Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun sg] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The metric used for clustering is derived directly from these traits . |
| 2 | Terrestrial ages are based on measurements of isotopes , such as aluminium-26 , chlorine-36 , manganese-53 and carbon-14 , which are produced when meteorites orbiting unshielded through space are bombarded by cosmic rays . |
| 3 | Rosenthal 's own research , and his review of other genetic studies , also leads him to argue that the high probability that identical twins will either both develop or both remain free of schizophrenia is explained by their identical genetic constitution , rather than by a tendency on the part of their friends , relatives and parents to behave towards each of them in a very similar way . |
| 4 | The area of dispute , which promises to occupy all of a meeting of EC finance ministers in Luxembourg today , is over the Commission 's proposal that the current system of exporting goods free of VAT be abandoned and that after 1992 the tax should be levied in the country of origin before export . |
| 5 | When the cutting of timber free of charge was prohibited , it affected the poor peasants most severely . |
| 6 | The mood has been very different from Labour 's controlled and skilfully-packaged press conferences , where Mr Kinnock and his shadow Cabinet colleagues have presented themselves as a government-in-waiting . |
| 7 | The national figures , released by the Municipal Mutual Insurance company , showed schools particularly prone to vandalism were encouraged to employ 24hour security guards , however there were no plans for this in North Yorkshire , Durham or Cleveland . |
| 8 | But Dear and Wolch 's main point is that the daily lives of those dependent on welfare are suffused in largely intangible and invisible ways by the institutions on which they are dependent . |
| 9 | By a notice of appeal dated 1 June 1992 W. appealed on the grounds that ( 1 ) the High Court had no jurisdiction , or alternatively no jurisdiction should be exercised , to overrule the refusal of a competent minor aged 16 to undergo medical treatment ; ( 2 ) section 8 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 should have been applied ; ( 3 ) the judge had erred in applying observations of Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. in In re R. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Consent to Treatment ) [ 1992 ] Fam. 11 which were erroneous ; ( 4 ) the judge had wrongly found that in respect of the Children Act 1989 the minor 's right of refusal was limited to the stage of assessment ; and ( 5 ) the judge had failed to have sufficient regard to the medical evidence against transferring W. , to the advantages of not moving her and to her wishes and his decision was plainly wrong . |
| 10 | On day 1 2 , 5 , 10 , 20 , 50 , and 100 ml of milk were given and on day 2 the normal milk intake appropriate for age was started . |
| 11 | At the same time the blinks typical of wakefulness are replaced by slow rolling movements of the eyes , easily seen in the EOG , as the subject drifts into Stage I sleep . |
| 12 | Her secondment is typical of number being planned by the Metropolitan Police to improve their management techniques and to broaden the experience of talented officers . |
| 13 | Where a winding up order is granted the following are the consequences of granting the order : |
| 14 | On the same day a winding up order was issued in the Cayman Islands against BCCI ( Overseas ) , which controlled the bank 's operations in the western hemisphere . |
| 15 | The example Jakobson gives of this process is the last stanza of Poe 's ‘ Raven ’ : The marked sound repetitions in this verse suggest , Jakobson argues ( ‘ Words similar in sound are drawn together in meaning ’ ) such connections of meaning as these : raven , being contiguous to and similar in sound ( /r/ — /v/ — /n/ ) to never , appears as the embodied mirror image of this ‘ never ’ ’ ; the parallelism in sound between never flitting and lifted nevermore underlines the Raven 's significance as an image of ‘ everlasting despair ’ , and so on ( pp. 371 — 2 ) . |
| 16 | It is reasonable to suppose that a sense of what is usual or unusual or noticeable in language is built up from a lifelong experience of linguistic use , so that we are able to affirm with reasonable confidence and without resort to a pocket calculator ( to take a simple case already mentioned ) that Hemingway favours short sentences . |
| 17 | the shares are redeemable according to their terms or the holdcr , or any party other than the issuer , can require their redemption , irrespective of the means by which the amount payable on redemption is calculated . |
| 18 | Co-chairman John Roberts said Colwyn Bay had provisionally agreed to the ground sharing plan subject to permission being given by Colwyn Borough Council . |
| 19 | Consequently , prescriptive analysis was ambiguous : sustained export demand , not subject to stop/go was seen as the driving force yet dependent on improved competitiveness ; whether this improvement was itself dependent on export demand was never clearly specified . |
| 20 | The vendor is liable for the full amount of the assessment subject to credit being given , at the DSS 's discretion for any class 2 contributions paid by those persons . |
| 21 | Thus the state papers and personal archives of men prominent at court are filled with requests for office . |
| 22 | In-vitro production of anti-toxoplasma and anti-HIV-1 by PBL was detected as previously described . |
| 23 | Miki 's sitting in the corridor of the bus trying to reassemble her shorts , which somebody tried to pull apart when she stage-dived during Ministry 's set . |
| 24 | A small group of professionals , myself included , selected those books which we believed should be saved at all costs but , although we did this as conscientiously as possible , our combined subject knowledge was at best partial and it is inevitable that some books worthy of preservation were overlooked … |
| 25 | Five patients classified as abnormal before healing were classified normal after healing . |
| 26 | A MAN seriously ill in hospital was stabbed to death on a general medical ward . |
| 27 | However , the evidence is not entirely conclusive , and in a period when lords were having difficulty in finding tenants to take up holdings , it may well be that the conversion from arable to grazing was forced on them . |
| 28 | A halo rich with rust is lofted round the heads |
| 29 | Phil Whelan 's long through ball was booted clear by Spink , but it hit Mick Stockwell and rebounded into the path of Kiwomya , who took careful aim before stroking the ball into an empty net from 20 yards . |
| 30 | Two patients who had been negative for dysplasia were found to have low grade dysplasia in their colectomy specimens . |