Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study , by the Greater Glasgow Health Board , revealed that more than a tenth of all newborn babies in Glasgow entered the world with more lead in their blood than is considered safe for adults … |
| 2 | Even though it is the body that offends , it is none the less the mind that is found accountable . |
| 3 | Considerations that are given deliberative priority in order to secure reliability constitute obligations ; corresponding to those obligations are rights , possessed by people who benefit from the obligations . |
| 4 | There were 70 units that were termed full-time but on 22 of these there was one member of the family who earned part of his income from non-farm work . |
| 5 | From his mother , and her more easy-going and less consciously nonconformist relations , he found sanctions for that profound exploration of sensations that were given early expression in his gift for ‘ composition ’ . |
| 6 | Books that were thought appropriate included Aesop 's Fables , Cato and Virgil and the Ten Commandments in Latin . |
| 7 | It is at work in all relationships that are called symbiotic — for instance the ants milking their aphid ‘ cattle ’ ( page 181 ) . |
| 8 | It 's an album that 's jammed full of placid love songs — the title track helps set the tone and , from there on , it can be a little difficult to know when one song finishes and the next begins . |
| 9 | Her only companion was the bright light that was set high in the wall and was shielded behind a thick glass cover with bars . |
| 10 | Even as the company got bigger , the familial atmosphere on which Virgin had been built in the early Seventies stayed strong , a flame that was kept alight by those who had been with Virgin since the earliest days , until it became a myth , self-perpetuating and strong enough to touch any newcomer to the organisation , strong enough to have even Richard Branson in its grip . |
| 11 | Croydon Corporation were entitled to object to Tramways Nos. 10 , 11 and 20 , which lay within the Borough and were granted protective clauses . |
| 12 | Firstly , Seefeld is just 14 miles from fashionable Innsbruck and is set high on a sunny plateau . |
| 13 | Only problems were that one of them had had been snapped off at the legs and been reglued direct to the base , presumably in an effort to replicate Bremner 's short stature , and also in an effort to simulate Albert Johanneson ( or was it Gerry ? ? ) brown paint had been splurged all over one player , rendering his kit a mucky pink . |
| 14 | Elections to a 41-member House of Representatives of the People last took place in July 1988 , when all candidates were nominated by the President and were elected unopposed for a five-year term . |
| 15 | Elections to the House of Representatives of the People last took place in July 1988 , when all candidates were nominated by the President and were elected unopposed for a five-year term [ see p. 36200 ] . |
| 16 | He stood unsuccessfully for Cardigan district against a local Whiggish landowner , Sir Thomas Lloyd , in 1865 , but in 1874 won the seat and was returned unopposed in 1880 . |
| 17 | And then : ‘ I possess a stone head by Modigliani which I would not part with for a hundred pounds even at this crisis : and I routed out this head from a corner sacred to the rubbish of centuries and was called stupid for my pains in taking it away . |
| 18 | She had a company car and was allowed private use of it . |
| 19 | She went on to catalogue a long history of disasters : from her mother dying when she was six years old , through to the latest traumas of seeing her cat killed by a car and being made redundant . |
| 20 | Luckily , they had survival gear and were found alive and well , albeit a trifle sheepish , at the top of the climb . |
| 21 | In these studies subjects watched films of actual driving situations in a simulator and were given subsequent recognition tests . |
| 22 | But once the jury had asked , in their innocence , to hear them , it seems obvious that the parties should be present when the tape is played , so that any material which comes to light and is thought worthy of comment can be dealt with . |
| 23 | This was the most impressive accomplishment of the Reagan administration and was made possible by a modus vivendi worked out between the Governor and Robert Moretti , the Democratic Speaker of the Assembly . |
| 24 | All candidates accepted for training are on probation for at least six months and are made aware of this . |
| 25 | If an exact match is found , the user is told how many studies have been indexed with the matching term and are offered other associated terms which might assist in focusing the search . |
| 26 | The igneous complex is elongated in a north west-south east direction , and includes norite , anorthosite , tonalite and diorite as the main rock types present , all of which have been metamorphosed since their intrusion and are termed meta-igneous rocks by the British Geological Survey in the published map , with terms metanorite , meta-anorthosite , etc. being used . |
| 27 | Therefore , it must be treated as a process with an underlying socio-political motivation , which attempts to promote uniformity and suppress variability for reasons that are considered functional . |
| 28 | Almost every haircare range now contains an intensive conditioner for hair that 's become dry through heated styling products , colouring and perming . |
| 29 | Everybody had a contract that was made specific to them saying this material , these audio tapes are your property . |
| 30 | Last time Nigeria had civilian rule , the elected regime went on an undisciplined spending spree that was cut short by a military coup . |