Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plans referred to are short-term plans for periods of from one week to one month . |
| 2 | If , therefore , the acts relied on are incapable of being made part of any cause of action — e.g . |
| 3 | The only technologies considered to be difficult to implement were wave power , hot dry rocks and aquifers , although they have adequate supplies of hot dry rocks . |
| 4 | The mujaheddin delegation was led by Burhanuddin Rabbani , leader of the Islamic Society of Afghanistan , and represented all nine of the Iran-based Shia groups and four of the seven Pakistan-based Sunni groups reported to be willing to negotiate with the Kabul government . |
| 5 | The option of a ‘ Swedish solution ’ , by means of a merger with Volvo , was not seriously considered in view of the restructuring and job losses considered to be inevitable from the merger of two specialist car manufacturers . |
| 6 | The early animal links were therefore retained either in the god 's shape , in the attributes assigned to him , or in his association with certain animals deemed to be sacred to him . |
| 7 | where N is the maximum number of channels seen to be open simultaneously during the recording ( lasting 20–30 s ) , n represents the state of the channels ( 0=closed , 1=one channel open , etc ) , and t n is the time spent in state n . |
| 8 | This cuts down both the necessary search and the number of candidates found to be allowable . |
| 9 | Most recently these additions have included deputy heads known to be active in researching and developing study skills and packs of INSET resources concerned with information skills and project work . |
| 10 | Depositors ceased to be able to withdraw their money . |
| 11 | It had been faced and dealt with in the early centuries of the church and later along the lines that the inspiration of the Bible did not mean that God simply dictated the words , or that the authors ceased to be human and fallible . |
| 12 | Stirling felt this inferred that he had loosely prattled at a cocktail party , whereas the gatherings referred to were private dinner parties . |
| 13 | She said she thought the parents needed to be clear about what limits they felt they had to place on Pamela 's behaviour . |
| 14 | Cerebral areas thought to be devoted to motor aspects of speech planning and execution ( for example supplementary motor area ( SMA ) , cerebellum and possibly primary sensorimotor areas of mouth and larynx ( BA 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 ) and BA 6 ) were activated by our experimental tasks even though there was no overt speech . |
| 15 | And no doubt a sensible formula would have been devised in order to tell the jury that which was in the circumstances agreed to be appropriate . |
| 16 | Other countries known to be interested in bioconversion to ethanol include Australia ( cassava ) and New Zealand ( beet ) . |
| 17 | During counterinsurgency operations government forces sometimes used rape and sexual abuse to try and extract information from women suspected of involvement with the armed opposition , or even to punish women merely for living in areas known to be sympathetic to insurgents . |
| 18 | The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) announced on Feb. 3 that Libya had agreed to allow it to inspect any sites rumoured to be involved in the development of nuclear weapons . |
| 19 | The chemical structures of isoniazid and Marsilid were , somewhat distantly , related to that of several of the amines known to be present in living tissues . |
| 20 | When parents ceased to be available , primitive man could well have felt the loss , and the need to transfer the dependence elsewhere and this led eventually to some form of imagined substitute , or ‘ god ’ as the surrogate . |
| 21 | At this stage the selector should note down as much information as possible against each title , including the reason it was marked as a possible purchase — because recommended in a select bibliography , for instance , or as a replacement for a much-used copy on the shelves — and perhaps some form of starring system to identify titles thought to be outstanding of their kind . |
| 22 | This consideration can affect the process of data modelling since the cognitive models available define the ‘ entities thought to be relevant to the task in hand ’ . |
| 23 | Originally , the lymphocyte function associated LFA-3 ( CD58 ) glycoprotein was identified as the CD2 ligand ; these were the first two molecules shown to be involved in heterophilic adhesion and their interaction is likely to be a paradigm for adhesion interactions within the IgSF . |
| 24 | He shows us the modifications which objects thought to be inanimate impose on each other … |
| 25 | Allowing the taxpayers ' appeal , Lord Justice Browne-Wilkinson held that in construing a piece of legislation , reference to Parliamentary materials , subject to any question of Parliamentary privilege , is permissible where three criteria are met : the legislation is ambiguous or obscure , or leads to an absurdity ; the material relied on consists of one or more statements by a minister or other promoter of the Bill , together if necessary with such other Parliamentary material as is necessary to understand such statements and their effect ; the statements relied on are clear . |
| 26 | I therefore reach the conclusion , subject to any question of Parliamentary privilege , that the exclusionary rule should be relaxed so as to permit reference to Parliamentary materials where ( a ) legislation is ambiguous or obscure , or leads to an absurdity ; ( b ) the material relied upon consists of one or more statements by a minister or other promoter of the Bill together if necessary with such other Parliamentary material as is necessary to understand such statements and their effect ; ( c ) the statements relied upon are clear . |
| 27 | ‘ permit reference to parliamentary materials where ( a ) legislation is ambiguous or obscure , or leads to an absurdity ; ( b ) the material relied upon consists of one or more statements by a minister or other promoter of the Bill together if necessary with such other parliamentary material as is necessary to understand such statements and their effect ; ( c ) the statements relied upon are clear . ’ |
| 28 | The third and final element of the relaxed exclusionary rule as formulated by Lord Browne-Wilkinson is that ‘ the statements relied upon are clear ’ . |
| 29 | Held , allowing the appeal , ( 1 ) ( Lord Mackay of Clashfern L.C. dissenting ) that , subject to any question of Parliamentary privilege , the rule excluding reference to Parliamentary material as an aid to statutory construction should be relaxed so as to permit such reference where ( a ) legislation was ambiguous or obscure or led to absurdity , ( b ) the material relied upon consisted of one or more statements by a minister or other promoter of the Bill together if necessary with such other Parliamentary material as was necessary to understand such statements and their effect and ( c ) the statements relied upon were clear ( post , pp. 1039C , G , 1040B , D–E , 1042C–D , H — 1043A , 1056A–C , 1061E–F , 1063F–G ) . |
| 30 | As we have seen , the Gospels were written to meet that need , so by examining carefully their contents we will gain an overall impression of the range of information which the early Christians deemed to be necessary for an adequate ongoing commitment to be made . |