Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] be [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dual system of rule which had prevailed for centuries was formally ended and national government brought under the aegis of the reigning sovereign whose authority was recognized throughout the country . |
| 2 | Mechanical joins such as rivets are easily recognised but , from as early as 2500 BC in Sumer , smiths developed methods of joining one metal with another of a lower melting point . |
| 3 | Bullock 's call for worker-directors was generally derided as utopian . |
| 4 | Second , this concern with the ineffectiveness of policies is now recognized as requiring the asking not only of questions about the character of policy but also about what is wrong with the implementation process and the organizations responsible for implementation . |
| 5 | No I think erm para five three I think was probably one of the er unless the panel found that some of policies were unduly restricted and detailed or er which were not a struc structural significance erm yeah probably the first rather than the second reference . |
| 6 | Both sets of policies were weakly enforced and , as far as the positive discrimination policies were concerned , very small amounts of money were spent . |
| 7 | However , trials have shown that the lowering of emissions is only achieved when a car is cruising . |
| 8 | Hundreds of prisoners were unconditionally released or had their prison terms reduced after a series of six public pardons issued by Hassan . |
| 9 | The predominance of a small minority of cases is further illustrated if we use two further measures of the extent of the coverage in addition to the gross number of reports , that of the number of days and the number of pages in which each rape case is featured . |
| 10 | The already type-tested new design of valves was immediately approved and production went ahead . |
| 11 | The huge variety of shapes is partly fashion and partly an attempt to avoid a phenomenon known as spin out . |
| 12 | The development of databases is sometimes perceived as having three generations : |
| 13 | A pack of Smarties is then opened and poured out when to everyone 's surprise they are all yellow as ‘ all the rest have been eaten . ’ |
| 14 | I mean , a lot of guitarists get into a rut and I think it comes from the fact that their pool of influences is really limited and shallow . |
| 15 | At the meeting on the fourth of November we referred to in paragraph four point eight , the use of permits was generally recognized as worthy of consideration . |
| 16 | ‘ The folly of this unfortunate combination of circumstances is well publicised and damaging to the profession . ’ |
| 17 | The great majority of refugees are legally recognized and receive basic assistance from the United Nations through the Costa Rican government , The training centre is organized jointly by a group of Costa Rican women and AMES and receives financial assistance from a Swedish women 's organization , the " Swallows " . |
| 18 | Early detection of cancers is widely regarded as clinically important in that early treatment usually improves prognosis , and curative surgery may even be possible — for example , in colorectal cancer . |
| 19 | An apparently large number of applications were either delayed or temporarily lost . |
| 20 | Personal involvement was implicit in the tone and the procedures involved : the matters under consideration were treated as if they did matter ; epochs and makers of epochs were sharply characterized and subjected to urgent evaluation . |
| 21 | The size of the problem from the point of view of governments is widely acknowledged as large and growing . |
| 22 | I walked across that way , over the crest of the island , easy walking on wind-swept turf which in a short distance sloped gently down towards the head of the cliffs , where clouds of sea-birds were already wheeling and screaming at my approach . |
| 23 | The question of who had ownership of guns was now forgotten as Gilbert blundered to the basement stairs , closely followed by Rohmer and Duvall . |
| 24 | The use of prohibitions was either barred or restricted in certain cases — in those concerned with less than a quarter of the tithes of a parish , and with violence against the clergy , for example . |
| 25 | None the less , it seems likely that the course of studies was so arranged that the students would pass through the same grades of medreses as those in which they would later teach : such would in any case seem to have been the practice in later times . |
| 26 | A parcel of mangoes was also assembled and loaded into the car . |
| 27 | Apart from looking into market deals and reports of cheques being repeatedly endorsed and passed around as if they were like cash , Inland Revenue investigators have been checking if farmers have undedeclared Government grant payments . |
| 28 | Swiss research has shown , for example , that at collision speeds of below 25 km/h only three per cent of pedestrians are severely injured whereas at over 50 km/h less than ten per cent survive . |
| 29 | The indiscriminate over-suppression of feelings is generally condemned as unhealthy . |
| 30 | Three of the four blocks of flats are already occupied and the remaining block will be completed shortly . |