Example sentences of "[vb base] be [verb] in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because they are designed to justify certain propositions , the questions they ask are formulated in such a way as to prompt the desired answers . |
| 2 | I would recommend you do is look in this book , there 's a coup a couple of copies of which is , I mean er , is in the library , right . |
| 3 | — We 've been living in this flat over a year Duncan . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've been snorin' in that chair all efternoon , John Williamson , ’ his wife said , lifting the old coat off his knees . |
| 5 | It depends first on what you 've been doing in those 29 years , whether you 're willing to get new skills if necessary , and finally , how persistent you are in your job search . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've been sitting in that damned cottage for nigh on a year and you 've become a coward . |
| 7 | We 've been selling in this area fairly consistently across estate agents |
| 8 | Most shops are prepared for your to do this with expensive boots , but do n't expect them to be exchanged if they 've been marked in any way or worn outside ! |
| 9 | The term simulate is used in this chapter to mean mimic or copy a real event or situation . |
| 10 | All that is true , but I do not say that young people who have been deprived in that way should go out and steal cars . |
| 11 | The formation of a strategy for confronting the current crisis of accumulation in the world capitalist system will depend on the factors that have been examined in this chapter : the balance of social forces , class strategies and forms of political representation ; the broad historical character of the state ; and its internal composition , organizational interests , and dynamic . |
| 12 | M. Dupont went on : ‘ Many things of interest have been said in this house over the past days . |
| 13 | In such an economy , and also in the earlier phases of primitive agricultural communities , the coast and the larger river valleys provided very rich sources of food for small bands of people ; many Mesolithic sites have been recognised in such areas . |
| 14 | The reasons have been explained in several letters to your MP or Regional Councillor on 31 March 1992 , 14 April , 6 May , 4 June and 27 August , all of which I understand have been passed to you , and directly over the phone by Mr Carter on 6 August 1992 . |
| 15 | Suppose that I am supplied with a sequence of electrons which have been prepared in such a way that they are all in the same state of motion . |
| 16 | Eleven background papers and four major issues papers have been prepared in this way . |
| 17 | Although the survey was carried out in 1987 , and events in education have moved on with amazing rapidity since then , many of the conclusions that can be drawn from the interviews seem to have retained their relevance , particularly in the context of the issue I have been exploring in this chapter . |
| 18 | He has been confused with his younger brother , Jonathan , also born in Dearham and baptized 11 September 1744 , who followed the same profession , and their separate publications have been listed in several prominent works under John 's name . |
| 19 | Once intervention rates have been altered in this fashion , a change in rates will occur across all sterling money markets . |
| 20 | I have always thought that we entered the ERM at a rate of exchange that was much too high , and I have been reinforced in this view by Britain 's poor showing in international trade during the past 18 months . |
| 21 | It starts at the bottom line and scans across to ‘ see ’ what colours have been placed in this row of squares . |
| 22 | A large number of the old lime trees were felled by the gales in October 1987 , but young limes have been placed in those same positions in order to preserve the avenue . |
| 23 | No club rules have been breached in any way . ’ |
| 24 | Then at last he said : ‘ Gentlemen — and ladies , pardon me — I have given much thought to these matters and I wish to say here in confidence to you , that while there remains between myself and many of those present differences of interpretation as to what is really occurring in Europe at this moment , despite this , as to the main points that have been raised in this house , I am convinced , gentlemen , convinced both of their justice and their practicality . ’ |
| 25 | Many issues have been raised in this debate . |
| 26 | But much wider issues than the construction of the Finance Act 1976 have been raised in these appeals and for the first time this House has been asked to consider a detailed argument upon the extent to which reference can properly be made before a court of law in the United Kingdom to proceedings in Parliament recorded in Hansard . |
| 27 | Where towns have been joined in this way the whole built-up area is called a conurbation . |
| 28 | The result was an urban sociology which came very close to that which we have been developing in this book . |
| 29 | The various fungal diseases which manifest themselves upon fish are almost exclusively secondary infections , developing on areas of the body which have been damaged in some way . |
| 30 | In view of developments it might be argued that they have been justified in this view . |