Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The activities are based first on the complete episode , and then progress to more detailed work on each of the four sections into which the episode can be broken down |
| 2 | George Dunlop , of Linfield , preferred to Allen McKnight , held out for 42 minutes , but when Fort Dunlop came under siege , the defences were found wanting , and the only Irish-based player on the field was at fault for the important first goal . |
| 3 | His reasoning was that the productivity of free workers was greater than slave labour if the labourers were offered sufficient inducement through piece-work and high rates for day labour ; the cost of getting the same amount of work done by slaves was greater than the cost of the higher rates offered as an inducement . |
| 4 | With the collapse of the Seamen 's United all thoughts of a national organisation became no more than a pipe dream . |
| 5 | The ship left there shortly after midnight but it was six and a half hours before the seamen were discovered missing . |
| 6 | The paragraph reads like a prelude to a claim that the solicitors be made responsible for the loss . |
| 7 | The decision was taken to try these two matters separately , and the trial of the charges relating to an alleged conspiracy as to the accounts was taken first . |
| 8 | He 's not as All the programmes are changed this morning , the youngsters being off school and so instead of the news it 's all these youngster 's programmes . |
| 9 | There was some doubt as to whether the cleaner was an independent contractor , but the occupiers were held liable as they had failed to take reasonable steps to check that the work had been reasonably done : " The craft of the charwoman may have its mysteries but there is no esoteric quality in the nature of the work which the cleaning of a snow covered step demands . " |
| 10 | In representational behaviour , on the other hand , all the meanings are made explicit . |
| 11 | The smell of rotten oranges from the alley was strong as the swing-doors were pushed open . |
| 12 | The bogies were assembled adjacent to the underframes and in a somewhat similar manner , the final operation being carried out near to , and on the same road as , the underframe lowering operation . |
| 13 | In the Netherlands , many quoted companies have widespread share ownership but the shareholders are given little power and technical barriers to takeovers are very important . |
| 14 | In two schools , the toilets were kept locked for most of the day . |
| 15 | The RSPCA is also concerned that the birds are allowed enough freedom to behave naturally … that 's natural apparently . |
| 16 | She called the RSPCA and fire brigade but the birds were found dead . |
| 17 | If an office development is being built , the foundations are built first , the cosmetics such as paint and carpets last . |
| 18 | Many of the houses were given new façades in the Renaissance and then again in the late 17 and 18C . |
| 19 | He took the tube from a drawer , and when the desk-top had been cleared of papers the plans were spread open . |
| 20 | The plans were proposed last autumn during a general session of UNESCO held in Paris . |
| 21 | All the prisoners are given temporary parole and most use it to the full . |
| 22 | The incident appeared likely to diminish the chances of the prisoners being freed last night . |
| 23 | It goes on to state that the cell had no electricity and no floor covering , the prisoners were allowed few clothes and they received only two meals a day , one consisting of a single very small momo ( steamed bun ) and the other of a small cup of wormy vegetables . |
| 24 | With the NOT gate bistable , the inputs are connected direct to outputs . |
| 25 | At the end of the tour the knights are shown three of the chambers of the mind : phantasy , judgement , and memory . |
| 26 | At the next meeting , the proposals were considered one by one , along with the views of the sub-committee ; every proposal was criticized and a highly critical sub-committee report was adopted nem. con. , with Sir Harry Samuel finally abstaining after failing to convince his colleagues of the rightness of the proposals . |
| 27 | The latrines were proclaimed disgusting and abandoned for the privacy of open spaces , and the red bitch continued to lick out the dirty dishes before Mina swilled them cursorily with river water . |
| 28 | SLEEPY staff at The Times were left red-faced by a prankster 's naughty note . |
| 29 | The groups are given different names . |
| 30 | Differences between the groups were considered significant if the p value was less than 0.05 . |