Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If you ask in general , why social science has been in so selective in its use of Freud , and so one-sided in its interpretation , the answer seems to be , that since the nineteen twenties and up until very recently , Western social science has been primarily dominated by what I would call , cultural determinism , and by that I mean , a school of thought which believes that , to use a term borrowed from one of its founding fathers , Emile Durkheim , social facts have social causes . |
| 32 | Each new Brother electronic model has been with me very soon after its launch . |
| 33 | Prevention is better than cure , and the sensible thing to do is to physically shield the mike , either by angling the shot out of the wind , or by getting an assistant to shelter it bodily . |
| 34 | In my experience most people who suffer a myocardial infarct have been under pressure with associated exhaustion and fatigue for a prolonged period . |
| 35 | Laing has never felt that being a compassionate employer has been at odds with doing the right thing commercially . |
| 36 | All her brave effort had been for nothing . |
| 37 | The proper way to proceed is for Members of the House to consult their constituents and consider the whole Bill in detail first . |
| 38 | ‘ The British Legion has been in touch with Warrington Borough Council about putting a plaque on the cenotaph but nothing has happened yet . ’ |
| 39 | ( The linear order chosen is of little consequence , provided it is expressible in the language . |
| 40 | English mathematics had been in a contemptible state for so long that one could hardly have expected a solution to such an important problem to come from that quarter . |
| 41 | An IWC moratorium on commercial whaling has been in effect since 1986 . |
| 42 | We have always suggested that the proper time to rise is after 10 o'clock . |
| 43 | But most of the English fleet had been on Parliament 's side during the Civil War , and in 1650 the Republic decided it was strong enough to impose an embargo on trade and send out an expedition to make Virginia and the West Indian islands acknowledge its authority . |
| 44 | The fourteen-gallon tank had been about one quarter full of fuel , and both it and a second partially-filled tank were each found to contain over a quarter of a pint of water , the result of condensation forming in the tanks over a six-day period . |
| 45 | The first foreign visit had been to the Pyrenees in 1952 — a fortnight for £10 : an age and a world away from today . |
| 46 | Mr. Chapman 's last entry in the journal noted that at 8.45 a.m. a ten-year-old boy had been in the sick ward for three days but had been taken much worse . |
| 47 | ( b ) Cancellation and registration at HM Land Registry : notices If the former matrimonial home has been in the sole name of the husband , then on completion of the various transactions the Class F Land Charge ( or notice if registered land ) should be cancelled . |
| 48 | The rapidity of Japan 's economic and political transformation and the enduring influence of Tokugawa practices and ideas into this century mean that in Japan , as in other late industrializers such as the USSR , agricultural issues and the impact of the rural sector have been of crucial importance throughout the past 150 years . |
| 49 | I was offered post-natal support having been to some NCT ante-natal classes . |
| 50 | Golding 's own fictional worlds , unlike Amis 's or Murdoch 's , have tended to be enclosed , which may be natural to one whose early experience has been in naval life and schoolteaching ; and unlike theirs , powerfully concerned with the perils of code-breaking and a sense of shame . |
| 51 | Tests showed the 25mm-long insect had been in the pickle for some time and environmental health officers inspected the premises . |
| 52 | But one may also say , from the fact that this has needed to be discussed — and from the fact that , as I say , throughout the greater part of Christendom women have not been ordained — it would be difficult to argue that the fact that this religion has had at its centre a male figure has been of little significance . |
| 53 | Another simple rule to observe is to be careful not to crimp or squeeze the cable . |
| 54 | The traditional response of moral philosophy has been to narrow down each act to its pure and innermost core , an act of pure will that , alone , is susceptible of moral assessment . |
| 55 | Fair enough in the circumstances , but since the extended expiry date in 1952 , several growers have received individual concessions and , although the overall aim has been to gradually reduce the Gamay , the fact that at least 20 hectares exist , some 60 years after the law intent on banning the grape was first introduced , surely indicates that a certain laisser-faire attitude has been taken by successive administrations . |
| 56 | The removal of Carrick , and a number of other officers , clearly would open the way to promotion for others , but the charge that Carrick had claimed in an official record to have been in places which he had not in fact visited was not denied by the complainant . |
| 57 | This personal excursion has been around some favourite isolated hills — there are many others — a few which have given some of my best mountain days . |
| 58 | The worst peasant uprisings in the Civil War had been against German expeditions in search of food supplies . |
| 59 | The growth of labour-only sub-contracting has been of mutual benefit to both employers and employees . |
| 60 | It would be helpful to David Wilson to know if either of the organisations named above or any other similar organisation has been in touch with you or any of your staff and also to indicate to him the nature of this contact and details of what was being offered . |