Example sentences of "[verb] be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The designers were facing the question : - Can the search space be kept within manageable proportions until this disambiguating information is reached , or should one try to find the ‘ narrow ’ point and start from there ? |
| 2 | Not only would the academic study be placed in relevant contexts but the students would come to have a much better understanding and expectation of higher education courses and what lies beyond them . |
| 3 | MS 9 What alterations , if any , would you suggest be made to existing arrangements ( in association with existing other distribution officer ) ? |
| 4 | Since the Aberfan disaster in 1966 , the law requires that overburden be separated from other waste , and the dumping technique produces a new shape . |
| 5 | How can opposition to reform be contained in other countries if it is so strong in more successful Poland ? |
| 6 | So how could change be achieved in existing medical schools ? |
| 7 | Will the patients charter be guaranteed by public funds or is it to depend in future on private charity ? |
| 8 | Other differences may be cited : only in c and d can open take — s as an affix , and only in a and b can open be modified by wide ; c and d differ in that the noun phrases which form normal subjects of open in c are those which form normal objects of open in d ( and similarly with odd subjects in c ) , so that , for example , the normality of The book opened is paralleled by that of John opened the book , and the oddness of ? |