Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually , and despite the readiness with which the ranks of the baseej had been filled from the towns and villages , a sense of war-weariness was apparent in Iran ; in 1984 there were even newspaper reports of a loss of the will to fight in the ranks . |
| 2 | More than one appeal concerned solely with the scale rather than the principle of whether there should be any development , has been dismissed on the grounds that the site was unsuitable for any development at all . |
| 3 | The question to be addressed by an industrial tribunal in a particular case is whether a man would have been dismissed by the employer if , in the same circumstances , he would have been absent for the same length of time for medical reasons . |
| 4 | Ingraham , a former protegé of Pindling , had been dismissed from the PLP and the Cabinet in 1984 because he had recommended the dismissal of officials who were publicly linked to drugs trafficking [ see pp. 33401-02 ] . |
| 5 | I am fascinated by the roads and tracks and the steeplechase phases in Three Day Events . |
| 6 | ‘ So I struggled on when the best thing would have been to go into the reserves and get my confidence back . |
| 7 | The lower reaches of the Sevre Niortaise are swollen with the waters that once covered the whole area , until medieval monks started to dig a spider-web of ditches to drain it . |
| 8 | Det Sgt Pat Lewis , of the child protection team , confirmed she had been examined by a doctor and added : ‘ We will be speaking to her in the morning . |
| 9 | A NORTH-east farmer wants a few wise men from Scotland to take a behind-the-scenes look at farming in EC member states to see how counterparts are faring with the rules and regulations . |
| 10 | The aircraft had previously been flown in the USA as N190DH until a crash at Sellersburg , Indiana , on September 22 , 1987 , following which it was imported into the UK in 1989 and has only recently completed rebuild in the capable hands of Cliff Lovell , giving us a second airworthy DH.90 alongside Wessex Aviation & Transport 's G–AEDT . |
| 11 | Expected numbers of cases are calculated on the assumption that the true rates are the same as those for England and Wales . |
| 12 | These include the Hops Marketing Board and the Nature Conservancy Council , for example , and are justified with the argument that certain functions can best be carried out at arm 's length from central government : |
| 13 | The major institutions of society are justified by the belief that they are meeting the functional prerequisites of the social system . |
| 14 | These processes are justified by the fact that the audience wields some power over the moves of the managers . |
| 15 | The depraved uses to which science is often put are justified by the claim that science is ‘ objective ’ . |
| 16 | They are assigned to a team and introduced ( if that 's the word ) to their team leader . |
| 17 | Notice that on a run the feet are placed across the board and the body faces the front |
| 18 | Here the clarinets are placed above the oboes and would thus give a clear brilliant ‘ tang ’ to the chord . |
| 19 | Bricks or stones are placed on the overlap and water filling is then started by means of a hose . |
| 20 | For example , there are today many fewer tuberculosis cases and far more mentally handicapped persons using the services than there were in the 1950s and this means new demands are placed on the staff that they are not always able to meet . |
| 21 | WATER TANKS AND PIPES Insulating water tanks is the next job and this can be done with special padded material , secured in place by wire , or with special ready-made padded jackets , or , if you have a standard-sized water tank , with special pre-cut packs of sheet insulation that are placed around the tank and secured with tape or wire . |
| 22 | In the third term of Year II , major students are placed in a theatre or theatre organization in the British Isles for an intensive six-week programme of work experience . |
| 23 | Offerings of food are placed before the figure and so it assumes a role almost equal to that of a human , and it is in this light that it becomes understandable why the sanctum of Indian temples is usually taboo to all but the priests who attend the icon and perform the ceremonial prayers . |
| 24 | In late August , however , only days before the body was due to be transported , Imelda Marcos announced that the burial had been delayed on the grounds that she would not submit the body of her husband to the " indignity " of being transported on the cargo aircraft which had been offered by the Philippines ' government . |
| 25 | Their arrival had been delayed for a fortnight after Gen. Farah Aydid claimed on July 7 that an aircraft with UN markings bringing food aid had also carried from Nairobi military equipment and counterfeit money for his rival , Somalia 's transitional President , Ali Mahdi Mohammed . |
| 26 | The start of the hunting season in Greece has been delayed by a court because of a lawsuit brought by an environmental group . |
| 27 | In grassland colonies the nests are hidden in the greenery and the males have developed especially prominent aerial displays which attract females to the territories . |
| 28 | The ignition electrodes are hidden beneath the burners and stay clean and reliable so even if the milk boils over a quick wipe is all that 's needed . |
| 29 | Final , moderated marks and grades are given to every student before they embark on their next series of modules . |
| 30 | The semiquaver decorations are given to the flutes except for one short passage which goes too low for the flute , and is taken by the clarinet . |