Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oyston knew NoS was desperate for money , but Everett thought his decision to invest was quite impulsive . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | The decision to retire is never an easy one for architects . |
| 4 | The questions which give rise to debate are rarely those which later have to be decided by the courts . |
| 5 | The single most difficult skill for the calligrapher to acquire is consistently good letterform in a rhythmic , written hand . |
| 6 | The income received is either spent on consumer goods , or withdrawn in the form of savings and taxes ( that is , Y = C + S + T ) . |
| 7 | The counsel given was probably the best in the circumstances , which was that I should go abroad for a break . |
| 8 | The definitional overlap technique has been successfully applied to the problem of sense disambiguation [ Lesk , 1987 ] . |
| 9 | This technique has been successfully applied to lung washings from patients with sarcoidosis , and M tuberculosis DNA was detected in half of the samples . |
| 10 | This technique has been successfully used in our laboratory for the identification of B virus DNA in previous cases of fatal B virus infection . |
| 11 | This technique has been widely adopted by researchers in recent years . |
| 12 | The technique has been most widely applied in the analysis of cytokine responses . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The technique has been extensively used to study vibrations associated with surfaces and thin film samples , usually in an electron microscope . |
| 15 | This survival technique has been very easily exploited by commercial breeders of marine invertebrates , especially those raising animals destined for the table as food . |
| 16 | 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 … |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Though the building has been internally divided , it continues to flourish as the Glasgow Film Theatre . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Most of the former car works at Cowley is being demolished to make way for new development , but one building has been carefully taken down so it can be donated to the Oxford Bus Museum Trust . |
| 23 | The interior of the building has been completely demolished and a new gallery designed by Jon Bannenberg and the architectural firm M.R. Partnership . |
| 24 | The building has been lovingly restored ( rats evicted , rubble removed and original features unearthed ) from a very sorry state . |
| 25 | Situated directly on the promenade and only a few steps away from the boat departure point , this beautiful art-nouveau building has been lovingly restored to combine the old style will all the comforts of a modern hotel . |
| 26 | No-one was hurt although a substantial part of the building has been severely damaged . |
| 27 | The decorative marble floor has subsided into the basement while the poor condition of the building has been further aggravated by the actions of the shopkeepers at the base of the mosque . |
| 28 | The measure used was simply the total number of accidents reported at a junction in this period . |
| 29 | In Rotherham , ‘ [ t ] he specific grant has been successfully obtained for a list of improvements which includes : implementing a joint care programme approach to planning and providing services to users ’ , while in Bradford the demands of care programming and care management led to considerable investment in Information Technology : |
| 30 | Despite the limited size of the Urban Programme , the administration of grant has been consistently problematic ( West Midlands County Council , 1986 ; Stewart , 1987 ) . |