Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by the time the Israelites first passed that way , towards , probably , the end of the thirteenth century BCE , that tower , now exposed to view by the archaeologist 's shovel , would have been hidden deep beneath the ground , buried beneath layer after layer of the remains of a series of settlements . |
| 2 | As a BCP politburo and secretariat member until mid-1988 , he had been widely regarded as the person most likely to lead political reform in Bulgaria , but he had been dismissed abruptly from the party leadership in July 1988 [ see p. 36304 ] . |
| 3 | The distribution has been examined principally within the context of wind blown dune sands ( Bagnold & Barndorff-Nielsen , 1980 ; Christiansen , 1984 ) for which it was claimed the hyperbolic function encompassed the extreme values of the size distribution tails better than the log-normal plot . |
| 4 | Footsteps are heard all over the building causing surprise and apprehension and expectancy in those visitors who have heard about the phenomena but have n't experienced it . |
| 5 | The second band , with its very long progression of vibrational peaks , is assigned to both the quartet and doublet states formed by removal of an electron from the π u level , while the third and fourth bands are assigned respectively to the quartet and doublet states formed by removal of an electron from the level ; both levels are expected to be strongly bonding , as suggested by the lower vibration frequencies of the ions . |
| 6 | The supply of all product to shops is in direct response to retailers ' orders , which are placed either with the distribution centre or with the company 's sales force on their monthly calls . |
| 7 | Marks are placed both in the text and in the margin . |
| 8 | The best example is creme caramel , where the dariole moulds are placed straight into the oven set at 85°C , and a perfect product results without any fear of honeycombing . |
| 9 | He did not believe that a long period of purdah was necessary , and the general rule that such a record could not be published until thirty years after the event was indeed ridiculous , since it has been honoured only in the breach . |
| 10 | Each word and its anticipated variations in pronunciation are given explicitly in the lexicon , as in the HWIM system , while the acoustic input to the lexical access process may be described in terms of broad- , mid- , or fine-class descriptions . |
| 11 | The journey , however , proves to be a descent into hell , for Comala turns out to be a ghost town which has been devastated by the oppression of his father , the tyrannical landowner Pedro Páramo , and whose few remaining inhabitants live in despair , convinced that they have been banished forever from the grace of God . |
| 12 | In this way , Gaussian , log-normal , sigmoidal , and sinewave data are treated just like the program 's other functions of X. Transformed equations , power-fit , exponential , hyperbolic , and others are also discussed in an appendix . |
| 13 | The Labour policy of ‘ ensuring that lesbianism and gayness are treated positively in the curriculum ’ was raised in such a way as to play on parents ' fears for the safety of their children . |
| 14 | And they are treated harshly by the form of the electoral system . |
| 15 | All the mail handled at Aberdeen carries the city 's postmark and the letter bombs could have been posted anywhere in the area . |
| 16 | Sachs compared subjects ' performance with a variety of target sentence positions varying from 0 syllables delay ( for a sentence which had been heard immediately before the recognition test ) to 160 syllables delay ( for a sentence occurring relatively early in the passage ) . |
| 17 | Periodicals ( or serials as they are sometimes known ) are listed alphabetically by the title as it appears on the title page of the periodical . |
| 18 | As had been realised already in the model experiments , a rotor ship would not make full use of a wind blowing directly from astern . |
| 19 | Carlson was aware of conflicting reports : that Bourbollon had been assassinated earlier in the day ; that he had committed suicide rather than face capture by freedom fighters . |
| 20 | Exploitation of AI techniques has been limited primarily by the scarcity of AI skills among RAF personnel . |
| 21 | This has been refuted both by the success rate of absent healing and trials on non-suggestible organisms such as the sick cress seeds healed by Boltwood in recent experiments at London University . |
| 22 | Her clothing had been ripped away to the waist in the horrific attack , said police spokesman Shlomo Ben Hemo . |
| 23 | However , it must be remembered that much of the work until these last few weeks has been undertaken outside in the kind of conditions experienced by most preservationists . |
| 24 | Might it have been placed here in the temple by the rulers to inspire the religion of the herd ? |
| 25 | In Westminster Abbey Library is a fragment of a funerary taper found in Abbot Thomas Mylling 's tomb , which is presumed to have been placed there at the time of his funeral in 1492 and probably came off the hearse . |
| 26 | Apparently it had been placed there in the pre-dawn . |
| 27 | The indication here is that the caged finch has been placed close to the owl in order to provoke it into prolonged alarm calling that will attract others of its kind . |
| 28 | The scene had been altered only by the season . |
| 29 | The 67 children who had reached maturity at the time of this study tended to have been diagnosed earlier in the decade than those still growing . |
| 30 | It does rather sound as though DTP is where you 're heading , and your choices are limited only by the memory in your machine and your budget — in that order . |