Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The essay has since been listed in several bibliographies , and has exerted an influence which , when I composed it as a kind of riposte to the British Council 's purchase of the copyright of that crack-brained idea from its originator , C. K. Ogden , I could not have foreseen .
2 The control of consumption theory was developed in the 1950s by a French demographer , Sully Ledermann and has since been adopted by many neo-prohibitionists , notably in Scandinavia .
3 It was , in fact , the work of his son , William , and Miller comments ‘ I was first favoured by this sort by Mr. Peter Collinson , FRS and afterwards received a plant with a drawing of it made in the country where it grows , by Mr. John Bartram , JR , and have since been furnished with more plants by Dr. Benzel of Germantown in Philadelphia , who found it growing plentifully in shady , moist places . ’
4 China and Taiwan claimed to have ended the trade in rhino and tiger products earlier this year , but stockpiles have since been found in both countries .
5 This car was the last to be constructed without a sponsor , although it has since been sponsored by several firms .
6 And there was huge euphoria when the Berlin Wall was , was knocked down , and in a way , we 've also heard recently that the gilt has perhaps been knocked off that ge , gingerbread as , as the real economic truths are hitting home .
7 But then here we are twenty thirty years on and those of us who had that upbringing about the purity of that Royal Family that 's suddenly been confronted with this image that 's anything but that and you know and I 'm , and I , and it 's been and now you have the tabloids saying giving you pictorial evidence of its any , any but that and so that whole erm image , view that a lot of Britons grew up with has gone , it 's been
8 He said that the message that " environment means business " had only been understood by few companies , and that small and medium-sized ones in particular had been slow to recognize the opportunities .
9 In practice micro-corporatism of this sort has only been undertaken with any consistency by local government and their agencies ( such as the enterprise boards ) or by the development agencies ( see , for example , Greater London Council ( 1985 ) and Murray ( 1987 ) ) .
10 In the past members wanting to enforce rights against their union were burdened with the costs of litigation , which may have only been mitigated to some extent by the availability of legal aid .
11 All fetuses that are lost naturally are excluded from this analysis .
12 It has long been argued by some accounting theorists that business accounts should also include an opportunity cost of capital in the income statement .
13 It is unlikely that any report in the UK would be so brutally honest , but it accurately describes our situation , except that the inadequate nature of our provision for many students has long been recognised by many educators , and only becomes important to others through economic necessity .
14 It has long been stated on these pages , that the relationship between GIR and average putts on GIR gives the best ( but not perfect ) indication of who is having problems with the putter .
15 An underlying hormonal element has long been suspected in many cases of malignant melanoma .
16 The subject of art has for too long been considered by many teachers as a frill , — there it is on the time-table , a compulsory subject ; some schools give it a period a week , some a double period , and some even more .
17 The principles underlying the poll tax had long been criticised by some sections of the party .
18 Aube wines had long been used by several Champagne houses , albeit on the quiet , and with no delimited region fixed the practice began to increase .
19 Initially a log file ‘ UPDATE_BASELINE.LOG ’ is opened in the specified user directory and the results of all processing performed below are output to this log file .
20 Initially a log file ‘ DIR_INTEG_CHK.LOG ’ is opened in the specified user directory and the results of all processing performed below are output to this log file .
21 As for ‘ le piston ’ , it is true that three senators have been accused of fraud , bribery and tax evasion in the past three years , but they have all been cleared of these charges by other senators .
22 And the buildings looked as derelict as if they had all been lifted by some force and dropped again .
23 Her courtiers have all been informed of this decision and have acted accordingly .
24 What 's more , she was on top of the Poll , and had obviously been supported by many men members .
25 So he 's obviously been incapacitated in some way .
26 Now they 've obviously been exported to this country . ’
27 I commend this statement to you , those of you who are responsible for the accounts of your organisations , I hope you will also seek to comply with the , the standard , so that the charities of all organisations , the accounts of all charities can be seen clearly , so that er , you can understand the activities of your organisations from the accounts , and so that one charity can better be compared with another charity .
28 A lengthy delay in the reporting of a birth increases the chance that the newborn child may die with no registration of either the birth or death ; the national birth and death rates will obviously be underestimated in such circumstances .
29 The House of Lords has stated that Liversidge need no longer haunt the law , and it can be confidently predicted that the more natural objective meaning will henceforth be ascribed to such words .
30 The appendix on useful verbs should come in handy for those not up on adventure jargon , but be careful with the address section — a lot of them are now out of date so be prepared for some lack of response in some cases .
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