Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The algorithm used is best described by considering an example . |
| 2 | The response has been so good that many shops , and garden centres in particular , may stock the items all year round . |
| 3 | The response has been so good that he anticipates taking the show out again in the autumn . |
| 4 | We have been using these for only a number of weeks now , but the response has been very encouraging . |
| 5 | ‘ The response has been very good , ’ he says . |
| 6 | The income received is either spent on consumer goods , or withdrawn in the form of savings and taxes ( that is , Y = C + S + T ) . |
| 7 | The park has been considerably improved but many of the recently planted trees have not withstood the gales and frost . |
| 8 | The most substantial and recent discussion of the poem is that of Michael Swanton ( 1987 ) , where the terminology used is amply clear and quite typical . |
| 9 | Mr Rodgers said that he was not an opponent of the airport and added that staff at the base had been very helpful . |
| 10 | The base cost is usually the original cost , but in certain circumstances the market value at 6 April 1965 or 31 March 1982 can be used instead . |
| 11 | The base has been virtually deserted since the U-S airforce pulled out two years ago . |
| 12 | Sweetmeats , cakes or puddings follow … the variety has been highly praised by our guests over the last five years . |
| 13 | The change had been so abrupt that Joseph had been moved to speak only in hushed whispers of the thrilling sights and sounds that unfolded all around them . |
| 14 | The change had been so sudden . |
| 15 | ‘ The change has been pretty much the same as in the North Sea particularly , for example , in relationships with contractors and contracting policy . |
| 16 | We may have no choice but to do so , though I believe that the change has been more damaging than beneficial . |
| 17 | The change has been sharply criticized by environmentalists . |
| 18 | However in practice the change has been less dramatic than it first appears , for two reasons . |
| 19 | our next champ is Simon Wigg from Buckinghamshire … he 's won the world long track title for the fourth time … with a new look … the bike has been aerodynamically designed by grand prix men … and the suit which he wears over the leathers is made of lycra … |
| 20 | In this case by far the most important ground of appeal was the contention that written statements made by Zaidie and Matadial to the police and not disclosed before or during the trial had been wrongly withheld from the defendant and his advisers . |
| 21 | As these case studies show , even when the willingness to change is there , whether the initial impetus comes from within or without , actually bringing about change is hard for the individual . |
| 22 | The flaws in some of the ideas put forward by the Board have been cogently exposed , but it has shown a welcome willingness to take account of criticisms and alter its position accordingly . |
| 23 | However , although its brief is exceedingly broad and its powers substantial , the activities of the Board have been fairly selective , both sectorally and spatially . |
| 24 | SMALL businesses do not seem to know about the industrial building allowances introduced last November , and the uptake has been very disappointing , David Wilson , chairman of Wilson Bowden , the Midlands house-builder and developer , said yesterday . |
| 25 | The bowling has been more different still ; there is a sizeable East Indian population in Trinidad that has produced bowlers with oriental wiles and subtleties unthought-of in Barbados , with Achong and Ramadhin the obvious examples . |
| 26 | Whether you use templates because you are not sure of yourself artistically or just to make the piping and cutting easier on the cake , the technique involved is soon mastered . |
| 27 | The technique has been extensively used to study vibrations associated with surfaces and thin film samples , usually in an electron microscope . |
| 28 | The technique has been most widely applied in the analysis of cytokine responses . |
| 29 | The technique used is much the same as that used in hospitals to find fractures in bones ; where the metal is broken the film is blackened by the X-rays which pass unhindered through the break ; where the metal is densest , more of the X-rays are stopped and the film remains pale . |
| 30 | The measure had been strongly opposed by powerful interest groups ( including the chaebol , the large conglomerates which dominate the country 's economy ) and its imminent imposition was held responsible for the recent removal abroad of funds from the Korean stock exchange . |