Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Forgive 'N Forget 's most recent outing he had run fourth behind Combs Ditch at Haydock Park , and that horse was also in the Gold Cup field , third favourite after a highly successful season which had brought him three good prizes and a neck defeat by Wayward Lad in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park . |
| 2 | C. F. G. Masterman in his contribution to Smith 's report observed the ‘ manifest tendency of the Nonconformist worshippers to collect together into strong centres … which is inevitable where preaching is so emphasised and the stimulus and guidance of the pulpit so much desired ’ . |
| 3 | Clay minerals such as illite and smectite , which are readily altered in the zone of active leaching towards the top of a profile , may be relatively stable at lower levels where leaching is less intense . |
| 4 | Up until the Autumn of 1990 all money market instruments when bought or sold were physically delivered to the buyer , usually by messenger in the City of London . |
| 5 | Some gardeners will do anything to win prizes ( marrows filled with lead shot to add weight , for instance ) , but there 's one show where cheating is positively encouraged . |
| 6 | The subjection of seamen to Marine Boards in the north-east , where crimping was less in evidence than in London or Liverpool , was to treat them like " a parcel of Mexican slaves " . |
| 7 | Whether the cube has already been jumbled or has been carefully preserved , we will realise by now that one way to restore the cube is ‘ just ’ to reverse the moves we made . |
| 8 | Of the early basilicas , built in the second-fourth centuries A.D. none exists entirely unaltered , but sufficient survives or has been carefully rebuilt to the original pattern to give a clear idea of what such churches were like . |
| 9 | The issue is then referred to an independent tribunal for a binding decision as to whether the claimant is entitled to the benefit or has been unfairly dismissed . |
| 10 | For twenty years , while he turned the porn shop of sports into international theatre , attention was paid in a way it never was before or has been since . |
| 11 | Everyone I know at home is either here , or has been here . |
| 12 | Now I would say to sa say that that is almost a bit like the story of the boy crying that he did n't have many holidays because he did n't go to school and that because Harrogate 's er unemployment is so low or has been historically so low compared with other areas , a relatively small increase in the number of unemployment has an enormous increase as compared with what it 's been in the past and so the same number of people living in Harrogate who lose their jobs has an impact on the unemployment figures as perceived locally greater than a similar number of people losing their jobs in Leeds or Selby or somewhere else , and so I think to some extent this the rhetoric has outrun the reality on that point . |
| 13 | ‘ without due care and attention ’ Due care and attention is normally used when the defendant has been careless or has been momentarily inattentive . |
| 14 | Failure on such a scale can be attributable only to some major underlying cause , which has stubbornly defied discovery , or has been equally stubbornly kept hidden by those who , whilst being aware of it , are interested only in its continued existence . |
| 15 | The beginning of a sentence generally introduces what it is " about " , often an item of given information ( i.e. something which has already been mentioned or has been directly implied ) . |
| 16 | ‘ From what I can see , Katie , this man is either very careful or has been very lucky . |
| 17 | What is to be agreed or accepted is already known . |
| 18 | In fact the prospects for some form of neutralised Germany , whether divided or united were no longer realistic in the 1960s . |
| 19 | In cases ( a ) and ( b ) where the thing promised or performed is precisely the thing which the promisor is already bound to do and no more , and there is no dispute that he is bound to do it , there is said to be no consideration or only illusory consideration for the new promise , and it is not enforceable . |
| 20 | The least indiscretion , imposition or behaviour perceived as in any way vulgar or encroaching is enough . |
| 21 | All of this should be easily understood when it is realised that the effect of the contract being avoided or frustrated is generally that the parties are no longer required to carry out the contract ; they are excused . |
| 22 | The days when fine buildings could be demolished without anyone knowing or objecting are largely over . |
| 23 | Situations in which they can prove useful are in small and/or lightly-stocked tanks , and rearing tanks where feeding is rather heavy and regular , as long as the turnover rate is not too high so as to stress the young fish or drag them into the filter . |
| 24 | The prospect of trivial threats being either reported or prosecuted is very hard to envisage . |
| 25 | That animals should be treated humanely , and with this proviso , that they may be killed , experimented upon , hunted , raced , or petted is both the legal , and a perfectly defensible , position to hold . |
| 26 | However , it should be noted that Blacksell and Gilg ( 1981 , p. 143 ) consider that ‘ in many respects , whether or not an application is granted or refused is less important than the safeguards that are attached to any permission . ’ |
| 27 | Where they do tend to turn away is in cases where the effect of the work is aversive because its purpose is aversive and the intention to shock or appal is successfully realised . |
| 28 | There is no doubt that performance can be improved in many cases , but the fundamental question has to be asked whether such foliar feeding or boosting is merely making up and filling a gap left by normal cultivation that is not as good as it could be . |
| 29 | There was little difference in the intensity of staining of hepatocytes compared with biliary cells with anti-H antibody except in the PSC group where staining was most intense in the hepatocytes . |
| 30 | The ‘ use ’ motivation is more common in public libraries , where the principle of providing an up-to-date stock of attractive appearance is more important , and where weeding is more commonly practised than in academic libraries . |