Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst this section is confined in its application to acts expressly authorised to be done on behalf of a firm , the general law of agency will continue to attach liability to the firm for the unauthorised acts of its employees when those acts are within the course of their normal or apparent activities for the firm . |
| 2 | ‘ Mani manent cum nostris semper in aeternum , Primarche ! ’ the Reclusiarch chanted in the hieratic religious tongue , which his listeners only comprehended to be a blend of sacred plainsong and occult invocation . |
| 3 | In conclusion , the ACE/DD genotype is a new potent risk factor for myocardial infarction in middle-aged men , particularly in subjects normally considered to be at low risk . |
| 4 | The ACE/ID polymorphism seems to be a potent risk factor of coronary heart disease in subjects formerly considered to be at low risk according to common criteria . |
| 5 | These books typically claimed to be the distillation of wisdom handed down from Arab sages through the centuries , and they all drew heavily on Artemidorus 's work . |
| 6 | It depended on our signing indemnity waivers , freeing the military authorities from responsibility should we be blown to smithereens by the unexploded shells then deemed to be scattered freely across both Range West and Range East . |
| 7 | The kitchen was transformed with pine units cleverly designed to be fixed to the walls so that one could have them at the height best suited to whomever was to use them , and then the dishwasher was installed . |
| 8 | Although the assumptions behind British judicial procedure were not popularly accepted , the courts soon ceased to be alien because they were used by Sri Lankans in ways which fit indigenous norms . |
| 9 | Why do words receive so much consideration in dispositions widely held to be free of form ? |
| 10 | This criterion is quite strict , and does not allow the grouping together of all senses normally considered to be metaphorically related . |
| 11 | Then , again , and in this they point ahead to the invention of collage , the letters and numerals stress the material existence of the painting in another way : by applying to a canvas or sheet of paper letters , other pieces of paper or fragments of glass and tin — elements generally considered to be foreign to the technique of painting or drawing — the artist makes the spectator conscious of the canvas , panel or paper as a material object capable of receiving and supporting other objects . |
| 12 | Would-be ambassadors thus continued to be trained , in so far as they were trained at all , by the time-honoured method of acting as secretaries to older and more experienced diplomats , or by being attached in some subordinate capacity to one of their country 's embassies abroad . |
| 13 | The UN World Food Programme ( WFP ) confirmed on Sept. 5 , however , that 105,000 refugees still remained to be repatriated . |
| 14 | The coach had now reached the estate and Barry Sealey , vice-chairman of Scottish Business in the Community — which aims to stimulate and assist companies to become involved in meeting the needs of communities — pointed out that bleak areas still remained to be tackled . |
| 15 | Other information provided on the provision and maintenance of travellers ' sites also proved to be a damning indictment of official neglect and racism . |
| 16 | With a third of all health authorities and trusts now thought to be entertaining the idea of introducing job evaluation schemes for nurses , warning noises are beginning to be sounded from all quarters . |
| 17 | The New Deal in fact established a far more important role for the Federal Government in a whole range of areas previously considered to be outside its scope . |
| 18 | SWAPO won control of nine of the 13 regional councils , including a number of areas previously considered to be strongholds of the opposition Democratic Turnhalle Alliance ( DTA ) . |
| 19 | Hoatzin , primitive-looking birds once thought to be related to archaeopterix , flopped between branches , their ochre crests like Mohican head-dresses . |
| 20 | Buildings constantly needed to be expanded or replaced . |
| 21 | It appears to establish three categories : the first contains wordings generally agreed to be acceptable , the second wordings which appear to have been at some time problematic but are now acceptable , and the third wordings which remain inadmissible . |
| 22 | Neo-Nazi attacks nevertheless continued to be reported , including firebomb attacks on refugee hostels , beatings of foreigners and desecrations of Jewish cemeteries . |
| 23 | Without wishing to alarm patients , I believe that we should do a comprehensive anonymised HIV seroprevalence study based around the medical practice of individuals recently found to be HIV infected . |
| 24 | The use of three strategies also proved to be popular , followed by one , and finally by four or more strategies . |
| 25 | This perception of Reagan as an ideologue had its beneficial side for ‘ the strong beliefs that made many voters fearful of Reagan also attracted voters to him , since they suggested leadership and decis-iveness — qualities widely felt to be lacking in the Carter presidency ’ . |
| 26 | In the early hours of the following day , persons widely suspected to be Round Table supporters shot at and then ransacked and set on fire the offices on Rustaveli Prospekt used by the National Democratic Party and the National Independence Party ( both part of the so-called Congress Movement ) . |
| 27 | A further example of this caginess was the list of companies that refused to be interviewed for a Today Tonight programmed on gold mining in March 1990 : Riofinex , Glencar , Feltrim 's Conor Haughey and Navan Resources all refused to be interviewed for the programme , leaving the defence of the mining industry in the hands of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy , Ennex International and a speaker from Tara Mines , rather than Tara Prospecting . |
| 28 | Movies only needed to be social when the plot demanded it , and even if some kind of political crisis had to be depicted in a particular story then the attitude or position adopted by the movie would be less important to audiences than the logic of the plot . |
| 29 | A large part of the centre 's work will be based on exploring the background of families already known to be at high risk of inheriting those diseases . |
| 30 | In short , the computer system is seen as unreliable , inaccessible , inflexible and therefore largely irrelevant to the needs of local managers Once seen to be irrelevant to local needs , there is little hope of sufficient local commitment to the system to ensure the accuracy of data supplied . |