Example sentences of "be [verb] [adj] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am to remain ill and without treatment , I am to carry on with the exhausting task of caring for an old and senile woman . ’ |
| 2 | It is not necessary because section 6(3) ( b ) is capable of being given full effect without any such implication : it applies where a school is under-subscribed and yet seeks to refuse certain applicants who have expressed a preference for that school : Parliament has indicated that if spaces are to remain unfilled because of admission criteria such criteria have to be agreed with the local education authority . |
| 3 | Yet had the assessment panel system not existed in most cases equal amounts of time would have been occupied later but in the negative cycle of suspensions , parental interviews , referral procedures and the preparation of reports . |
| 4 | Where a bankruptcy order has been made other than on the debtor 's petition , the bankrupt must submit to the official receiver a statement of his affairs within twenty-one days of the bankruptcy order or within such longer period as the official receiver may allow ( s 288(1) and ( 3 ) ) or the court may allow ( r 6.62 ) . |
| 5 | Hundreds of chartered accountants have been made redundant and with the surfeit of candidates competing for vacancies , employers have been able to reduce salaries in some cases . |
| 6 | Whilst it has been made clear that in this group both men and women assume caring roles , feminists have rightly pointed out that some of the dilemmas and problems are worse for women , not least because social conventions have not ascribed the same significance to employment for women as for men . |
| 7 | A British holidaymaker has been shot dead whilst on holiday in Florida . |
| 8 | Erm and they 're drinking less because of the recession . |
| 9 | They 're drinking less because of changes in lifestyle . |
| 10 | Incidents are categorized by the degree of paperwork involved , and the best shifts are those where ‘ you 're kept busy but with stuff you can clear up on the spot ’ ( FN 26/5/87 , p. 34 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Understandably , you 're feeling cynical because of Sam 's naughtiness … ’ |
| 12 | The vice has been going rusty cos of the dryer . |
| 13 | Slices are produced dry as in the early stages of thin section making ( Section 4.4.2 ) , with a glass backing . |
| 14 | Ron Brind says many small businesses are going bust because of unsupportive banks . |
| 15 | It could also be that those who remain to resume operations in London are lying low because of the fear of target surveillance by increased security service activity and resources . |
| 16 | They are lying dormant because of the cold weather ’ . |
| 17 | Babies are born deformed or with leukaemia . |
| 18 | You will find that the normal aircraft compass is quite useless unless you are flying straight and at a steady speed . |
| 19 | Some coloured children in this school are getting bad because of the way they get treated , and they make out as if we 're just doing it because we get low examination grades so we start getting bad with the teachers . |
| 20 | Organisations are neglecting this because of the emphasis on technical expertise . ’ |
| 21 | AFTER the recent reports of carjacking I now lock the doors if I am travelling alone or with just my children , but this makes me uneasy because of the risk of being trapped after an accident . |
| 22 | The breeding females are maturing younger and at smaller sizes than ever before , enabling them to reproduce before they are caught . |
| 23 | Andrew Beattie was allowed a visit by his wife for a few minutes around half-past one and for the first time he learned that no strike organisers had been arrested other than in the Rathcoole district . |
| 24 | As Parrinder also indicates , the question remains as to whether the " aims of English " can be formulated other than in terms of humanism , a question which will be considered in the Conclusion . |
| 25 | But other shocks to the system followed in quick succession : a new language and culture ; the insensitivity , not always unintentional , of foster parents , teachers and hostel administrators ; the cruelty of other children ( and some adults ) who equated all things German with Nazism ; the coming-to-terms with the long-term or permanent loss of family and friends who had been left behind , and the awareness that refugees could not expect to be treated other than as second-class citizens — to mention only the common causes of illness and depression . |
| 26 | They argue that even if male clerical workers can not be considered proletarian because of their upward mobility , this is not true of female clerks . |
| 27 | Although these results might be considered implausible because of the extreme climate sensitivities implied , the explained variance at more reasonable climate sensitivities within the upper half of the accepted range of uncertainty , 1.5 to 4.5°C , remains above 55% . |
| 28 | The importance of majority voting will increase since more and more European economic and social legislation will be deemed necessary because of the single European market . |
| 29 | Further coats of varnish should be applied undiluted and with care to avoid runs and an uneven surface . |
| 30 | ( 1 ) In all the circumstances is it more appropriate that a court of the country to which a child has been wrongfully removed or in which it is being wrongfully retained ( country B ) ’ — in this case one can say England — ‘ should reach decisions and make orders with a view to its welfare or is it more appropriate that this should be done by a court of the country from which it was removed or to which its return has been wrongfully prevented ( [ Australia ] ) ? ( 2 ) If , but only if , the answer to the first question is that the court of [ England ] is the more appropriate court , should that court give any consideration whatsoever to what further orders should be made other than for the immediate return of the child to [ Australia ] and for ensuring its welfare pending the resumption or assumption of jurisdiction by the courts of that country ? |