Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group of works in which large , often black , forms predominate are perhaps less successful . |
| 2 | When a prison officer requests a gun the reasons given are closely scrutinised , ’ he said . |
| 3 | In this case and if the time constant RC also happens to equal the pulse duration τ Thus As anticipated , this integral is difficult to evaluate but it does reduce to the solution expected from chapter 4 of when when when Help with difficult inverse Fourier transforms is often available from special tables . |
| 4 | Oyston knew NoS was desperate for money , but Everett thought his decision to invest was quite impulsive . |
| 5 | Fleshy fruits of the type birds eat are often thought of as primitive in many features , that is to say that they share more characters with ancestral flowering plant fruits than do fruits with wind-dispersed seeds . |
| 6 | ‘ Their decision to retire is selflessly motivated by the recognition that we are now entering a new and election-oriented phase in the political process , ’ Mr de Klerk said . |
| 7 | The decision to retire is never an easy one for architects . |
| 8 | To Henry , the idea of being cheered on as you croaked , by Elinor , Mr and Mrs Is-the-Mitsubishi-Scratched-Yet , his mother , her mother , Maisie and anyone else with a few hours to spare was almost completely repulsive . |
| 9 | The questions which give rise to debate are rarely those which later have to be decided by the courts . |
| 10 | However , the strong suspicion seems justified that the speech , and the one before it in September , mainly warmed the hearts of the depressed Party faithful , and that the central SD digests were mainly recording reactions from the dwindling number of Party diehards . |
| 11 | Many of the definitions given are very general , for example that of Scriven : ‘ evaluation attempts to answer certain types of questions about certain entities ’ . |
| 12 | The single most difficult skill for the calligrapher to acquire is consistently good letterform in a rhythmic , written hand . |
| 13 | The income received is either spent on consumer goods , or withdrawn in the form of savings and taxes ( that is , Y = C + S + T ) . |
| 14 | The counsel given was probably the best in the circumstances , which was that I should go abroad for a break . |
| 15 | The definitional overlap technique has been successfully applied to the problem of sense disambiguation [ Lesk , 1987 ] . |
| 16 | This technique has been successfully applied to lung washings from patients with sarcoidosis , and M tuberculosis DNA was detected in half of the samples . |
| 17 | This technique has been successfully used in our laboratory for the identification of B virus DNA in previous cases of fatal B virus infection . |
| 18 | This technique has been widely adopted by researchers in recent years . |
| 19 | The technique has been most widely applied in the analysis of cytokine responses . |
| 20 | The accuracy of this technique has been steadily improving and measurements can now be made over thousands of kilometres to an accuracy of a few millimetres . |
| 21 | The technique has been extensively used to study vibrations associated with surfaces and thin film samples , usually in an electron microscope . |
| 22 | This survival technique has been very easily exploited by commercial breeders of marine invertebrates , especially those raising animals destined for the table as food . |
| 23 | It is therefore remarkable that the amount of co-operation and collaborative work between local authorities and higher education institutions has been so limited and only shows recent signs of expansion . |
| 24 | The prevalence of depression among the elderly in institutions has been less well researched . |
| 25 | our next champ is Simon Wigg from Buckinghamshire … he 's won the world long track title for the fourth time … with a new look … the bike has been aerodynamically designed by grand prix men … and the suit which he wears over the leathers is made of lycra … |
| 26 | Erm and I have to er pick up the point made opposite that the protection has been pretty good over the last few years without the policy . |
| 27 | Though the building has been internally divided , it continues to flourish as the Glasgow Film Theatre . |
| 28 | The interior of the building has been most aesthetically restored to incorporate as many as possible of the working parts of the mill in the dining area . |
| 29 | The existing building has been carefully restored externally : the brickwork on the Holyrood Street elevation was cleaned and repaired and the render on the rear elevation was largely replaced and painted white . |
| 30 | The building has been carefully restored and in the process has lost its Medieval atmosphere , but it still retains a remarkable vault , supported on rows of octagonal piers , which covers the whole hall church interior . |