Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Records will be read into primary storage , their keys will be transformed by the algorithm being used , and if the address the algorithm produces is free they will be stored in that address on the direct access device . |
| 2 | Decin has been lucky in its democratically elected mayor , Zdenek Kropacek , chosen after the the triumph of the autumn 1989 Velvet Revolution . |
| 3 | Well I think now , in general in in Scotland th the the the drinking license has been different er Hogmanay does not exist as such because |
| 4 | Rubella ( German measles ) can cause devastating damage to the fetus in early pregnancy and girls who have not had an attack of this disease by the age of puberty are offered immunisation against this virus so that any baby conceived would be protected , although this should soon be rare in the UK because from 1988 , MMR ( measles , mumps , rubella ) protection has been available to all infants . |
| 5 | There are many other examples in which this type of protection has been effective . |
| 6 | The economic effect of the invasion on ordinary Panamanians has been disastrous . |
| 7 | Although this is an edited multi-author volume , the text has been typeset and is of high quality . |
| 8 | The survey reveals that 7 per cent of ancient woodland has been clear felled , mostly for agriculture , and that a further 38 per cent has been replanted with conifers . |
| 9 | In the areas most closely concerned with the inner city , opposition from local authorities has been crucial . |
| 10 | Controlling current spending by local authorities has been central government 's major headache ever since it decided in 1961 that local government expenditure was part of public expenditure and therefore should be controlled by the Treasury . |
| 11 | The traditional public finance approach to intergovernmental grants ( or grants-in-aid ) which flow from central ( or federal ) government to local ( or state ) authorities has been concerned with the question of what form the grant should take . |
| 12 | Thorez noted : Nizan has been satisfied to play in real life the wretched part of Pluvinage , the police spy he brings into his latest novel . |
| 13 | So our support has been subject to redefined guidelines , as you 'd expect from any efficient organisation . |
| 14 | In some cases extra support has been unnecessary . |
| 15 | The goodwill and support has been overwhelming , and we thank everyone who has written or faxed and especially those who have donated money or who are involved in fundraising activities . |
| 16 | McLaren boss Teddy Mayer as much as admitted at the end of 1975 that he thought Emerson wanted to move — or that he was in personal trouble of one kind and another — but the official news reached Hunt before it got to the team , and got to Hunt through Domingos Piedade , an eccentric figure close to the cheerful groupie Googie Zanon , a wealthy ( textiles ) Italian aristocrat whose support has been crucial to many drivers at critical points in their career , then ‘ manager ’ to Emerson and now to Ayrton Senna — a fringe career from which Domingos , hugely personable , but also often more a talker than a doer , has made a more than reasonable living . |
| 17 | Your letters , on every subject under the sun from houses to hypnosis , dogs to duchesses , soufflés to suburbia have kept us all informed and entertained , and your support has been fantastic . |
| 18 | In some cities , the decline in support has been dramatic . |
| 19 | Although the reduction in coca growing in this part of Bolivia has been significant , drug dealers in the Andes have the same easy access to coca today as they had five years ago . |
| 20 | Long hair has been spiral permed and diffuser dried for this look |
| 21 | Hair has been spiral tonged and each curl separated with wax . |
| 22 | Although the story has been long and widely recounted ( John Prebble 's heartbreaking book , Culloden , brings the event to life ) , nothing compares with walking the field , seeing the small cairns marking where clansmen fell , measuring the rides of the horse-troops . |
| 23 | There have been so few reading problems in the whole hundred-and-odd pages that the story has been free to come to life , you can see it all , enjoy it all : ‘ Dear Miss Blyton , I think your stories are really exciting ! ’ |
| 24 | Your contribution to the work of CPRW has been considerable , spanning many years . |
| 25 | Well presumably with , what we 're trying to do is create some sort of alternative family units , we do n't want , although , er , laudable what the youth service does , is , we would n't want , if they do n't want to plugged , clubbable together , if , if , if , if the , the unit could provide that , or provide alternatives to pick up the , the correlation between that and , and ordinary normal family unit , I would hope that that would have been the best way forward , erm , er , because often some youngsters are in this situation because they , they have n't found the , that sort of provision has been helpful for them . |
| 26 | But with all the right-on posturing and good intentions in the world , AIDS service provision has been reactive . |
| 27 | It is ‘ well written ’ ( Edward Peace , The Sunday Times , 13 July 1988 ) with a ‘ certain stylish force ’ ( The Daily Telegraph , 4 July 1988 ) , the ‘ verisimilitude achieved by … script and direction has been dazzling ’ ( Paul Paterson , The Daily Mirror , 4 July 1988 ) and all are agreed that it is a ‘ first class production ’ ( Edward Pearce , The Sunday Times , 13 July 1988 ) . |
| 28 | The programme has been particularly helpful where the mentor has been able to support the work of the school with pupils at risk and/or with special educational needs . |
| 29 | It is only recently that Champagne has been able to boast as many as seventeen grands crus . |
| 30 | As well as — like Hewlett-Packard Co — embracing open systems wholeheartedly , ICL has been able , like HP , to convince users that its proprietary machines are open systems . |