Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , I 'm afraid I 'm sorry that mike seems to be dead , you 're going to have to come round and stand in front of all these hundred and fifty , three hundred people here doctor . |
| 2 | The Policyholder may claim a constructive total loss when the subject matter of insurance is reasonably abandoned to the Insurer on the account of its actual total loss appearing to be unavoidable or because it could not be preserved from such actual total loss without an expenditure that would exceed its value when recovered/repaired . |
| 3 | The danger for almost all golfers is that the right side tends to be dominant at the start of the downswing . |
| 4 | Indeed , a good strong stock needs to be able to get rid of all it has to push into the scion , without any hindrance . |
| 5 | In Pahl 's well-known expression , local political research came to be concerned with ‘ Who gets the scarce resources and facilities ? |
| 6 | Both parts of that equation seem to be crazy . |
| 7 | Each forgery had to be faultless , and each took time . |
| 8 | Indeed a major move of some kind seems to be unavoidable if not inevitable now , but once you decide where you ought to be — and more importantly , with whom you want to be — then the world will be your oyster . |
| 9 | This presents a major obstacle , in so far as the would-be acquirer needs to be able to calculate the attitude of a target company 's owners to an offer , given that the management will often be uncooperative . |
| 10 | This interaction seems to be crucial for the activity of the enzyme . |
| 11 | What we now need to ask is has the time arrived er for this measure to begin to be acceptable by the Home Office , it would be nice if there was a just a little indication er as I 'm er proceeding through er this measure from the minister at the despatch box , that the time was now right for this er particular proposal er which was not anything that was voted against er on second reading but merely failed to overcome the hurdle of getting a closure when by seventy eight votes to nil er it was carried except that carrying was not sufficient in order arrive at a closure so that the measure could move in the committee . |
| 12 | If this route proves to be common to many animal viruses it might point to new ways in which viral infections could be attacked with drugs . |
| 13 | By the end of the third day Iraqi resistance appeared to be collapsing , with the allies claiming to have taken more than 30,000 prisoners and to have destroyed over 2,000 tanks . |
| 14 | This cichlid seems to be tolerant to most water conditions although neutral ( pH 7.0 ) water is recommended . |
| 15 | This hesitation seems to be due to something about what knowledge is , and there is no obvious way to explain it if knowledge is as the tripartite conception claims it to be . |
| 16 | According to the Crown 's argument , this provision seems to be unnecessary and must have been included in the Act ( and presumably also in the draft Bill ) as a mere matter of convenience . |
| 17 | And is not the creation of a complementary marine park said to be imminent ? |
| 18 | Yet no part of this extravaganza appeared to be derelict . |
| 19 | " With regard to the Native custom affecting cases of this kind , there is possibly no definite rule that can be made applicable to all cases and to all districts , but this rule appears to be applicable everywhere , that when a woman of one tribe or hapu marries into another tribe or hapu , her rights become extinguished , unless some act of ownership is exercised either by herself or her immediate descendants . |
| 20 | Exactly where all this speed comes from is difficult to pin down ; obviously Virtual Processor code is pretty low level stuff and assembler code tends to run quickly by its very nature , however Hinsley is optimistic that the kind of performance seen today will be preserved even when applications are written using the C++ and Parallel Basic compilers that are currently nearing completion — compilers that produce Virtual Processor code , of course . |
| 21 | Exactly where all this speed comes from is difficult to pin down ; obviously Virtual Processor code is pretty low level stuff and assembler code tends to run quickly by its very nature , however Hinsley is optimistic that the kind of performance seen today will be preserved even when applications are written using the C++ and Parallel Basic compilers that are currently nearing completion — compilers that produce Virtual Processor code , of course . |
| 22 | The funerary archaeologist has to be certain of the differences between desiccation and chemical preservation : embalming . |
| 23 | The upper part of this formation tends to be argillaceous , and the thickest clean sandstones are in the lower section . |
| 24 | German influence continued to be dominant as the discussions continued . |
| 25 | This work purports to be authoritative , and it is the source relied upon by the S.A.S. Regimental Association when supplying information of the kind which I was now seeking . |
| 26 | This work promises to be arduous , especially when it comes to deal with Jewish settlements in the territories , the future of Jerusalem , and security . |
| 27 | Fortunately , the result of this test proved to be negative but , given the temperance of her lifestyle , her decision to take it in the first place would , at the very least , seem as bizarre as Mr Oliver Reed , the thirst , embarking upon an assertiveness training course . |
| 28 | Nothing quite so staggering happens here but for followers of Cash ( the man , the myth ) this record manages to be inspiring , pointed and impassioned . |
| 29 | The films were thus split into sections of five seconds each , this interval appeared to be long enough to give subjects a feeling for what was going on while still allowing them to give fairly comprehensive descriptions of the objects and events contained within each film section . |
| 30 | Although the number of older people living in institutions is small the prevalence of dementia among this population appears to be high ( see below ) . |