Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further support for the view that there does not exist a principle such as Woolwich contend for is to be found in statutory provisions for the recovery of imposts which should not have been paid . |
| 2 | The proportion of the total variance such correlations account for is of course small and their importance should be judged accordingly . |
| 3 | Also popular are almond-stuffed olives ( although I always think the nuts suffer for being in the pickling brine ) and those filled with tiny pieces of anchovy , which balance the flavour of the fruits beautifully . |
| 4 | I long for being in real contact with them . |
| 5 | Another area of this Act which I disagree with is over the definition of need . |
| 6 | It is very often the intangible and indeterminate savings which provide to be of major significance . |
| 7 | Furthermore , different religions may need different symbols , and it is only when they are treated as fetishes , or when they become the means whereby one religion claims superiority over another , that they cease to be of value and are fit only to be discarded . |
| 8 | Individual hands contained all kinds of more or less cursive elements , but the hands themselves cease to be worth classifying except by the dedicated palaeographer , pursuing studies or hypotheses in great detail . |
| 9 | We hope you will never suffer from them ; but , never cease to be upon your guard . |
| 10 | Thus the two causes appear to be of a similar size in the case of body temperature ( Fig. 1.3 , top ) but the internal cause in the case of urinary flow ( Fig. 1.3 , bottom ) is rather smaller , with daytime and night-time values on the constant routine being more similar . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , they appear to be of a type that would be used in the manufacture of bulk chemicals . ’ |
| 12 | Children will begin to see that the same amount of water will fill containers that appear to be of different capacity . |
| 13 | Specific causes such as tumours , drug toxicity , infection and trauma appear to be of lesser significance as causes of dementia . |
| 14 | Such inferences appear to be of different kinds . |
| 15 | Other possible configurations , which will not , however , be discussed here at any length , are doublets ( exemplified by pairs of opposites — see chapters 9 , 10 and 11 ) , and clusters , which are groupings of lexical items characterised by a lack of structure ( some groups of synonyms appear to be of this nature — see chapter 12 ) . |
| 16 | These appear to be of two types . |
| 17 | British central government must be noted as a context where conflicts often appear to be of an ideological nature and where the representative model is treated as of some importance . |
| 18 | Hence , even though line-printer mapping systems might at first sight appear to be of little value in comparison with plotter-based systems , there are instances when it is convenient or cost-effective to make use of them . |
| 19 | All of these mosaics appear to be of the fourth century , or the very late third , ( Smith favours a date before 300 for the mosaic from Newton St. Loe : Smith 1969 , 101 ; although some doubts have been expressed recently : Smith 1983 , 326 ) . |
| 20 | As at Tockington , the type C arrangement at Halstock is associated with another mosaic which displays a saltire design , ( although it should be noted that the latter appear to be of a finer standard than the former ) . |
| 21 | At Chedworth , however , the simple geometrics of rooms 11 and 14 appear to be of a different quality to those portrayed in Lysons ' engravings of plates 44 and 45 ; although here ( and also at North Leigh : pI . |
| 22 | Other squat , duck-like birds are comparable to those at Barton Farm ; indeed , whereas the animals in these mosaics appear to be of quite different styles , it seems that the draughtsman responsible for the birds at Barton Farm was also responsible for those at Withington . |
| 23 | It is important to differentiate between those mosaics which appear to be of a similar quality and character , as well as of the same , general appearance . |
| 24 | Although some lectures appear to be for the committed DIY enthusiast such as ‘ Mortar mixing and brick laying ’ , the organiser Steven Parissien , insists that the course is more about ‘ making people aware of which things are structurally disastrous and visually awful . ’ |
| 25 | At the same time , Peachcake , if worries about the future are what 's been keeping him from showing his feelings for you and he 's as much in love with you as you appear to be with him , there 's to be no hasty wedding . |
| 26 | But the main problems appear to be with residential home owners , who have threatened legal action over allegedly unfair contracts drawn by some SSDs . |
| 27 | Despite an existing voluntary Code of Practice , reproduced in part below , drawn up by the National Farmers ' Union to minimise any nuisance and existing legal controls , complaints appear to be on the increase . |
| 28 | It is not simply that cases of public library censorship appear to be on the increase ( although there is no substantial evidence to confirm this ) , but that the question of determining what is and is not censorship can be so time-consuming . |
| 29 | But the reality is different ; collapsed scrummages appear to be on the increase , despite the obvious dangers . |
| 30 | At this early point in the 1990s , we appear to be on the edge of ‘ something ’ . |