Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that I was put with foster parents , staying with them in the country for about nine months . |
| 2 | Miss Henrietta 's death had seemed so much more terrible and yet when she ventured to say this she was met with blank looks . |
| 3 | The seven year old who shows outstanding promise when playing the violin , the eight year old who is fascinated with negative numbers , the four year old who can read fluently , the eleven year old who can design computer programmes … must have these gifts cherished , not have them dismissed or confined . |
| 4 | ‘ an excellent piece of methodology … one of those rare books which make good reading , and this one is packed with good activities … |
| 5 | This one was mutiliated on neighbouring property just 200 yards away . |
| 6 | ‘ This one was given for sheer hard work and physical labour . ’ |
| 7 | As with most booms , this one was based on proven results and justifiable prospects . |
| 8 | Their first set move broke down through an elementary forward pass , and throughout the first half they were plagued by basic errors . |
| 9 | In this he is advised by English Heritage and the Ancient Monuments Boards for Scotland and Wales . |
| 10 | They were opposed by Anthony Cary , Lord Falkland , a Tory , who argued that the throne should not be filled until Parliament had decided what powers to give the Crown , so that " we may secure ourselves from Arbitrary Government " , although in this he was supported by radical Whigs such as Wildman . |
| 11 | In 1985 he was charged with other offences which were to be tried in the High Court of Hong Kong , but the prosecution encountered difficulties in bringing the case to trial . |
| 12 | First licensed by Bishop Lacey of Exeter in 1436 it was used for special intercession by barren women seeking fertility . |
| 13 | Nearly 80 per cent of French and British aid , excluding that which is channelled through multilateral organizations , is given to their former colonies . |
| 14 | No one wished , said Mill , to curtail ‘ commercial credit ’ , but ‘ that which is given by retail dealers to unproductive consumers is no doubt , to the excess to which it is carried [ in 1848 ] , a considerable evil . ’ |
| 15 | here the spices seem to relate to later photographs Bhimji has recently tried to take of dust in her home : that which is left after natural or unwanted exfoliation be it of ‘ culture ’ , ‘ home ’ or bodily ‘ innocence ’ . |
| 16 | The focus here is more upon the literary work itself and the " experience " of the writer which is invested in it , and " art " in this case is that which is manifested in unique and harmonious literary works , a harmonious fusion of diverse influences . " |
| 17 | Current ideas of the structure of water visualize it as being composed of a random network of molecules linked together by hydrogen bonds ( Figure 7 ) , some of which are strained or even broken , but with a general structure not unlike that which is found in ordinary ice , also known as hexagonal ice to distinguish it from its variant form , cubic ice , which is formed at lower temperatures . |
| 18 | This objection can only be evaded by finding a different account of the justification of false beliefs from that which is offered for true ones . |
| 19 | The shifts of responsibility are sufficient to justify the claim that the education service being managed at the end of the twentieth century is different from that which was characterized by teacher-based choice , classroom autonomy , voluntary consensus and a supposedly new liberalism forty years earlier . |
| 20 | Though marginally better in quality than that provided for the black population , their education fell far short of that which was provided in privileged white schools . |
| 21 | I make this declaration because one of my aims in this discussion is to show that we do not need to share other people 's beliefs in order to understand them sympathetically : we can see the sense in beliefs even when we are convinced they are based upon false premisses . |
| 22 | To this day many are convinced they were kept in separate dining rooms . |
| 23 | On 26 March 1991 he was returned to Safi Prison and in protest he began a hunger-strike which resulted in his falling into a coma , due to his illness , a few days later . |
| 24 | Among the great number of debtors who crowded the gaols of the metropolis there might be fifty who were detained by inexorable creditors animated by motives of revenge , without the least hope of obtaining payment of their debts . |
| 25 | It was n't possible she was attached to young Geoffrey — whenever she mentioned him her voice had an edge of contempt . |
| 26 | Comprehensive evaluation of company performance over these broader activities is not available , but the little which is known about individual companies suggests that financial objectives were more important than they might appear on the surface . |
| 27 | The second main body of principles governing the civil service derives from the Northcote-Trevelyan Report of 1853 which was put into full operation in 1870 . |
| 28 | Yes , you can rely on the various methods by which you draw a shape on a chart and it tells you automatically how many stitches and rows you need but for those machines that are not so sophisticated you are left with simple maths . |
| 29 | In 1862 she was appointed by royal warrant ‘ printer and publisher in ordinary to Her Majesty ’ , a personal distinction , and in November the press moved to 83a Farringdon Street , where steam was used . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm just so glad they 're settled with good , respectable boys for husbands . ’ |