Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] be [adv] [verb] and " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Both sets of policies were weakly enforced and , as far as the positive discrimination policies were concerned , very small amounts of money were spent . |
| 4 | The already type-tested new design of valves was immediately approved and production went ahead . |
| 5 | The huge variety of shapes is partly fashion and partly an attempt to avoid a phenomenon known as spin out . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ The folly of this unfortunate combination of circumstances is well publicised and damaging to the profession . ’ |
| 9 | 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 " . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A parcel of mangoes was also assembled and loaded into the car . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Three of the four blocks of flats are already occupied and the remaining block will be completed shortly . |
| 15 | Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is more likely to be associated with hypoxia as this procedure is often of longer duration ; a combination of sedatives is often used and many patients have underlying cardiorespiratory disorders . |
| 16 | It also helps to vary the shapes of the flowers as well as their colours : for example , hydrangeas are much more pointed in shape than roses , and the petals of potentillas are widely spaced and so give a more pronounced petal shape . |
| 17 | The second level of decisions is now reached and all the feasible possibilities are entered . |
| 18 | The second level of decisions is now reached and all the feasible possibilities are entered . |
| 19 | The system contains a message page and the comments of users are closely studied and have resulted in several new airfields being included in the database . |
| 20 | Through the Service , an initial supply of sheets is discreetly provided and thereafter a fresh supply is brought on a regular basis to each home , and the used sheets are taken away to be laundered . |
| 21 | A situation in which the creative and artistic endeavours of children are frequently assessed and examined according to externally pre-determined sets of criteria and standards , that ‘ measure the measurable ’ often at the expense of those qualities arts education professes to develop . |
| 22 | By 7 years only 1.5 per cent of children are still soiling and by 10 to 11 years this is down to 0.8 per cent ( Bellman 1966 ) . |
| 23 | In some species , the number of leaves is much reduced and in others , leaves have been modified to form thorns . |
| 24 | A couple of papers were duly bought and after that we parted company . |
| 25 | Relatively high use is made of the NFA recommendation , and a wider range of services are both recommended and provided . |
| 26 | Finally , Griffiths was concerned to ensure that the quality of services was regularly inspected and suggested that local authority registration and inspection units should be strengthened and supported by a national inspectorate . |
| 27 | The grid pattern of streets was extensively adopted and the areas for religious , civic and private building carefully laid out . |
| 28 | The legal status of shares is well established and understood and there are specific conditions which have to be satisfied if any payment is made in respect of them . |
| 29 | The success of Crookes and his successors with evacuated tubes meant that the passage of electricity through gases was more studied and better understood than that through solids . |
| 30 | This regulation of registration often causes bad feeling because it means that Chinese people friendly with foreigners are easily recognised and traced . |