallels are drawn not from primates , but from his own work on the advertising art of New Guinea bowerbirds , and the handicap of being a male bird of paradise with a three-foot tail . |
| 25 | Two of the most spectacular objects are made respectively of gold and silver . |
| 26 | There is as yet no way of explaining how objects are constructed out of events ; even less how the contrast between objects and events — one of the most pervasive features of everyday experience — is perceived . |
| 27 | Another possibility is that all quasars and BL Lac objects are beamed roughly towards us , and that something else distinguishes them — something that so far remains hidden in the enigmatic central powerhouse . |
| 28 | The project 's main aims and objects are set out in an editorial by R. B. McKerrow carried in the first issue . |
| 29 | I appreciate that scientists may believe our characteristics and tendencies are passed on by genetic inheritance ; I accept that Jung favoured the concept of an ancestral ‘ memory bank ’ to which we are all capable of tuning in . |
| 30 | Your possessions are covered anywhere in the world , with our optional all risks cover . |