Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Such life that does survive is warped from contact with the pools and flows of dark magical energy left over from the war . |
| 32 | There was little furniture , for most of that was stored in Switzerland , and the few pieces that remained had been damaged beyond repair . |
| 33 | Those pages of the manuscript that have survived were printed in CP . |
| 34 | The diversified courses that have started are limited in number and , in competition with existing courses , are not all recruiting well . |
| 35 | As the nerve that controls focusing is linked to muscles that move the eyes , the squinting eye is pulled inwards . |
| 36 | They 're not just cold but you know , I 'm sure everything that 's done is plotted . |
| 37 | There have been a number of recorded cases of children living in the wild and presumed to have been nurtured and reared by animals ; such children are often referred to as feral ( wild ) children . |
| 38 | No results were announced from the troubled South Ossetia region , where the Ossete majority which opposed Georgian independence and sought to secede was engaged in a bloody conflict with Georgian paramilitary groups [ for latest developments in South Ossetia see p. 38104 ] . |
| 39 | Just how a school 's budget is derived and totalled has been dealt with in the opening chapter , but perhaps headteachers should take time to disabuse certain governors of misconceptions they may have , usually culled from newspaper headlines . |
| 40 | And God have split from their former record label Beggars Banquet in protest at the poor quality level of the new Charlatans LP and appear to have been joined by Neil from LOOP , who 's playing second bass for them . |
| 41 | And God have split from their former record label Beggars Banquet in protest at the poor quality level of the new Charlatans LP and appear to have been joined by Neil from LOOP , who 's playing second bass for them . |
| 42 | As far as is known , very few people in Islay kept a diary at that time and in those which have survived the entries are short and appear to have been inspired by the prospect of emigration or a return to their native heath by one who had spent many years abroad . |
| 43 | As far as is known , very few people in Islay kept a diary at that time and in those which have survived the entries are short and appear to have been inspired by the prospect of emigration or a return to their native heath by one who had spent many years abroad . |
| 44 | Its awe-inspiring interior space was to an extent destroyed by the exhibition display demonstrating how the urge to discover and explore had been expressed throughout the ages . |
| 45 | Substantive matters such as hours of work , overtime and shift working are covered by complex legislation that gives rise to legal battles over interpretation . |
| 46 | A very few of Patterson 's spellings may indicate that /a/ backing and rounding had been observed sporadically in -r and -l environments : he has form for ‘ farm ’ and canaul for ‘ canal ’ . |
| 47 | Her clothes were good , and seemed to have been chosen by someone who knew what she was doing . |
| 48 | They have been radiocarbon dated to about the 9th or 10th centuries AD and seem to have been intended for use in ceremonies associated with an important priest . |
| 49 | Many researchers ' accounts bear witness to these skills , but they are only mentioned in passing and seem to have been taken for granted . |
| 50 | The dog-handled pot-lids from Mochlos , for example , seem to show a particular dog relaxing on a particular afternoon in the hot bronze age sunshine ; the crowds in the miniature frescoes seem alive with the excitement of the spectacle they are witnessing , and seem to have been caught mid-shout ; the hoopoes in the Pilgrim Hostel fresco seem at first glance to have fallen from the pages of some bronze age edition of Audubon . |
| 51 | The four types are the foundations of the modern phyla , the most basic subdivisions of the animal kingdom , although the articulates and radiates have been broken up as the true range of diversity has become apparent . |
| 52 | In a sample area 3,345 migrants were identified and shown to have been born in about 425 different places . |
| 53 | Star of the sale was undoubtedly the Venetian late sixteenth/early seventeenth-century rock crystal and silver gilt casket ( lot 15 ) , one of only ten of this type known and thought to have been used to contain christening linen blessed by the Pope . |
| 54 | The buffalo and elk hide are decorated with red cloth and beads , sewn with a sinew . |
| 55 | Finally , long after her ‘ spot ’ had been and gone , Deborah arrived , hot and flustered having been shunted down the Thames from London Weekend on a boat with a troupe of belly dancers all making last minute adjustments to their costumes , or lack of them . |
| 56 | The decision to locate an assembly plant at Kalmar was made in 1971 and seems to have been based on the need to expand the production facilities . |
| 57 | William Latimer , who became Chamberlain in 1371 , was a figure of rather more political consequence and seems to have been regarded as the leader of the group around the king . |
| 58 | The bowling alley , which is part of a Karachi fairground , is very old — perhaps dating from the 1950s — and seems to have been imported from the US , commented Faye Ashton who organised the event during HMS Chatham 's recent goodwill visit . |
| 59 | Until about 20 years ago the citadel still served as barracks and prison , and seems to have been thought suitable for confining revolutionaries . |
| 60 | Of the few remaining large houses , Mere House which faces the pond is possibly the oldest , thought to be Elizabethan and reputed to have been visited by the ghost of a monk . |