Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [be] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maps may be of surrounding areas and zoomed right up to detailed floor-plan scale . |
| 2 | The constant updating of all media contacts should be of top priority and should not be put off and off until a spare moment arrives . |
| 3 | It was natural that their products should be in great demand . |
| 4 | Nitrates should be in single figures and water changes should be carried out at the rate of 20% each week for the time being . |
| 5 | Since the keywords must be in upper case , you may wish to use the |
| 6 | Then on the fourth month the birds should be in full production of fours , threes and maybe a few twos . |
| 7 | Similar relationships may be of equal importance in the diabetic subject . |
| 8 | Secondly , in family abuse , the history of the relationships may be of great significance in current abuse . |
| 9 | Lines may be curved , zig-zag or straight , for example , and blobs may be of different sizes . |
| 10 | By end of this period around half of all small shops and restaurants should be in private ownership , and the number of joint-stock companies formed out of large state enterprises should reach 1,000-1,500 . |
| 11 | Ah well I 've got a little note that questionnaires should be in green folder . |
| 12 | But in advising that the switched cable links into homes should be of narrow band width coaxial cable rather than optical fibre , the information-technology panel was being short sighted , according to some observers . |
| 13 | FRIED 100-year-old sea monster in breadcrumbs could be on Scottish menus next year , depending on a £50,000 research project into deep water fish stocks west of the Hebrides . |
| 14 | It was decided that their successors would be of similar size and anew steel cutter was designed by Technical Branch with a length of 80 feet , a beam of 16 feet and a draft of 6 feet . |
| 15 | The enthusiasm for partnership by individual secondary schools can be of great advantage to primary schools and their pupils . |
| 16 | In injuries and accidents , the injury remedies can be of great value , and even when surgery is indicated they can be helpful in shortening the post-operative period and in speeding up the recovery process . |
| 17 | With older , annular-type heaters , the tappings can be on opposite sides of the cylinder . |
| 18 | When considering the effect of outside influences , two aspects can be of crucial importance . |
| 19 | Control formats based on escape sequences can be of indefinite length , and page description languages can be extremely powerful . |
| 20 | Antibodies of IgA class directed against Saccharomyces cerviciae are common in Crohn 's disease but not in ulcerative colitis , and determination of such antibodies may be of diagnostic help . |
| 21 | it has the potential to clean the subsurface more thoroughly than other schemes , because the microorganisms may be in intimate contact with all parts of the aquifer , both solid and liquid . |
| 22 | Bids should be in sealed envelopes , clearly marked ‘ Nameplate Bid ’ and addressed to the Mayor 's Secretary , . |
| 23 | As the likelihood of restricting drivers to eight km/h for all but the shortest distances appears remote , the implication is that all shared-space areas must be for small groups of houses only or short culs-de-sac . |
| 24 | It was agreed at an early stage ( principally at Citrine 's insistence ) that sales in urban and rural areas should be at common prices , so that many rural dwellers already having a supply had prices reduced , though new consumers distant from the mains still had to pay a one-off contribution or line rental ( which varied according to the Board ) to meet part of the cost of connection . |
| 25 | The lines must be of equal length , and fully paid-out before launch . |
| 26 | A barn with a central threshing floor would be at least three structural bays in length , each bay being perhaps 4.25–5.5m ( about 14–18ft ) long , although the distance between roof trusses could be smaller ( say , 3m ( 10ft ) ) , the bays might be of different lengths and the simple triangular roof trusses might not span more than 5.5–6m ( 18-19-1/2ft ) ( Plate 3 ) . |
| 27 | Michael Feist Countryside special sites could be in open countryside away from Government policies concerning sustainability , I wonder how Professor Lock would see the situation emerging whereby a local authority has allocated a certain amount of land in its local plan for development for industrial or commercial purposes , it 's tried to erm identify a broad range of criteria but it also identified special sites erm which will only be released in exceptional circumstances , that happened to be an open countryside and had the advantages that it may be a little close to the A one or somewhere similar . |
| 28 | At last November 's election in North Carolina , Senator Jesse Helms showed how emotive an issue quotas could be among white voters . |
| 29 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that such a proposal about coal imports would be in direct conflict with the objectives of GATT and of free trade and would also result in the removal of the need for competitiveness in British Coal , which would work to the disadvantage of the consumer ? |
| 30 | The problem is likely to increase because , as Pimentel et al. ( 1987 ) point out , most of the world 's fertile land is already being cultivated — which means that most newly cultivated areas will be on marginal land , often on steep slopes . |