Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They cut out Spanish practice and job creation which is rife , or has been rife , within some quarters of the group .
2 An SFA member must apply appropriate expertise and be able to show that it believes on reasonable grounds that an advertisement that it issues or approves is fair and not misleading .
3 Certainly it is in the private sector , where the only bribe that counts is low prices , where fierce competition and price wars have been wreaking havoc among Europe 's surviving computer makers .
4 Blake 's ‘ everything that lives is holy ’ was now a gospel confined to churches in the care of men like his father .
5 This , in theory , saves lives on the other side — a concern that has been rare in recent wars , but seems to carry some weight in this one .
6 We are now getting close to the flanks of Akka , a seven-peaked mountain that has been visible for four or five days .
7 Throughout industry this election day , a host of trade unionists are waiting with acute anxiety , nursing their hopes : a Labour victory will enable them to reassert their influence on factories throughout the land , in a manner that has been impossible for a decade .
8 Political culture is a vague abstract concept that has been subject to various definitions .
9 Separately , the company moved Richard Poulsen over to become president of Digital Europe , a post that has been vacant since Pier Carlo Falotti quit in June to join Ask Computer Systems Inc .
10 Vadinamia has its own ultra-tight security that has been frustrating spies for a long time .
11 Besides trends that come and go , there are basic pieces that should be snapped up at every opportunity — anything that has been hand-made or finished : beaded and embroidered cashmere cardigans , beautiful lace shirts , superbly cut Thirties and Forties jackets or satin brocade robes .
12 Well , the id is , does represent the total unconscious that has been repressed .
13 It was Esquire 's dubious achievement to be born into an economy that has been unkind to all , but one in which the advertising business has been particularly hard-pressed .
14 After months of pursuing its quarry , it looks like IXI Ltd has finally nailed down the OEM agreement with DEC for its X.desktop manager that has been long in the making .
15 We move on next day over hard packed snow that has been wind-blown into flutes and columns .
16 Without tucking the shirt in his pants , he pulls a royal red tie over his head that has been pre-knotted , I 'm sure by his wife , Lonnie .
17 Prescriptives , an American range that has been available here for 10 years , offers a unique collection of very wearable , natural colours .
18 This type of index is used in the Indexed Sequential Access Method ( ISAM ) that has been available on IBM mainframe computer systems since the late sixties , and is now available on some microcomputers .
19 Any management training that has been available for ryokan has been almost entirely ‘ in house ’ up to now , although the whole area of hotel management training is being rethought in Japan .
20 For Said , the problem amounts simply to historicism and , the universalising and self-validating that has been endemic to it' :
21 I 'm the fifth generation of a family that has been involved in the theatre … they 've built theatres , run companies , been actors , married actresses .
22 If you doubt this , talk to any private oil company that has been involved in the North Sea .
23 It quite frequently happens that a horse that has been used to drinking out of a dam or stream , will always refuse water from a trough or bucket , irrespective of how thirsty it may be .
24 A wall that has been damp will often contain moisture for a long time after the cause has been remedied , so it is better to allow the walls to dry out naturally , although anti-damp paint could be used to allow the room to be decorated before the wall has dried out .
25 Paste waxes are best when applied to bare wood , while liquid waxes are suitable for use on furniture that has been French polished or lacquered .
26 The second attraction is that the Town and Country Planning Association is a fascinating case study of a pressure group that has been active over a long period .
27 I mean , on the whole and in the past I think that has been true , but the proportion of mature students , that 's undergraduates over the age of twenty-five has erm has doubled in the last erm ten years .
28 Both Tustian and Pardoe are among the 600 farmers who are approved by the Soil Association , the largest organic farming body in Britain , whose main criterion is that certified produce must be grown on soil that has been free from artificial additives for at least two years .
29 It 's not excess of turkey and plum pudding that has been indigestible ; it 's the surfeit of news .
30 Yet few audit firms have chosen to protect themselves by becoming limited companies , an option that has been open to them since October last year .
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