Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One of the fields had been ploughed and our job was to weed out the wiry roots and tufts of grass that the wooden ploughshare had failed to dislodge so that the field could be smoothed out ready for flooding . |
| 32 | An over-ambitious social physics , albeit statistically sophisticated , would give an oddly flat theory of social relationships precisely because unique , yet meaningful , patterns would be smoothed out under general statistical laws . |
| 33 | In most instances , a kink will produce a slight burr on the surface which can be smoothed out . |
| 34 | All these ruffles should be smoothed out after a few days . |
| 35 | Len Dennis , in his article about a butler 's tray ( WW/Dec.91/p.1284 ) writes ‘ There will be some deviation … where they ( the two cylinder arcs ) meet , and this must be smoothed out . ’ |
| 36 | And now the intimate clothes which she had put on so unthinkingly on the day of her death would be smoothed out by strange hands , scrutinised under ultra-violet light , perhaps be handed up , neatly docketed , to the judge and jury in the Crown Court . |
| 37 | As polythene liners have little elasticity , they are installed without water being added , but plenty of movement should be allowed for , so that , when the water is gradually introduced , the wrinkles can be smoothed out and the liner moulded to the contours of the hole . |
| 38 | The problem of computer-related crime will be highlighted today in the Law Commission 's report on Computer Misuse . |
| 39 | But there are two factors which need to be highlighted here . |
| 40 | His experience will be highlighted tonight in a probe into cash machines by ITV 's This Week programme . |
| 41 | Before moving on , the problem of the counterfactual can be highlighted further . |
| 42 | Why does it have to be highlighted now ? |
| 43 | Opposition Members may wave their hands , but for those living under the regime of a loony left council , the follies of its ways can not be highlighted enough . |
| 44 | A pollution does not provide an officer with the excitement , satisfaction , and possible prestige among colleagues enjoyed by policemen ( Cain , 1973:32 ) , but is a symbolic assault on ‘ his river ’ , a serious blow to his careful tending of the environment to be healed as quickly as possible . |
| 45 | And Seal Sands Lock , the place where she had come to be healed so many times in the past , offered her no comfort now . |
| 46 | When the mind is quiet of course the body is quiet and whatever illness you have can be healed more easily . ’ |
| 47 | It 's the suicidal greatness of America , I think Annabel means , to have raised opportunism to such a point that even people who would n't dream of ditching anything else feel that this has to be plucked out . |
| 48 | This is especially true of black women writers , who tend to be plucked out of context to lend a splash of colour to a pallid white landscape — like a single exotic flower among drab , overwatered shrubs . |
| 49 | He opened his mouth to make an acid retort , and then remembered that the sura which permitted captives to be enslaved also went to considerable lengths to provide laws for their welfare . |
| 50 | Most educated people in this country now believe , in a vague sort of way , that we ought to be less sexually prudish than the Victorians are alleged to have been , and that sexual morality should be guarded rather by example and exhortation than by penal sanctions . |
| 51 | Rain had to be guarded so that people around her did not follow what the call was about . |
| 52 | I think we 'll get together , Peter Davis , with with the Districts on that particular point , as far as the previous point erm madam , erm then you can rest assured that er the County Surveyor will be rousted out of his dinner tonight er erm when I get back , with a view to er providing the information that you require . |
| 53 | In practice , however , he found that Karen could n't be provoked easily . |
| 54 | Now the pathology is by a chief information and i in fact , the chief information could be provoked merely by the presence of organisms . |
| 55 | These include treatable congenital abnormalities ( such as analatresia ) that may be diagnosed prenatally but for which termination of pregnancy is not indicated because effective treatment is available . |
| 56 | As with gonorrhoea , non-gonococcal infection in the female does not produce signs or symptoms that enable it to be diagnosed clinically . |
| 57 | The pregnancy must be diagnosed quickly and the embryo removed , or the affected tube will eventually burst ( usually between 10 and 14 weeks ) , triggering severe , life-threatening bleeding . |
| 58 | Faults need to be diagnosed quickly and efficiently since quality of steel is increasingly important and mill shutdown costs at least £10,000 per hour . |
| 59 | Postoperative bile leakage and benign bile duct stricturing after open cholecystectomy can be diagnosed safely and effectively with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ( ERCP ) . |
| 60 | Endometriosis may be diagnosed late in women using intrauterine devices as pain and bleeding occur with both . |