Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These groups , like all élites , have no previous perception of themselves as belonging to the troublesome classes , and it does not do for the police to remind them that the application of control can be redirected depending on who is defining the ‘ illegalities ’ . |
| 2 | — which can give preference to one sense when other factors are equal ; and can be biased according to sublanguage/domain ; |
| 3 | If all diabetics were cared for solely by the hospital , then diabetic clinics would be overloaded leading to difficulties maintaining standards , and the expertise and interest in the community would probably decline . |
| 4 | Thereafter he received an annual salary of twenty pounds a year each year down to 1262 and can be traced acting for the king in litigation until 1267 . |
| 5 | Although an increased susceptibility to hepatotoxicity may be contributory , the main reason for the continuing high mortality from paracetamol overdose is that many patients still present to medical care too late after ingestion for an antidote to be given according to standard guidelines . |
| 6 | Now you might be give all sorts of polar coordinates and you 'll be given working with sines and coses which is where we came in . |
| 7 | The planning officer said they would be insisting that roller shutters should be painted according to the livery of the shop , particularly in conservation areas . |
| 8 | Temporary workers can be differentiated according to whether ( at least in the layman 's eyes ) they are directly employed , self-employed or the employee of a third party such as an agency . |
| 9 | Homework should be differentiated according to the learners ' ability . |
| 10 | Bonds can also be differentiated according to their issuer . |
| 11 | Immunohistochemistry can not distinguish between different immunologically cross reactive proteins , but biochemically these can often be differentiated according to molecular weight using immunoblotting . |
| 12 | Lists of names of authors should not be differentiated according to gender , by using first names for female writers but only family names for male writers ( as in " Shakespeare , Milton , Jane Austen , Hardy " ) . |
| 13 | The form includes a declaration to be completed according to whether a survivor of the buyers can or can not give a valid receipt for purchase monies . |
| 14 | You can buy packs which you complete manually with exact timings taken from a digital clock , but it is more common for standard pads to be completed operating on a six-minute unit . |
| 15 | By then , however , such was the devastation of churches and church lands that although the York clergy granted a tenth , which was to be collected in two instalments during 1317 ( a delay eloquent of their difficulties ) , they successfully insisted on a revised valuation of their livings : instead of the tenth being levied on the 1291 valor , compiled before the Scottish war began , it was to be calculated according to the true current valuation of livings , a reduced level which endured for the rest of the Middle Ages . |
| 16 | Central government subsidies are to be calculated according to a complicated formula that takes into account house prices in each area . |
| 17 | This component needs to be calculated according to the excitation scheme being used . |
| 18 | If the Shareholders decide not to proceed with the proposed sale for any reason , the fees of KPMG and [ name ] will be calculated according to time spent and will not exceed £ [ x ] in the case of KPMG and £ [ y ] in the case of [ lawyer ] and all such fees will be payable by the Company . |
| 19 | With the results available , by using the actual difference in observed means , the probability that a change of given size might have been overlooked in the study can then be calculated according to the following formula : |
| 20 | Sale agreements commonly provide for the value of the pension rights to be calculated according to a formula set out in the agreement and for the detailed calculations to be agreed between the parties ' actuaries , or , if they do not agree , to be determined by another actuary acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator . |
| 21 | This , believe it or not , is a collector 's item ( due to the fact that Ringo can be heard yelling through a megaphone at one point ) and … |
| 22 | After the dry ice had cleared for good , however , grumbles of disappointment could be heard rumbling from the Faust faithful . |
| 23 | Charles saw the wisdom of maintaining local traditions of justice in the varied regions of his great realm , and gave instructions that cases should be heard according to regional laws . |
| 24 | In the hush , a muffled order could be heard issuing from the depths of the leading gasmask . |
| 25 | A distant cry can be heard issuing from a classroom . |
| 26 | He was to be heard complaining in 1954 that the Americans wanted to run the world . |
| 27 | The applause , scattered at first , thickened , took on a note of real enthusiasm , and tinny music could be heard threading through it , and then J. J. Gerrard was coming through the wide entrance at the back of the dais , his rather fat face heavily serious over his pink shirt , walking purposefully to the chair in the center . |
| 28 | In San Salvador , children have picked up a catchy radio tune about the Condor brand of condoms and can be heard singing in the streets : " Condor is your friend , — always take him with you ! " |
| 29 | In the Bible the voice of God was to be heard speaking with its own authentic power and force : there and there alone was divine truth authentically and immediately available . |
| 30 | At any rate it should not surprise us that when Virgil most startlingly irrupts into Pound 's Cantos ( rather late — it is in Canto 78 ) , he should be heard speaking in the Caledonian accents of Gavin Douglas . |