Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Land that is cultivated or grazed intensively near the croft is often referred to as inbye to distinguish it from common grazings and more distant fields . |
| 2 | ‘ Cept there 's more goin' on in the evenin 's with First Aid and the like . ’ |
| 3 | At any one time , therefore , most of the many beliefs that constitute our knowledge of what goes on in the world are beliefs that we do n't know we have . |
| 4 | THE first thing to go on to the canvas was a sketch in grey wax crayon , which mixes happily with the oils , whereas graphite would turn to gritty soot . |
| 5 | Post-war interviews carried out by the United States Strategic Bombing Survey , confirmed such impressions : one out of three Germans indicated that his morale was affected by bombing more than any other single factor ; nine in ten of those interviewed mentioned bombing as the greatest hardship they had to suffer in the war ; three in five admitted to war-weariness on account of the bombing , and the percentage not wanting to go on with the war was significantly higher in heavily bombed than unbombed towns ; more than two-fifths said they lost hope in German victory when the raids did not stop ; and the percentage of people with confidence in the leadership was fourteen per cent lower in heavily bombed than in unbombed towns . |
| 6 | This may not seem to be a very daunting task , but when a man who has been flying four engine jet transports all over the world is suddenly confronted with a young pilot who has just written-off the landing gear of a light aircraft while trying to land in a cross wind , the true qualities of the new inspector are under test . |
| 7 | Notwithstanding the fact that Dirks was found not guilty , the tests laid down in the case are of great significance : a tipper 's liability is contingent upon the purpose of his action ; while a tippee 's liability is limited to those situations where he knows or ought reasonably to know of the insider 's breach of duty . |
| 8 | Indeed , Lord Plowden ( who was at the time a civil servant engaged in economic planning and subsequently the chairman of a public corporation ) has recently suggested that the blueprint laid down in the Act was arguably too detailed , and that questions such as the division of powers between the centre and Area Boards could rationally be placed within the purview of nationalised industry management rather than of Parliament . |
| 9 | The principle laid down in the Convention is that jurisdiction is vested in the courts of the state of the defendant 's domicile and that the jurisdiction provided for in article 6(1) is an exception to that principle . |
| 10 | any conditions laid down by the inspector are followed ( Schedule 7 , s.3 ) . |
| 11 | Essentially , it had a directing and supervisory role , ensuring that the policies laid down by the Politburo were known and vigorously pursued at all levels . |
| 12 | The advantage of this is that , given that you have got to exchange witness statements anyway , there is always a chance that your opponents may consider that the evidence is not crucial or controversial and allow the statement to go in without the witness being called . |
| 13 | The number of car kilometres travelled annually by the population is to be permitted to increase by no more than 35 per cent , over the 1986 figure , by 2010 . |
| 14 | What matters most to the child is that he should be treated consistently . |
| 15 | The business carried on by the company was one entire business and for the purposes of Case I there was only one trade . |
| 16 | Another important industrial activity carried on in the neighbourhood was the extraction of salt from sea water . |
| 17 | The decision whether or not to come on to the Tour is not an easy one for a young black pro to take . |
| 18 | ‘ The biggest barrier to employees returning successfully to the workplace is the lack of provision of childcare facilities and arrangements . ’ |
| 19 | It 's probably come in with the door being open . |
| 20 | Since they are primarily concerned with the rights of commoners , and the Forestry Commission with timber production , there has naturally in the past been a divergence of interest and policy in the New Forest between these two authorities . |
| 21 | Walking down to the newsagent 's in the village I ran through the events of the preceding evening again . |
| 22 | Now homes all over the country are having their flues and chimneys unblocked , and old-fashioned fireplaces are being reinstated . |
| 23 | Each part of the company has been asked to look for ways of doing more , with less , and the performance improvements now happening all over the company are starting to feed through to the bottom line . |
| 24 | James moved swiftly into the disorder being wreaked in his carefully arranged plates , set in order of service . |
| 25 | The only stage process not in the mill was the actual weaving . |
| 26 | This original building which stands just outside the city was constructed by Theodoric , King of the Ostrogoths , as a mausoleum to house his ashes . |
| 27 | But then anyone who picked up a book entitled Does God Exist ? hoping to come away with the answer is liable to be disappointed . |
| 28 | It is , however , a presumption that may be more easily displaced in family cases particularly those involving children where it has not in the past been usual practice to award costs against an unsuccessful party . |
| 29 | Being an MP still carried some weight ; he was PPS to a powerful minister at Defence , and the threat of the General Election had rolled away for the time being : he was someone to heed . |
| 30 | The second psychoanalytic message that has come through to the public is its preoccupation with sex . |