Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] be [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Native speakers of English typically use " have " in the present tense ( as in these two examples ) only when they want to imply that the event described is still happening or is still the case . |
| 2 | Whereas I teach my dogs to disregard game birds and deer , the lurcher is very competent at acquiring the skills of poaching and is usually the animal to accompany deer and game-stealing gangs wherever they operate . |
| 3 | One has disappeared , but its ash house remains ; another has been rebuilt and is now the main farm . |
| 4 | Now , nearly 3 decades on , writer , Laura Jackson says that was n't the true Brian Jones . |
| 5 | It is strong and not damaging and is probably the one absolutely essential piece of equipment you need above all others . |
| 6 | The coxswain considered taking the casualty to Newlyn at this point , which was to leeward , but decided to continue to Falmouth , as that was the port which the casualty was trying to reach and was also the lifeboat 's home port . |
| 7 | If the aim of judicial review is seen as being only the protection of individuals ( whether people or organizations ) , this would suggest and justify standing rules which require the applicant to show that he , she or it is specially affected by what has been done or decided . |
| 8 | He will not compromise to get an agreement he does not believe is justified and is not the least put out by demonstrations . |
| 9 | Simple square or rectangular shapes still predominate and are probably the best bet for anyone wanting to grow a mixed bag of crops . |
| 10 | Coopers & Lybrand now audits the whole of the Royal Insurance global network , including the US interests that were once the domain of KPMG . |
| 11 | Tendon injuries affect about 30 percent of horses involved in National Hunt Racing and is probably the largest cause of wastage in racehorses . |
| 12 | The hotel boasts a wide selection of facilities : the 18th century vicarage which has been preserved and is now the ‘ Pastorie ’ bar within the Atrium , 2 restaurants — ‘ De Palmboom ’ offering an assortment of dishes all day and an à la carte restaurant , ‘ LaxenOxen ’ , specialising in beef and fresh salmon dishes . |
| 13 | The Antarctic ozone ‘ hole ’ in the stratosphere that splashed across the headlines in 1988 , has continued to grow and is now the size of the USA . |
| 14 | It was eventually demolished and is now the site for a small housing estate . |
| 15 | The former agreed " that Gurney had been a very difficult person to manage and was probably the source of all the mischief " . |
| 16 | The papillary area is commonly affected and is therefore the area where biopsies are usually carried out . |
| 17 | If such pensions are included in the figures , the statistics show wealth as being more equally distributed than is otherwise the case . |
| 18 | Now it seems that was n't the case . |
| 19 | It was not quite an oration because two days earlier speech had been phased out because it was discovered to be the ‘ root of all evil ’ , by somebody who never talked and was consequently the most unevil person in the world . |
| 20 | We shall assume that g is known and we shall treat g as the predictable component of monetary growth ; on the other hand , v t is not known and is therefore the unpredictable component . |
| 21 | I realized suddenly that that was why lovers always feel the need to sleep together after making love , and to rest and be together the next day . |
| 22 | Ray Shepherd was a tall man with a craggy , lined face that looked as if it had once been weathered but was now the colour of chalk . |
| 23 | When the negative feedback is large enough to satisfy as is usually the case at least over the intended , operational frequency range , the closed-loop gain is and . |
| 24 | Yet there can be no room for complacency after shock home defeats by Watford and Barnsley defeats that were all the more disappointing because they came after a long unbeaten home run . |
| 25 | Because bismuth and antibiotic monotherapy fail to eradicate H pylori in an appreciable proportion of patients , triple therapy ( for example bismuth , metronidazole , and tetracycline or amoxicillin ) has been tried and is now the treatment of choice . |
| 26 | First , the definition of the age of 65 years as initiating the onset of old age dependency is both arbitrary and socially constructed and is largely the result of institutionalized forced retirement . |
| 27 | Despite confinement to a wheelchair , Rex Cunningham had evidently prospered and was now the proprietor of a country house hotel-cum-restaurant in Surrey . |
| 28 | Eventually the elimination of exchange rate margins , with the establishment of a common currency recognized as being perhaps the best way of embodying this . |
| 29 | This programme will seek to develop a framework for economic modelling within which links between the decisions of individual agents ( firms , households , unions ) and the behaviour of the economy at an aggregate level are more clearly established than is usually the case . |
| 30 | Looking back , Jean believes that is around the time Brian 's feelings for her changed . |