Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [am/are] [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although former stables and cow-houses may offer opportunities for conversion into dwellings , it is often the case that they were too cheaply and impermanently built and are too small to provide a structure which is easily adapted into a house . |
| 2 | These figures include only the spontaneous abortions that occur late in the first trimester , so that an even higher proportion of conceptuses are probably at risk but die soon after the egg is implanted and are therefore difficult to detect . |
| 3 | However existing members of a scheme prior to the change taking effect ( i.e. 1 June 1989 ) are not affected and are still entitled to defer their pension under the old rules , provided their employer is agreeable . |
| 4 | Witnesses said armed soldiers kept up an overnight siege at Kinshasa 's People 's Palace conference centre because the notes used to pay them are said to be cursed and are almost impossible to spend . |
| 5 | Hard lenses are generally well tolerated and are relatively easy to care for . |