Example sentences of "[vb pp] [be] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The beginnings examined are interestingly compared with those featuring in films , whereas the exploration of middles and ends includes a study on theme patterning in " popstyling " , characterisation as it emerges from fictional discourse , and a functional typology of dialogue ( which is interesting , but unfortunately inadequately substantiated in terms of textual evidence ) in " actionbooks " .
2 By contrast , those still stone free nine months or more after dissolution treatment has stopped are genuinely likely to have had complete gall stone dissolution .
3 The goods received are also posted to the individual stock record cards from the invoice which will show the prices ( Fig. 6.17 ) .
4 Their important characteristic is that they cut across the divisions of the formal structure and usually are very powerful if the matters to be communicated are formally confidential or affect the future of particular individuals .
5 The study of how we receive and deal with information and how information is actually communicated are now fields of academic study .
6 The majority of children referred are over five years , and the Society is actively seeking families who can meet the needs of these children .
7 The issues to which my hon. Friend referred are just those where the health service needs to do a little better on listening to patients ' needs .
8 When the Equal Opportunities Commission , in its equality agenda , describes child care facilities as meagre in the extreme compared with the facilities that are available in the rest of Europe , when we know that the women in work to whom the Minister has referred are often forced into part-time work because of inadequate child care arrangements and when we bear in mind his entirely complacent answer , is not it a good thing that a Labour Government are coming who will ensure that child care provision is expanded ?
9 Similarly , a negative attitude may turn to a ‘ do n't mind ’ one under certain conditions , for example when the items ironed are less intrinsically boring ( baby 's clothes are said to come in this category ) .
10 As we shall see , the controls which the courts have developed are as much concerned with supplementing legislative intent as with implementing it .
11 In mammals , about 50% of the carbohydrates consumed are normally oxidised to carbon dioxide and water to produce energy and about 30 to 40% are converted to fat .
12 In those languages that unequivocably exhibit it , tense is one of the main factors ensuring that nearly all sentences when uttered are deictically anchored to a context of utterance .
13 In addition , many of those who have had their homes repossessed are now being chased by building societies and banks for the short-falls arising after the sale of their homes , many of which are being sold for less than the mortgage owing on them .
14 The individual pixels of which the image is formed are clearly apparent in Figure 5.12 .
15 Thus the volcanic rocks formed are drastically different from their oceanic counterparts .
16 When an enzyme binds to its ‘ substrates ’ ( that is , the substances whose reactions it catalyses ) , the bonds formed are again non-covalent .
17 The collocations so formed are therefore representative of such financial material and hence will be more specific than those from the general dictionary .
18 The term modern algebra can then be used to describe that subsequent algebra , some of it arising from more detailed investigations within the classical theory , in which the symbols manipulated are no longer restricted to representing numerical quantities .
19 The apes being taught are therefore without an evolutionarily conferred advantage that human children enjoy — that of employing learning techniques , and being initiated by their elders , in a way that has presumably been refined by selection pressures over a very long time .
20 Most of the funds withdrawn are actually from unit trusts owned by the life insurers through subsidiaries , and a switch away from unit trusts will be a substantial structural change , as life companies held 44 per cent of unit trust funds at the end of 1989 .
21 It is worth noting , however , that the offences listed are either in deliberate defiance of God 's holy law , or offences against people — not property .
22 The questions listed are simply an indication of some of the key information you may require in order to plan sensibly ahead .
23 What 's more all the holiday parks listed are regularly checked and graded by tourist board inspectors .
24 All hotels and guesthouses listed are regularly inspected to ensure they comply fully with the standards .
25 I accept this evidence , and it follows that there is no arguable case that the moneys sought to be traced are now situated in England .
26 It has even been suggested that some coral reefs , which it will be recalled are mostly dead coral and debris , are being destroyed rather than built up : they could be relics of higher sea levels .
27 So the posts that are to be established and to be filled are exactly as those approved by the Policy Committee .
28 Staff at the Radcliffe Infirmary where Senad and Dino were treated are very pleased both men are well on the way to recovery .
29 When a prison officer requests a gun the reasons given are closely scrutinised , ’ he said .
30 The measurements I have given are only a rough guide , so feel free to experiment until you find a setting that suits your sound and playing style .
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