Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Minke whales , sperm whales , and killer whales have all been reported stranded on Australian and New Zealand beaches with their stomachs or throats full of plastic bags or sheets . |
| 2 | A two-thirds majority , as provided for in the constitution , would only be held necessary for constitutional changes and legislation affecting human and civil rights . |
| 3 | The canisters , which may be from an officially charted dump midway between the Isle of Man and the Kintyre peninsula , floated to shore after apparently being set loose by recent storms . |
| 4 | Here he was , a civilian , suddenly being made privy to enormous affairs of state . |
| 5 | It also supplied to the board a momorandum which has not been made available to other people . |
| 6 | Despite extensive research , the exact prevalence of hyperlipidaemia has not been determined due to methodological differences . |
| 7 | In an era in which prevailing political opinion has opposed increases in legislation , most of the other areas have not been found appropriate for legislative action . |
| 8 | Since then she had deliberately avoided any involvement in man-woman affairs , so had not been held close in strong arms , not been kissed , had not made love . |
| 9 | Because altruism has disappeared , price will no longer be set equal to marginal cost ( however defined ) , as well as marginal cost being , possibly , inefficiently high . |
| 10 | Since cultures are unlikely to be maintained for more than 4 or 5 days they can generally be kept free of bacterial contamination by conducting all manipulations in sterile media with flame-pulled glass mouth pipettes under dissecting microscopes in a dust-free area , for example surrounded by Perspex dust covers . |
| 11 | The introduction of a job-sharing scheme can be useful in two differing circumstances : first , where there are insufficient full-time posts to meet the number of applicants and , second , when the posts can not be filled due to insufficient numbers . |
| 12 | It has been established that new information rapidly decays from the memory ; it can not be kept ready for instant recall unless its impression on the brain is renewed . |
| 13 | However , many important datasets would not be made available for secondary use without the Archive undertaking to administer some control on behalf of the data owner . |
| 14 | The task of child protection is , in a sense , the other side of the coin and one that can not be made easy for social workers , despite the sharper and hopefully more effective legal tools they will now have for the job . |
| 15 | Not only does the 24-hour delivery time achieved week in week out put most publishers to shame , but if it were not for their buyers ' notes and regular representative visits , we as a small bookshop all too often ignored by publishers — The Bookseller apart , whose efforts are also appreciated — would not be made aware of new titles and promotions . |
| 16 | ‘ On final closure in 1980 the temporary bridge was removed and although the old foundations are in place , they can not be used due to poor ground conditions . |
| 17 | At common law the employer did not guarantee the safety of the equipment and could not be held liable for latent defects in the equipment which could not be discovered with reasonable care . |
| 18 | We can not be held responsible for returned goods lost in transit . |
| 19 | Participants in a television programme , for example , who are told that it is a " pilot " which will not be transmitted , can not be held responsible for defamatory statements they have made if it is subsequently screened at prime time . |
| 20 | The assumption that the primitive cell experienced ‘ desire ’ is not as absurd as at first it might appear to be , for there is no reason why the magnitude of the capacity of all living creatures to experience pain and pleasure , in any form , should not be considered measurable into hypothetical units . |
| 21 | I did , however , find fascinating the figures produced by Lloyd 's showing that many of those syndicates that have performed badly had hardly any Lloyd 's insiders connected with them while the ones that performed best were stuffed full of professional working Names . |
| 22 | To prevent the proprietor sitting on his patent , deliberately failing to use it , section 48 of the Act allows any person to apply for a compulsory licence under the patent , after the expiry of three years if , for example , the patent is not being worked or some abuse is being made of the patent monopoly such as if the product is not being made available at reasonable terms . |
| 23 | There is an immediate paradox here though : attempted murder may not involve the infliction of any harm at all , since a person who shoots at another and misses may still be held guilty of attempted murder . |
| 24 | He says the facilities should also be made available at appropriate times and at competitive prices for conferences , seminars , meetings and dinners . |
| 25 | Earthworms can also be stored alive in damp leaf mould placed in an icecream tub which has had small holes punched in the lid . |
| 26 | Interest can also be paid gross to overseas residents provided a declaration is signed stating that they are not ordinarily resident in the UK . |
| 27 | ( But it would be a mistake to bring it back — we are bound to hang some unfortunate youth who would later be proved innocent by Ludovic Kennedy . ) |
| 28 | The Class 71 electric locomotive E5001 , which also attended the Ashford Celebrations is presently being made ready for main line operation over Network SouthEast metals , in conjunction with the NRM . |
| 29 | The conflict bred solidarity among Arab oil states and gave a new impetus to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) , a cartel of the major non-US oil producers which had previously been rendered ineffective by internal divisions . |
| 30 | Most fish can certainly be kept healthy without live foods , but they do seem to enjoy them ! |