Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By using virus vectors phenylalanine hydroxylase genes carrying eight different mutations have each been inserted into a hepatoma cell line without natural hydroxylase activity . |
| 2 | A further eleven are under construction with a combined capacity of 11,908 MW and another eight are planned with a capacity of 10,547 MW . |
| 3 | Shepherds ' huts like this are used as a shelter during the winter and spring , when shepherds have to stay out all night in the fields , looking after very young lambs . |
| 4 | One area that has since 1972 been recognised as a region of many UFO sightings is in the Pennine foothills surrounding Leeds and Manchester , an area that also has a high concentration of active faults . |
| 5 | In the Western area , half are needed for a quorum ; in other areas it is a third . |
| 6 | Michael and Anne Heseltine were at either end of a large table of their constituents ; attending to the annual ritual whereby the faithful are rewarded for a year spent addressing envelopes and running bazaars . |
| 7 | LCDs are built up from segments ; only a few are needed for a calculator display . |
| 8 | Some are covered by a mat of flailing threads or cilia , which with a co-ordinated beat drive the creature through the water . |
| 9 | Some communities have a number of branch houses , containing perhaps only three or four members , and some are reduced to a handful of elderly professed members . |
| 10 | Some are drawn into a life of crime : petty thieving , drugs trafficking etc . |
| 11 | Could this be stopped with a Phonecard ? |
| 12 | Could this be stopped with a Phonecard ? |
| 13 | So I 'm suggesting that that , we could take that box out er er and this be re-phrased as a sentence , either at the top |
| 14 | Can this be described as a process of communication ? |
| 15 | In the west , a woman could only have an abortion if this were approved by a doctor on medical , genetic or psychological grounds . |
| 16 | In addition , a branch sponsored class has been established in Newcastle , with a good prospect of this being converted into a college course in September 1992 . |
| 17 | The evening came to an end after about three hours ' dancing , the final speeches being made by the local dignitaries , this being followed by a round of applause for the French people , led by a British Officer . |
| 18 | These crash boats made a great noise , and part of the plan was to fly Anson aircraft overhead as the run was made to the beach , this being timed to a nicety . |
| 19 | On Nov. 24 one of France 's main farming unions , Rural Co-ordination , threatened to ban imports from other EC countries which were " too sensitive to American charms " ( this being understood as a reference to the UK ) . |
| 20 | The study is based upon both statistical sources and on a detailed questionnaire , concerned with materials handling activities , this being distributed to a cross section of South Wales Companies . |
| 21 | Most households left the cities through unplanned decentralization , but some were moved as a result of specific planning policies . |
| 22 | Some had a heavy , lizard-like form , some were shaped like a crocodile , and many were small and bipedal . |
| 23 | Some were dragged by a foot still caught in the stirrup , round in a circle in the turf . |
| 24 | Q Our Piranhas have recently bred and we have a few fry left ( some were eaten by a Plec , which was in turn eaten by the Piranhas ) . |
| 25 | A sign of the importance attached to shells at this time is that some were obtained from a distance . |
| 26 | Many specimens are made from mammoth ivory , but some were made from a variety of stones or even from fired clay . |
| 27 | Most of the dressers were on a basic daily rate but some were paid on a measure of their work done . |
| 28 | Their style seems Scandinavian , and although some were rebuilt after a fire , this type of building has remained in use here since the sixteenth century for storing nets and other equipment . |
| 29 | The previous day a 22 year old , a 19 year old and a 17 year old were shot by a state trooper when they tried to sell cocaine worth $50,000 to a couple of undercover policemen in a car park . |
| 30 | ALL of the leading Temps who gathered to witness the Earl of Carlisle opening their Institute in Gladstone Street on September 23 1903 were captured by a cameraman . |