Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] [be] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She left him to prowl restlessly through the family photographs that were prominently displayed as she first took a shower then dithered over what to wear . |
| 2 | This , I have found , is mainly due to lighting chokes that are only fitted with twin core flex with no earth . |
| 3 | A new home for the museum exhibits that are seldom seen . |
| 4 | Commenting on the rather storm-damaged third quarter figures , Sun Microsystems Inc chief financial officer Kevin Melia said ‘ profitability was below the year-ago level due to gross margin declines that were partially offset by tightly controlled growth in operating expenses . |
| 5 | Commenting on some rather storm-damaged third quarter figures ( see opposite ) , Sun Microsystems Inc chief financial officer Kevin Melia said ‘ Profitability was below the year-ago level due to gross margin declines that were partially offset by tightly controlled growth in operating expenses . |
| 6 | Almost 100 new companies had been formed , and Schach had been able to secure over a million pounds in bank guarantees to finance not only such expensive disasters as Dreaming Lips , Love from a Stranger and The Marriage of Gorbal , but even films that were never made . |
| 7 | The Hindus believe also that the universe periodically dissolves and is then recreated . |
| 8 | Orcs and Goblins almost overwhelm the remaining Dwarf holds but are finally beaten back at the Battle of Black Water . |
| 9 | It is emitted by electrons and positrons as they are guided by magnets on curved paths round synchrotrons , or storage rings as are often used today ( New Scientist , vol 87 , p 305 ) . |
| 10 | After a few blows there , the porcupine succumbs and is then turned carefully over and eaten from underneath , its soft underbelly causing no problems . |
| 11 | That he neither really sees nor is really torn , that he can not enter the world of either comedy or tragedy , neither O brave new world that hath such people in it , nor Dark dark dark beneath the blaze of noon . |
| 12 | The systems approach is now explicitly used in biogeography and Simmons ( 1978 ) , for example , in discussion of the ecosystem scale distinguishes two approaches that are often made : one which is synoptic and develops from intuitive perception of an ecosystem to studies of ecological cohesion including , where relevant , the significance of human activity ; and another approach which is more analytical whereby measurements are made of the flow and partitioning of energy through the ecosystem and of the cycles of mineral nutrients within the system . |
| 13 | Eysenck claims that criminals tend to rate highly on two personality characteristics — extroversion and neuroticism — both of which he sees as being predominantly inherited . |
| 14 | Taxpayers have paid heavily for peace since then , through labour contracts that are meticulously rubbished in booklets from private lobbying groups such as the Citizens Budget Commission ( CBC ) . |
| 15 | St Sophia still survives and is generally accepted as one of the great buildings of antiquity . |
| 16 | During its 25 years with the RAF , the Hercules has fulfilled all the transport demands that were ever placed on it . |
| 17 | Most finds that were simply lost ( small and easily mislaid , such as coins and brooches ) or objects that fell into places from which they could not be retrieved , such as wells , are often complete and may be in very good condition , depending on the materials from which they are made and the conditions in which they have been buried . |
| 18 | ‘ No man ’ , he adds , ‘ is created baron excepte he maye dispend of yearly reuenue one thousand poundes , or one thousand markes at the least ’ , figures that were normally exceeded by the estates of earls . |
| 19 | In particular they demonstrate how definitions can be used to generate word-relation-word triples that are then used as data to build the lexicon . |
| 20 | In contrast to impact melt and melt breccias within and proximal to an impact crater , tektite-like impact glasses are early-formed total melts that are rapidly quenched , and thus more likely to show a less complicated mixing relationship . |
| 21 | Estimates that are probably biased in this way are already widespread in the literature ( see Trivers , 1976 ; , Arnold & Wade , 1983 ) . |
| 22 | This not only reminds us of the existence of a non-state section of education ( which as we write in mid-1987 seems set only to increase in size ) , but also in drawing attention to the relations between the state and non-state sectors , points out features of the conditions under which the former operates that are frequently taken for granted . |
| 23 | Some of the mosaics have been lost during the centuries but much remains and is carefully looked after by the Ravenna authorities . |
| 24 | Their exclusive claim to punish clergymen for ordinary offences has long since disappeared ; the power to try and punish laymen for immorality has become practically obsolete ; their jurisdiction over the matters of ritual , and ecclesiastical offences of clergymen , such as heresy , still remains and is still exercised by them . |
| 25 | It has saved billions of pounds by writing reports that are always respected and independent , and which suggest ways in which local government — and , now , the health service — can get better value for money . |
| 26 | After all , despite the joys of companionship , in any close relationship there is usually the debit side , the compromises and sacrifices that are often made to fit in with another person 's wishes and way of life . |
| 27 | In favour , are facts such as : ( a ) When a relative clause is attached to a clause as its head , then it is introduced by the " which " marker which follows noun phrases , and not the " as " marker used for verbs and verb phrases : ( 65 ) the mountain which they want to climb is Mount Elburz he swept the yard as he was instructed ( 66 ) McRowen queried the call , which infuriated the umpire McRowen queried the call , as ( it ) infuriated the umpire ( b ) Clauses take , in bigger clauses , positions that are commonly filled by noun phrases : ( 67 ) Marples heard the news ( 68 ) Marples heard that the soup was contaminated This is true even of so-called adverbial clauses : ( 69 ) Peggy realized her error after Christmas ( 70 ) Peggy realized her error after the Christmas season was ended |
| 28 | Immigration to Britain from India and Pakistan has followed a slightly different pattern , with the real increase coming in the early 1960s , and later in response to the threat of the immigration controls that were eventually enshrined in a series of Immigration Acts , beginning with the 1962 Act ( Robinson , 1986 ) . |
| 29 | Parliament is thus best seen as a cyclical phenomenon — it is born , lives , dies and is then reborn … . |
| 30 | As soon as a child is born entitlement begins and is never questioned until the child itself attains economic independence . |