Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When working by hand , it is only necessary to record those values that change upon iteration ; in this text the values that change are denoted by bold print , but the other numbers are copied over for clarity .
2 The issues members raise are related to ignorant , inconsiderate or criminal people .
3 The buffalo and elk hide are decorated with red cloth and beads , sewn with a sinew .
4 The pelargoniums we grow are derived from wild species native to South Africa , and it 's interesting to see some of these plants in Hazel 's collection .
5 Blackcaps have begun wintering in the British Isles , instead of Spain , a change in migratory behaviour that scientists suggest is linked to global warming .
6 Say was remanded to Royal Cornhill Hospital in Aberdeen and the case continued was without plea until Thursday .
7 The choices governments face are conditioned by social constraints , as we discuss in chapter 6 .
8 UNITY Trust , the trade union bank , is preparing to offer its basic banking services to charities , many of which now face being charged by commercial banks as if they were profit-making small businesses .
9 At one level we discovered time being spent on different curriculum areas in similar proportions to those recorded by HMI and by other research projects .
10 The endogenous PPT gene or the PPT promoter when linked to a reporter construct is expressed to high levels in cultured adult rat ganglia ( 5 ) .
11 Baldwin 's reply was not very different from words lie had used to the July deputation , but this time of course lie was speaking in public and with his words immediately available for all to refer to :
12 They party was conducted by mounted YUGOSLAV troops .
13 Conversely , if developing countries dislike being used as illicit rubbish dumps , they must devote much more cash and effort to improving the quality of their own waste-disposal facilities , and preventing illegal dumping .
14 Unless you like being marooned in out-of-the-way places with a half-empty water bottle , it is not a subject a hitch-hiker should get drawn into .
15 So religions , symbolic systems , and ideologies develop a metaphysical life of their own and acquire qualities which stubbornly resist being reduced to mere reflections of the social order .
16 Less easy to identify were personality traits which I believe are carried by Briant Bodies Gamma and Delta .
17 Erm well in in the context of what I did say yesterday it 'll come as no great surprise to anyone that like Ryedale we also accept the North Yorkshire County County figures , erm which in short we we find are based on reasonable assumptions and and and an appropriate methodology , compared to some of the more extreme interpretations and projections that have that have been put forward , if I can illustrate that point by reference to er potential building rates , that the highest figure that 's been suggested is the one put forward by Mr Grigson , of Barton Willmore , I 'm talking for the moment about Greater York generally , and I 'll come onto the Selby aspect in a minute .
18 Since the Aberfan disaster in 1966 , the law requires that overburden be separated from other waste , and the dumping technique produces a new shape .
19 Thus pay is tailored to individual performance .
20 During the 1950s , Sir John Neale presented an alternative view , which dominated historical accounts for a generation , but which some now believe was based upon questionable assumptions .
21 Michael had originally intended to run Royal Ballerina in the Prix Vermeille at Longchamp the day after the St Leger and now Kauntze is hoping for dry conditions at Doncaster for what he regards as an easier race .
22 Michael had originally intended to run Royal Ballerina in the Prix Vermeille at Longchamp the day after the St Leger and now Kauntze is hoping for dry conditions at Doncaster for what he regards as an easier race .
23 The calendar we use was developed in Roman times .
24 What is more , we hate being used as political footballs by cynical politicians .
25 The subterranean tunnels where the Night Goblins live are riddled with other , even older , passages and caverns .
26 Make sure that the pushchair you choose is covered in easy-clean fabrics and , most important , has an efficient set of brakes .
27 Even less radical , if I 'm to stand by the comments I made last month ) ; or something that we think is missing from current trends ( something a bit retro maybe , but where 's your originality ? ) .
28 I mean , bugger me , all they do is sit in little Toyota vans all day bouncing around taking pictures of Tommies . ’
29 Much of the work that we do is open to public scrutiny through the democratic process — we are accountable to our public through their elected representatives — the Councillors .
30 Even if you had a single gene which is terribly important , erm because human beings are complex everything they do is affected by large numbers of genes a number of examples that contradict that .
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