Example sentences of "be [verb] and [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , the Soviets ' penchant for canvassing exhaustively for the best and cheapest may succeed in these objectives , but at the cost of enormous delay between the time when applications are approved and machinery actually installed . |
| 2 | The closer we allow ourselves to get to another , the more we are affected and influences both consciously and unconsciously through the projective system or defence we described in the last two chapters . |
| 3 | Until the autumn he was paddling about twice a week and most competitive activity has been running and squash rather than paddling . |
| 4 | Clear objectives are essential as , without well-defined goals , it is likely that efforts will be misdirected and achievement consequently disappointing . |
| 5 | I 've received very few replies so the signs can be erected and B either a deputy co-ordinator or the deputies that should come in , now some some oblige a lot of them do n't |
| 6 | As there are often only half a dozen wash-basins , turns must be arranged and children soon realise that there are too many or not enough children for the basins available . |
| 7 | Duplication will be minimized and resources more cost-effectively utilized . |
| 8 | Opportunities are to be maximised and threats either avoided or turned into opportunities ( see Sharplin , 1985 , pp. 54 6 , 190–4. where it is referred to as WOTS-UP analysis ) . |
| 9 | Here again there is a question of balance : if society has democratically determined that taxes shall be collected and revenues so received spent in certain ways , non-payment of taxes is punishable even if the defaulter is objecting on conscientious grounds to aspects of staff spending — on arms , for example . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's done on the barrel , ’ said the chairman who much more happily confided that at 59 of course he will be batting and bowling again this summer , ‘ and that 's what it worked out a pint . |
| 11 | Information on how business is conducted will be required and candidates also need to know details of the compensation and benefits package attached to the posting . |
| 12 | Specialist sectors are identified and firms either decide to concentrate on one or two of these or arrange their activities so that they cover the whole range of sectors . |
| 13 | Evidently I did not see fighters go down that day but I know they did but this was a first realization as if there was somebody up there to kill me and I guess this is the point at which you realize that you are going to kill them before they kill you and all of a sudden we are in combat all our lives and we take a complete change in outlook from everything because up to now everything had been practise and training just for this except we did not have that realization that they are there to kill us , who 's gon na be killed first ? |
| 14 | Everywhere mascara was being rolled and lipstick carefully drawn . |
| 15 | Party structures were solidifying and governments more securely based and less at the mercy of House of Commons votes . |
| 16 | Generally darkness , or weak lighting , was necessary ; then tables rocked , objects moved , lights were seen and things sometimes felt , and messages were rapped out . |
| 17 | Within that time , all the vitamin and mineral levels were restored and Alan once again enjoyed good health apart from another cold , two weeks after stopping smoking and drinking . |
| 18 | Police moved in to arrest him , stones were thrown and police then reportedly opened fire . |
| 19 | Differences in technique were identified and paintings previously attributed to Rembrandt himself could be discounted . |
| 20 | At least 34 Rohingya Muslims were killed and scores more injured when Burmese troops opened fire on a congregation in Arakan province , according to refugees arriving in neighbouring Bangladesh in the last two days . |
| 21 | AT LEAST 34 Rohingya Muslims were killed and scores more injured when Burmese troops opened fire on a Muslim religious congregation in Arakan province , according to Burmese refugees arriving in neighbouring Bangladesh in the last two days . |
| 22 | Each year one or two farmers are killed and others seriously injured when their tractors roll over . |
| 23 | Where moisture is limited and productivity low the moss covering remains thin . |
| 24 | The importance of this association is most evident when it is broken , when careers are truncated or ‘ spoilt ’ , status is withdrawn and recognition seemingly denied . |
| 25 | Sometimes the patient will talk , pouring out problems and anxieties , but more often nothing is said and tears slowly subside into relaxation . |
| 26 | So , for everyone who 's designing and building today , make Brohome part of your grand design . |
| 27 | But the bass is figured and Schein obligingly points out alternative methods of performance : two tenors or soprano and tenor instead of the sopranos ; bass to be played by trombone , bassoon , or violone ; soprano II to be replaced by violin or flute ; or simply soprano solo with continuo — by which expedient the German solo song with continuo was born almost by accident . |
| 28 | More and more power in organizations is shared and cooperation rather than physical violence is how work gets done . |
| 29 | Recently , reduction of the time to market has attracted significant attention as market needs become increasingly unpredictable and unstable , as technology is diversified and changes rapidly , and as competition intensifies . |
| 30 | When her assailant is released and rapes again , her only recourse is yet again violent revenge . |