Example sentences of "a [noun] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The event 's promoter will pay an agreed fee to the PRS for the works which are to be performed , and a payment is then made by the PRS to the writers and publishers for the works listed as being played . |
| 2 | Where the status of a provision is not made clear , for example in a notice or bulletin , it may be difficult to tell whether it is a rule , guidance , a recommendation , or a general comment . |
| 3 | So when it becomes clear that a criminal case is not proceeding as anticipated — a trial is not scuppered by lobbing something into the ring — there are discreet discussions between learned friends in chambers , many exchanges of the phrase ‘ I 'm much obliged ’ and finally the jury is summoned back . |
| 4 | Development of numerous little buttresses situated on the north east side of the Mosedale valley at 1900ft , which has been named Little Stand Crag ( ref 248033 ) , has been carried out by J. Daly and K. Daly ( future guidewriters should beware — a crag was also developed around here by A.T . |
| 5 | A cable was duly despatched . |
| 6 | After a contentious and abortive attempt to set up a population register in 1753 , a Bill for a Census was finally passed without fuss in 1800 ( Glass 1973 ) . |
| 7 | A moral is sometimes drawn from this tale . |
| 8 | The suspension in such a case is merely done by way of good administration . |
| 9 | The role of the lawyer when analysing a case is therefore to extract the principle(s) of law from the decision of the court . |
| 10 | Such a case was not pleaded or included in the judge 's summary of the issues : the nearest the issues come to such a claim is that if a conflict of interest arose , the defendants ‘ would inform [ the plaintiff ] of the conflict and , after due consultation with him , resolve it . ’ |
| 11 | A decision is not expected until next year . |
| 12 | A decision is not expected before next year . |
| 13 | Such a decision is not taken lightly . |
| 14 | Appropriate information needed for a user to make a decision is also retrieved before presenting the command options , for example , maps with the correct specifications ( e.g. with topological relations already created , when this is necessary for the operation ) . |
| 15 | A decision is still awaited on the Liphook to Haslemere section of the 213 service . |
| 16 | Not making a decision is really making a decision to do nothing — but it never feels like that . |
| 17 | Most people who ask for advice about a decision are really seeking condemnation : that is to say , condemnation of the choice they do not want to make but have not the courage to reject . |
| 18 | A decision was also taken , early on , to deal through a middleman who was a fabricator . |
| 19 | The battle took place on a Saturday , 14 October : because the armies were so evenly matched and the ground so difficult it lasted eight hours , a great time in a world where a decision was usually reached in just over two hours . |
| 20 | A budget was finally passed on Oct. 28 , which aimed to reduce the country 's budget deficit by $41,400 million [ see pp. 37704 ; 37768 ] . |
| 21 | As I climbed the stairs for the second time that morning , more wearily this time , I heard the sound of a keg being gently turned in a lock . |
| 22 | A driver was slightly hurt after two cars collided near Ripon . |
| 23 | For example , it might be that a driver was deliberately altering his records in some way . |
| 24 | A DRIVER was seriously injured and his wife , child and dog hurt in a crash on the A66 , east of Bowes . |
| 25 | Eventually , it was ruled that if , when the race was stopped , a driver was still running , he could re-start in his original car . |
| 26 | A DRIVER was yesterday acquitted of possessing LSD with intent to supply after £1,800 worth of the drug was found in his car boot . |
| 27 | When user action is required a beep is also generated . |
| 28 | A course is normally programmed to make irregularities clear in the language system . |
| 29 | Evidence to justify the court 's declining to decide a case ( if such a course is ever justified ) would need to be very strong and specific . |
| 30 | This is because while the sentence is an important unit in written language ( where the boundaries of a sentence are clearly defined by the use of punctuation ) , it is less obviously a unit in spoken language . |