Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have talked in this book about the bereaved person 's need to talk and be recognized as someone having a mourning role , but if few people know us anyway , they are less likely to be aware of the major change in our life and we are less likely to feel able to talk to them about it . |
| 2 | What he is mainly denying when he denies that there are final causes in nature is that the existence of each individual sort of thing is to be explained by its serving some cause beyond it , in particular some kind of human interest . |
| 3 | It says that at least some of the characteristics of this hyper-individualist people can not be explained by what has happened to them in the Ottoman time and since , because these characteristics predate the Ottomans . |
| 4 | Always , she came back to that , with some relief : everything could be explained by her yearning for her other child , the root of all her discontent . |
| 5 | Finally it has been suggested that the likenesses between the Andokides Painter 's work and the Siphnian frieze might be explained by his having started as a sculptor there , then come on to the Kerameikos to invent red-figure under the inspiration of relief-colouring . |
| 6 | You are legally responsible for the cost of all calls made from your phone — could a swollen bill be explained by someone making secret 0898 calls , or ringing friends in California ? |
| 7 | With my electoral role number marked on the counterfoil , through a sorting process my vote and anyone else 's vote could be traced to who voted for who . |
| 8 | So in order to prevent it raising the mound 's temperature too high , a thicker layer of soil has to be heaped over it to shield its interior from the sun 's rays . |
| 9 | When challenged to say what was on his mind , he replied that he had been wondering whether it would ever be given to him to make France great again , as it had been in the days of Charlemagne . |
| 10 | In addition we will have with us and I am sure that the opportunity should be given to him to share news on Zimbabwe and the drought situation . |
| 11 | The arbitrator 's decision will be given to everyone involved , and will be binding in law . |
| 12 | The arbitrator 's decision will be given to everyone involved and will be binding in law . |
| 13 | After they had proved their trustworthiness , permission would be given for them to live in couples in a pension . |
| 14 | The jurisdiction of the Visitor is exclusive , and covers all matters relating to the internal or domestic laws of the foundation , irrespective of whether a particular claim could , for example , be formulated as one involving a breach of contract . |
| 15 | But the odds appear to be stacked against him appearing in the Battle of Britain Part II , at Elland Road . |
| 16 | For reasons which can only be guessed at he decided to establish himself near Keswick in Cumberland and returned in the following year with Hans Loner , a relative by marriage , and twelve German workers , to set up works and to prospect more fully . |
| 17 | So many of our dreams , however , are mixtures of fact and fantasy that I do not feel any great reliance can be placed on what seem to be insights into our former lives when we are asleep . |
| 18 | First , constraints can be placed upon what ends an authority can pursue through the exercise of its discretion . |
| 19 | He was most anxious to know the result of his investigation and whether the cause of his pain could be treated without his having more time off work . |
| 20 | did you ever raise with him back in January nineteen eighty eight something that you and Mr had both raised before , namely that what goes into the brochure is not to be relied on you 've got to look at the solicitors correspondence , to interpret what is in the brochure , did you ? , did you ever raise that with Mr the solicitor 's correspondence ? |
| 21 | All you have to do is telephone Holidayfax on ( 081 ) 878 9141 , state your destination and your departure date and a guide will be posted to you free of charge . |
| 22 | Lucy sent Silas a side glance as she said , ‘ When I first arrived you said it might be arranged for me to see a kiwi , but I 'll quite understand … ’ |
| 23 | If you are interested please contact Margaret or Hilda at the Office — NOW — Overnight accommodation can be arranged for anyone travelling long distance . |
| 24 | It can be arranged without his knowing a thing about it , and by the time he gets back it 'll be in full swing . ’ |
| 25 | The kinetic treatment of crystallization from the melt is based on the radial growth of a front through space and can be likened to someone scattering a handful of gravel onto the surface of a pond . |
| 26 | ‘ People will be clamouring for me to fight Eubank . ’ |
| 27 | Thus , the relationship between birth weight , maternal age and birth order can be considered as one underlying the relationship between maternal age , birth order and child survival . |
| 28 | I thought — I thought the case would be solved without my needing to divulge this information . |
| 29 | The tools have to be looked after which means , in particular , preventing them from rusting ( a thin smearing of oil does the trick ) ; tools with cutting edges should be kept sharp with their blades protected against damage . |
| 30 | When young children have to be looked after it reduces the opportunities that parents have to take part in the social round . |