Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The dt route suddenly appeared to be promising , though there is still a long way to go as it takes 20 to 40 times this to make a muon in a particle accelerator .
2 Your pond only has to be large enough to catch the returning water .
3 Apparently , Halsbury then ‘ conceived the idea that the case should be re-argued before an enlarged body of Law Lords and that , in addition , the House should adopt once more the practice of summoning the High Court judges to advise ’ , a practice generally thought to be obsolete .
4 I think Alone In the Dark just happens to be one of those games .
5 Mr Hill said the murder still appeared to be motiveless .
6 The likeliest alternative always seemed to be worse .
7 Most of the enemy still seemed to be asleep as the avalanche of horses and riders bore down upon them in pounding fury .
8 Experience of the project leader and absence of status consciousness also seem to be advantageous , but the effect of CEO involvement is disadvantageous .
9 Finally in Air Canada v. British Columbia ( 1989 ) 59 D.L.R. ( 4th ) 161 the Supreme Court of Canada , by a majority , held that there was no right to recover tax paid under a statute later found to be unconstitutional .
10 The focusing of consciousness often appears to be concerned with the attempted resolution of unfinished business .
11 Furthermore , on the coast there tend to be some expert sailors around and your confidence in your own ability does not benefit from comparison with them .
12 Strips for the handlebar unfortunately have to be thinner , just under ⅛in , because of the tighter radius bends .
13 The association therefore seems to be robust .
14 Industry certainly needs to be high on the political agenda but like Northern Ireland policy , the main parties must agree a mutual policy .
15 To admit to being innocent of guile somehow smacked of being undesirable , immature , but far better that than be thought an actress .
16 Particles in the seed bracket usually have to be soaked and boiled before use .
17 While being critical of current standards , the Guild also wants to be positive .
18 But the structure of the bonding also seems to be significant , with minerals having few silicon-oxygen bonds ( such as the neosilicates and inosilicates ) generally being less stable than those with more bonds ( such as the phyllosilicates and tectosilicates ) ( Fig. 6.3 ) .
19 The arguments against restorative proctocolectomy for familial adenomatous polyposis on the grounds that the operation carries a much greater morbidity than ileorectal anastomosis now seem to be unfounded , particularly when the need for annual and sometimes difficult sigmoidoscopy after ileorectal anastomosis is considered .
20 In such a big household there needed to be some organisation and control so father provided the discipline and mother tempered it with mercy .
21 The Church test therefore appears to be broad and readily fulfilled , but the phrase ‘ some harm … albeit not serious harm ’ has been construed restrictively in one sense .
22 The largest single category nationally continued to be domestic service , which occupied 22.7 per cent of Scottish women workers in 1911 , as compared to 22.65 per cent in textiles and 12.37 per cent in clothing .
23 The vorticity intensification process will be strongest where the vorticity already happens to be large .
24 This is the name given to rapid loss of the TL signal from that part of the glow curve normally thought to be stable .
25 This was the very widespread feeling ( at least in Parliament : public opinion normally tended to be suspicious of ministerial projects ) that the king and his ministers had a right to the support of all loyal and patriotic subjects .
26 The caddie also had to be fastidious with his player 's equipment , providing clean clubs and balls .
27 Security also tends to be better with this approach as the bureau runs as a service utility , where security and reliability are built into the system as a matter of course .
28 As a result of these measures , the river dolphin population now appears to be stabilising and even increasing , but the dolphin is still extremely vulnerable and needs continued surveillance at both national and international levels .
29 The lesson which can be learnt from South Africa regarding professionalism then seems to be that , as I pointed out last month , there is a contradiction in allowing a mercenary spirit to dominate an amateur game .
30 However , the auditor also needs to be close to shareholders in order to have their requirements in mind when assessing the financial statements and fulfilling the other statutory duties .
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