Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If two values of probability density are nominated then the area they define under the curve is the probability that any item drawn from the sample will lie between them . |
| 32 | If two values of probability density are nominated then the area they define under the curve is the probability that any item drawn from the sample will lie between them . |
| 33 | Time to slow down — I 'd been booked here a couple of years earlier . |
| 34 | If an announcement has been prepared then the response to a leak should be more effective than in the event of having to deal with the situation at short notice . |
| 35 | A few weeks later , the exportation of Jews from Minden in Westphalia provoked reported mixed reactions from the local population , ranging from sympathy for the Jews to outrightly nazified comments thanking the Führer for freeing the people of the plague of Jewish blood , claiming that had it been done half a century earlier the First World War would not have been necessary , and including rumours that the Führer wanted to hear by 15 January 1942 that there were no more Jews in Germany . |
| 36 | Approval is given for something that has been done so the management arrow is somewhat behind the broken arrow . |
| 37 | Scenes containing dialogue are frequently shot at this camera range and where two characters are seen together the shot is described as a two-shot . |
| 38 | A Liverpool City Council spokesman said : ‘ He has been granted both a disabled facilities grant and mandatory renovation grant . ’ |
| 39 | Thomas had been granted only a weekend pass . |
| 40 | Perhaps the producer thought the gentleman had had enough media exposure for a while , as I was given to understand that he had been granted quite a bit of air time one way and another in the recent past . |
| 41 | The pupils are prepared far the SCE exams at Standard Grade , Higher Grade and Certificate of Sixth Year Studies . |
| 42 | The Allied line had been pushed forward an average of 823m/900yds and , at the farthest , near Langemarck , about 1.6km/1ml . |
| 43 | Robert Hooke urges in his Micrographia that ‘ the science of nature has already too long been made only a work of the brain and fancy : It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of observations on material and obvious things . ’ |
| 44 | And it 's been made all the more interesting by brightly coloured accessories — many from Julie 's home town in Trinidad . |
| 45 | In a final report , which has not yet been made public the Atlanta group concludes that seven babies died of deliberate overdoses and that another 2 I deaths could have been avoided if the hospital had been better equipped to spot trouble . |
| 46 | And if this sounds like a recipe for wanton experimentalism , rest assured that tight guitar-pop limits are imposed so the end result does n't get too wayward . |
| 47 | The methods are applied systematically every time the behaviour occurs or is about to occur . |
| 48 | The flush pipes from high-level cisterns need less room than the low-level types , and the extension pipe at the back of the loo told me it had been moved forward a few inches . |
| 49 | My cataract operation has been moved forward a fortnight for the rather odd reason that the hospital is ‘ having to cancel all non-urgent operations in October ’ . |
| 50 | When their paintings are hung together the dialogue between them is very clear . |
| 51 | Visits to local chateaux and places of interest ( Saumur and Fontevraud ) are organized twice a week as part of the summer group vacation course , and a party and a disco evening are held during the course . |
| 52 | ‘ The day 's events are made all the more hectic by the many telephone calls and queries I receive from members of the public , fellow officers and councillors . |
| 53 | ‘ The killings are made all the more reprehensible by the fact that innocent children were involved , ’ he said . |
| 54 | The latter is no less important than the former , and if bibliographical decisions are made wrongly no amount of logistic information can redeem the situation . |
| 55 | Unscheduled Okay , this is er , it 's , it 's a diagnostic sheet if you find that you 're interrupted quite a lot over time , for you know , at a particular time , and you want to find out why you 're becoming less effective , you use this to log interruptions . |
| 56 | Foreign editions of the Guinness Book Of Records are now published in 40 countries and 3 million copies are sold internationally every year . |
| 57 | If all 250 rights are sold then the investor will receive ( 0.44 ) 250=110 , which compensates for the loss in value of the existing shares . |
| 58 | We believe that the amendments are vital because we have never been told officially the price of any of the bus companies . |
| 59 | ‘ But , Joe , I 've been apprenticed nearly a year now , and I 've never thanked her ! ’ |
| 60 | When the tests are used fairly the interviewer will have been tested himself or herself , and use the results as an indication of , and insurance against , their own prejudices . |