Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [conj] [art] [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statute occasionally provides in so many terms that the information may be used in evidence ; sometimes that it may not be used for certain purposes , inferentially permitting its use for others ; or it may be expressly prescribed that the evidence is not to be admitted ; or again , the statute may be silent . |
| 2 | Hours later an investigation involving firemen and police was going on to see if the fire was arson . |
| 3 | He switched on to see if the set was still working . |
| 4 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 5 | Most of them did not escape from wartime secrecy and were not properly developed until the war was over . |
| 6 | Little recognized that the cause was an abnormal birth which produced brain damage and secondary spasticity of the limbs . |
| 7 | It will be better , perhaps , if she does not wholly know that the will is in question . ’ |
| 8 | The government accused Czechoslovakia ( which represented Cuba 's diplomatic interests in the United States ) of " hypocritical inconsistency " — sheltering asylum seekers while requesting official protection to deal with the " consequences " of such an action , and additionally claimed that the episode was aimed at causing embarrassment in the run-up to the July 26 celebrations . |
| 9 | You may be surprised , I know of at least 4 people that have only joined since the article was in TSB . |
| 10 | One more adventurous boy decided to explore the overgrown slope behind the hut and he was pushing his way through the undergrowth when he caught sight of a figure approaching the hut further down the slope ; the boy was close enough to see that the figure was that of a tramp wearing tattered clothing and crowned with a battered trilby hat . |
| 11 | Fortunately I was n't close enough to see whether the prediction was correct , or if the beaker was in fact too small . |
| 12 | Pound says , in effect : ‘ If your French is n't good enough to go where the quality is both defined ( metaphorically ) and exemplified , i.e. in Gautier 's ‘ L'art ’ specifically and in his Emaux et Camées as a whole , or in the work of followers like Hérédia and Samain , then remind yourself , or re-experience , what it is like to read George Herbert and Christina Rossetti and Lionel Johnson . |
| 13 | The correspondent , however , was sage enough to emphasise that the relationship was far from causal . |
| 14 | He claimed to have been at the Munich Olympics in 1972 while serving with the US Army , and seemed particularly proud of a photograph of himself in officer 's uniform ( without apparently realising that the insignia were incorrect ) . |
| 15 | For shares , capital gains and losses are only recognized when the share is sold , and this is directly under the owner 's control . |
| 16 | I 'd better explain that a commune is a sizable place , in this case with a population of 26,000 , including a small town and many villages . |
| 17 | Yet Howard saw , all too often , that the effect of a prison sentence might be health so broken that the ex-prisoner was unemployable . |
| 18 | Mowbray 's hand fell to his sword hilt as he realised that great brass tongue only tolled when the Tower was under attack . |
| 19 | No record of the initial request is kept and the shape and style only evolves as the metal is worked . |
| 20 | However , this confidence is only justified when the check is done systematically and correctly . |
| 21 | These checks are only justified if the person is likely to be handling large sums of money or to be exposed to the possibility of bribery . |
| 22 | The early problems of the PFF gave its critics much to enjoy since the Force was Pathfinder in name only , The four initial squadrons , each with a different type of aircraft , had essentially different operational capabilities . |
| 23 | Only eat when the work is over . ’ |
| 24 | Angel explained that she would be staying at her mother 's while he went to Brazil alone to see if the country was suitable . |
| 25 | Quite apart from the facts , however , his Lordship found the greatest difficulty in seeing that the claim was made out in law . |
| 26 | ‘ He 's only come because the press are here , ’ says the first fat lady . |
| 27 | Central administration tends to be heavily bureaucratic and it is interesting to speculate whether the deserving would be better served and the abuses of the modern system better curbed if the administration was returned to more local control . |
| 28 | At the top of this list is wally , which perhaps illustrates that the research was not conducted yesterday but the day before the day before then . |
| 29 | They usually pose no problems but sometimes the upper tushes are high enough to interfere with the bit which should be especially considered if the horse is to wear a double bridle . |
| 30 | He wrenched himself from her arms , leaving her suddenly chilled although the night was still very mild , and paced away from her on the veranda , then circled back to stare down at her once again , his face set in a grim , frowning mask . |