Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [noun] [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This kind of maladaptive feature would be hard to explain if we had been designed by an all-wise creator , but is to be expected if structures change their functions in the course of evolution . |
| 2 | Sometimes it is difficult to tell whether a ceiling is badly cracked because people cover them up with ceiling paper or tiles . |
| 3 | Already ‘ wish lists ’ have been made where staff indicate what they want to see from agency status and these suggestions have been acted on . |
| 4 | However , the success of recent policy initiatives can only be fully met if farmers find it their own interests to plant up pieces of land in such a way as to achieve both timber production and environmental improvement . |
| 5 | How often have you seen windows opened because people find it too warm , yet they do not turn off radiators ? |
| 6 | The Army might take up men , but the effect on the labour market can be offset if women take their place in occupations like weaving . |
| 7 | ‘ You think the valley itself is corrupted when strangers visit it . ’ |
| 8 | But he has been refused because firms think he is too young . |
| 9 | It can be spoilt if publicans serve it by unnatural methods . |
| 10 | However , compatibility effects are still observed when subjects cross their arms such that the right hand responds to stimuli presented in the left field of vision and the left hand responds to right field presentations . |
| 11 | As information transmitted in binary form is so much faster than analogue signals , the full benefits of computer-based communication systems can only be gained when nations convert their existing telecommunications networks to digital operation . |
| 12 | An optimum time is set for the course , and penalties awarded if competitors exceed it . |
| 13 | Hungarian-style reforms introduced , but comprehensively : markets function and managers make decisions unless planners say otherwise ( at present few decisions can be taken unless planners authorise them ) . |
| 14 | Obviously assuming that his readers will be dealing with subjects to whom they are relative strangers , Labov points out some practical disadvantages of candid recording ; first of all , long-term access to a community is likely to be hindered if people think they are being spied on , and second , the quality of such recordings is often poor . |
| 15 | Klima and Bellugi ( 1979 ) maintain , however , that similar results are obtained when subjects make their responses in sign . |
| 16 | Public confidence in the police is enhanced when people know what they can expect from their local police force , and when outsiders are let into the process of inspecting how they work . |
| 17 | The tremendous emotional energies released when men break their bonds with the village , the kin group and the family are all available for a new focus on politics . |