Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The body was badly decomposed and had been in the water for a long time . |
| 2 | it 's like writing an essay , you 've got to try and get as mi many things in as you would do when you if you were writing a full essay but instead of writing a paragraph on each thing you write a sentence on each thing try and cover as many bases , then , that 's how you how you get very good marks , it 's not , they are not trying to test your erm your deep knowledge about any one thing in these short answers they are testing the broad , broad venture of your , of your knowledge , alright , so what you want to try and do is to is a blunderbuss approach when you ans you answer these , these questions . |
| 3 | Your ability to write and argue is of little avail if you get your facts wrong , fail to find the relevant authorities , rely on a statute that has been superseded or a case that has been overruled , or simply misunderstand the authorities . |
| 4 | All we do and say and think is for our country and our King . |
| 5 | For this his ability to compromise and reconcile is beyond doubt responsible in part . |
| 6 | The balance between gaining and losing is by no means even ; many infrequent users of search are seen as prime poaching grounds , whereas companies constantly recruiting may not necessarily be losing people , but experiencing rapid growth . |
| 7 | She did n't want to disappoint his hopes that she would integrate and enjoy being with his friends . |
| 8 | This rumour was started the day after the dam was built and has been in circulation ever since . |
| 9 | Make and have are at the top of the binding hierarchy and take the " highly non-verbal " bare infinitive ; order is lower on the scale and takes the to infinitive ; next comes insist , which is followed by a subordinate clause containing a finite subjunctive form , and then think , construed with a subordinate clause in the indicative . |
| 10 | Women trapped at home sewing and gluing and stapling are at the dustbin end of dreadful employment practices . |
| 11 | Q8 The answer is Yes since there is no longer a capital investment to finance and buying is at competitive prices . |
| 12 | He thought compatibility and interests which could be shared and understood were of prime importance . |
| 13 | If you are already committed to Symphony , the fact that it is still being updated and supported is in itself an important fact . |
| 14 | The distinction between knowing and doing is by no means clear-cut , but the real problem arises with the third stance identified in Figure 2.1 , that of ‘ being ’ . |
| 15 | Organizing , managing and administering are about controlling and co-ordinating the diverse contributions needed for the attainment of some collective goal . |
| 16 | It also puts money into the Yorkshire and Humberside Development Association which is wholly involved and has been for the last two years in trying to get large scale erm strategic inward investment into the county , and erm it is a erm awkwardness I think that it 's best to be open about that the planning policy of the county is out of tune with the day factor activities of the economic development side of the of the county council . |
| 17 | In evidence earlier this week Lord Aldington , 75 , formerly Brigadier Toby Lowe , said the first he had heard that the men , women and children sent back from the British-occupied zone of Austria had been tortured and massacred was from Count Tolstoy in 1979 . |
| 18 | Perhaps it is sufficient to say that any mutually beneficial activity , properly planned , resourced and monitored is in scope , but that any member of ad hoc or unintegrated activities , however regularly they take place , are not . |
| 19 | Nine tenths of the Leicester ring road is finished and has been for some years . |
| 20 | Economically , of course , it had never ceased and had been to both countries ' benefit . |
| 21 | There was an explicit determination to ensure that all course elements studied and assessed were at degree level , and there were criticisms of ‘ traditional ’ submissions . |
| 22 | The number of politicians and industrialists investigated , arrested , interrogated and discredited is beyond calculation . |
| 23 | Canon Radford added : ‘ The Archbishop of Canterbury has been informed and has been in touch with Bishop Peter . |
| 24 | The agent , a good one , reported that the affair was n't quite as dramatic as first accounts had suggested and had been on a far smaller scale , but that students had definitely been involved and at least one of them appeared badly hurt . |