Example sentences of "and [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among those closed and appropriated was the Premonstratensian house at Bayham in Sussex . |
| 2 | Translators in general make uneasy going of this simple assertion : " the changing year renews the plain " ( Johnson ) ; " Earth shifts her dress " ( Gladstone 1894 ) ; " and altered is the fashion of the earth " ( Housman ) ; " Earth 's livery 's changed " ( Marsh ) ; " earth 's transforming herself " ( Leishman ) ; " the earth suffers her Springtime change " ( Michie ) ; " the earth shakes and changes " ( Raffel 1983 ) . |
| 3 | Parents who have watched their children grow and develop are just as likely to have insights into the development of their child as the teacher who has taught for a couple of years . |
| 4 | The SEC is centralised whereas SROs are decentralised and rulemaking is spread out amongst the various SROs . |
| 5 | The question of washing-over and insetting is a technical planning matter in which the population as a whole is not well versed . |
| 6 | So fascinated , intrigued and frightened were the two men by this unusual experience , that they listened without uttering a word . |
| 7 | Changes over time to things that are seen and heard are powerful forms of stimulation for young infants , and the main purpose of the research is to explore systematically infants ' ability to detect and respond to such change . |
| 8 | A large group in the opposite corner had erupted into laughter at just the right moment , to mask the sound of her action , however , and even those who had seen and heard were simply hiding slightly shocked and curious smiles behind polite hands and pretending to go on with their talk . |
| 9 | The manner in which cross-references are realized and checked is crucial for a consistent hyper-base . |
| 10 | Then we clad and ran off home then we went back mishchifing again we came to a boy and shoved he down in the grass and piched is sweet and then we ran off then I made a apple bom then I chudet it then we went home . |
| 11 | Others are widowed or divorced , and hate being the odd one out among friends who are all couples . |
| 12 | They trust no one , and hate being questioned about their lives ; if they are pressed , at best they will slam their doors in your face . |
| 13 | Useful guides to American law reports and digests are Jackobstein and Mersky , Fundamentals of Legal Research ( 2nd ed. 1981 ) , and the work by Beardsley and Orman already cited . |
| 14 | A mortgagee who takes the title-deeds can not register , and his position as against that of a mortgagee whose mortgage is registrable and registered is at present , for lack of judicial decision , merely conjectural . |
| 15 | Corporate property and entail were sins against the ‘ natural tendency towards perfection ’ : individual interest , i.e. ownership , was the ‘ first instrument of prosperity ’ . |
| 16 | The resulting ‘ contract ’ between teacher and taught is therefore loose and far from explicit . |
| 17 | There is a large sun terrace and pool ( with hydro-massage ) where complimentary towels and sun-loungers are provided . |
| 18 | Average and mean are often used interchangeably . |
| 19 | By reducing the need to handle a complicated system , time is released from the already tight schedules for pupils to develop skills through a process whereby creative association and opportunities to learn and think are highly valued . |
| 20 | A woman who is happy in her job and hates being cooped up at home all day win bring back positive qualities to the household , but on the other hand the strains and stresses of work can also leave their mark on family life . |
| 21 | In the larger States contacts of this direct and relatively informal kind between ruler and ruled were obviously impossible on a large scale . |
| 22 | I , I used to drive Sheena , but I can safely say that I live on the A seventy seven , aggression is equally as bad as drinking driving , because you see it happening on that road every day , aggression they cut out they cut in , you do n't know where their coming from , er at least a drunken driver tries to go straight and make 's the mistake |
| 23 | the truth erm , oh you never , never hold back and make be known in God 's name the kingdom , he always told the truth whether it was popular or not , that 's really , so erm come on you , are you going out with Clare , come on , hey , come on , come on Pip , go on , go on |
| 24 | What is theoretically and politically interesting and puzzling is not that it has been defended by the powerful and the better-off sections of the community but that it has been so widely accepted by those who suffer as a result of its continuance . |
| 25 | Perhaps what is interesting and puzzling is not why a minority of ‘ eligible ’ strikers ' families receive supplementary benefit , but why the majority do not . |
| 26 | CHARITY will be the winner when a display of old time ploughing , combining and binding is put on tomorrow by the Seaforde Vintage Steam Threshing Rally . |
| 27 | last year I could n't believe my welcome , they 're coming out and apologizing are you alright to wait , you know , he 's , he 's got dentist in the surgery and oh it was amazing |
| 28 | Willy 's synthetic abstractions which generalize and falsify are countered by her analytic and critical re-writing of Herodotus . |
| 29 | I guess that the people of will realise at the end of this year that the consultation and communication and public relations of this Authority are impeccable , that the quality of messages sent and received is superb and that the volume of such messages is vast . |
| 30 | Yes , I mean er something to er mitigate or er evade and evade is a bad word is n't it really ? |