Example sentences of "[vb base] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Willy 's synthetic abstractions which generalize and falsify are countered by her analytic and critical re-writing of Herodotus . |
| 2 | Unlike the /Ε/; lowering rule , the velar-raising rule is not confined to short-vowel environments ( that is , before the voiceless velar stop ) , but also applies when a voiced velar follows ( that is , in long-vowel environments ) : thus bag , bang are realized with [ Ε : ] . |
| 3 | Most of the tyres we change are worn to the legal limit . |
| 4 | When working by hand , it is only necessary to record those values that change upon iteration ; in this text the values that change are denoted by bold print , but the other numbers are copied over for clarity . |
| 5 | In the proposed research the potential contention and ambiguity in British social life which such matters entail are addressed through the study of self-consciously peaceful communities . |
| 6 | The persuasive and analytic skills you develop are applied during your course to literary works and issues ; but they have the additional value that they are potentially transferable to other problems and circumstances . |
| 7 | Those who remain are employed in maintenance and repair work . |
| 8 | But the desertion of a part of the crew is to be considered an emergency of the voyage as much as their death ; and those who remain are bound by the terms of their original contract to exert themselves to the utmost to bring the ship in safety to her destined port . |
| 9 | The pieces that remain are sought after and valuable , and even chairs that were originally very cheap are in demand . |
| 10 | The issues members raise are related to ignorant , inconsiderate or criminal people . |
| 11 | I 'm a monumental mason and the gravestones that I make Are carved of flesh and bone from the carcases I take |
| 12 | And the adaptations they make are made on several different levels erm they might become more alike in their language , in their pronunciation , their rate of speech , their pause or utterance length and their vocal intensities . ? |
| 13 | These poor folk , whose lack of privilege is just one of the many thrusting reasons that have sent me to the bosom , not to mention the buttocks , of today 's quite heavenly Labour Party , may find that my pronunciamentos become somewhat impenetrable once past the ninth , tenth , or even twenty-third of their constituent subordinate clauses , so that the very juicy and surprisingly supple points that I make are lost amidst their attendant persiflage . |
| 14 | The buffalo and elk hide are decorated with red cloth and beads , sewn with a sinew . |
| 15 | Bearing in mind that all the women who appear are portrayed as homemakers of one kind or another , it is significant that on the occasions when potentially humorous situations emerge , women are the ‘ butt of the joke ’ on six of these occasions ( and Audrey as a potential one ) , despite the fact that there are fewer women overall . |
| 16 | Details on these craft are shown in the caption to the diagram on page 41 , but MTB 74 was an unusual ship even among these fast midgets . |
| 17 | All of the findings we report are based on the assumption that this questionnaire can accurately and reproducibly detect a change in anxiety , even when the same questionnaire is administered twice with just one hour between each assessment . |
| 18 | The pelargoniums we grow are derived from wild species native to South Africa , and it 's interesting to see some of these plants in Hazel 's collection . |
| 19 | Non-smokers often report being treated with condescension in such situations . |
| 20 | More important was the fact that one was a Copt and one a Moslem , which gave hope that , honour being satisfied on both sides , the exchanges might not be carried further . |
| 21 | Odds ratios for HEV were calculated for each covariate separately with or Fisher 's tests . |
| 22 | Were erm only certain men allowed or er say were trusted with the job of stowing |
| 23 | M. B. I never forget being called by a superintendent , who said : ‘ Sergeant Bullock , you 're acting inspector over the weekend . |
| 24 | ‘ The repeated testing is leading to problems in that animals now associate being put in a crush with being tested and one can get considerable stress in older animals . |
| 25 | This process can be shown by normal carbon dioxide being passed through a tube containing algae in water with the heavier O isotope and carbon dioxide with the heavier O isotope being passed through another tube containing the same type of algae in normal water . |
| 26 | Stage I sleep is defined in terms of the EEG and EOG records as consisting of a low voltage EEG with some slow activity , and occasional vertex sharp waves , and slow rolling eye movements ( see example . ) |
| 27 | Reportedly OSF is motivated in setting things up like this to see the technologies can stand on their own . |
| 28 | Indeed , work is one of the key bases on which honour is established in the eyes of family , kin and locality . |
| 29 | Blackcaps have begun wintering in the British Isles , instead of Spain , a change in migratory behaviour that scientists suggest is linked to global warming . |
| 30 | Much of his criticism of the talks process is centred on Hume , whom he regards as ‘ the antithesis of reconciliation ’ . |