Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who remain are employed in maintenance and repair work . |
| 2 | I 'm a monumental mason and the gravestones that I make Are carved of flesh and bone from the carcases I take |
| 3 | Bearing in mind that all the women who appear are portrayed as homemakers of one kind or another , it is significant that on the occasions when potentially humorous situations emerge , women are the ‘ butt of the joke ’ on six of these occasions ( and Audrey as a potential one ) , despite the fact that there are fewer women overall . |
| 4 | Non-smokers often report being treated with condescension in such situations . |
| 5 | Stage I sleep is defined in terms of the EEG and EOG records as consisting of a low voltage EEG with some slow activity , and occasional vertex sharp waves , and slow rolling eye movements ( see example . ) |
| 6 | Much of his criticism of the talks process is centred on Hume , whom he regards as ‘ the antithesis of reconciliation ’ . |
| 7 | Furthermore , the information which the ‘ midyear population estimates ’ provide is limited to sex and age group and is not normally available for a finer grain of spatial unit than the local authority district and health authority area . |
| 8 | Furthermore , almost all of the residential care they supply is provided under contract to local authority social services departments . |
| 9 | ‘ The document the kidnappers want was written by Vicente Ortiz , ’ said Charlotte in a rush . |
| 10 | All calls cost are charged at 36p per minute ( cheap rate ) and 48p ( at all other times ) |
| 11 | They fry were fed on baby brineshrimp and although not fast growers they seemed to do well . |
| 12 | It was also claimed that Mr Deans had been responsible for the non-payment of police bills which had led to a threat of police cover being withdrawn for home matches . |
| 13 | The difference remains when the age at which they die is taken into account . |
| 14 | When the systems manger is stressed by complaints about the slowing access times on the system he may send out warning messages and then complete a tape dump of all documents last accessed before a certain date . |
| 15 | Worry was considered by Woman 's magazine to be the main cause of an unattractive appearance . |
| 16 | Ballymena eventually got the equaliser 11 minutes from the end after referee Tommy Deegan awarded them a penalty when Speak was impeded by McGurnaghan . |
| 17 | They oil was discovered in Kuwait . |
| 18 | Such legislative powers as the three Offices enjoy are delegated by Parliament and subject to its scrutiny , though they differ in form and function . |
| 19 | Home Alone couple are jeered on holiday jet |
| 20 | I will always want to work with companies and I actually enjoy being based in buildings . |
| 21 | Such worthy clients as the Lords Hanson and White , the John McEnroes , the Roger Moores , Richard Branson , Jack Nicholson and the entire chorus of supermodels , all enjoy being mothered by Mara . |
| 22 | Fyodor Kuzmin , the commander of the Baltic Military District , ordered Lithuanian deserters from the Red Army to return to their units within four days or face being returned by force . |
| 23 | Religious programmes such as church services are televised already , however these classes mark the start of increasingly more air time being given to churches . |
| 24 | So too are your gestures , and the overall message they give is known as body language . |
| 25 | Karlovy Vary was named after Charles IV , Ven told her , who in the fourteenth century came across the scalding waters of the springs through one of his hunting dogs . |
| 26 | Recall was aided by use of a pictorial daily health diary , on which mothers were taught to record that the child was healthy or to mark the occurrence of diarrhoea , cough , or any other illness . |
| 27 | One of the best stories I recall was related by Norman Willis , the general secretary of the TUC , who once had the enlightening experience of watching a leaflet he had just delivered catch fire . |
| 28 | Recall was scored in terms of the number of ideas expressed in the passage which a subject was able to remember . |
| 29 | Least time was spent on cleaning and administration and recording . |
| 30 | But Lawson then covers his back : ‘ For a time I was concerned that I might have made the wrong choice as Chief Secretary — a view I suspect was shared by John Major himself . ’ |