Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [been] [adj] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of investigating unsolved problems in biology , including how a seed or egg can contain the essence which grows into the new individual member of the same species , he postulated ( something which has long been familiar to those with a spiritual or esoteric background ) the existence of what must , by implication , be a non-physical mould or pattern , what he calls a ‘ morphogenetic field ’ , which survives the death of the physical form , and which shapes the individual tree , animal and flower of each species , just as the individual field around a magnet can create a pattern in a scatter of iron filings . |
| 2 | The function of the Petit Meslier has thus been similar to that of the Petit Verdot in Bordeaux . |
| 3 | So far , the bridging fund has not been applicable to many of the circumstances farmers have been needing to apply for . ’ |
| 4 | Education has not been immune from this process , and some would argue that it has helped to create new social divisions . |
| 5 | The project has not been immune from some of the criticism levelled at the 400 museum rebuilding or building projects underway since the State launched its new museum policy in 1981 , and the mayor of Nîmes defends himself against accusations of megalomania by saying , ‘ We were lagging culturally . |
| 6 | While awaiting the views of the European Court , will my right hon. Friend bear in mind the fact that Presbyterians in Scotland enjoy shopping on Sundays and that has not been detrimental to those who wish to attend church ? |
| 7 | Thus we can normally expect a mature mind in a person at work and although developmental processes of growth and senescence are of some interest , studies of the person working usually assume that we are dealing with a mind which is equipped with the basic skills derived from play and education but one which has not been subject to any serious diminution of capacity . |
| 8 | With respect , I shall not give way because my hon. Friend has not been present for much of the debate . |
| 9 | Since no legislation has been passed to reduce socio-economic inequalities in industrial discipline and since trade union activity has not been concerned with such issues either , it is almost certain that little change has taken place in the years since this study . |
| 10 | Indeed , such progress has not been common to all publishers — some still produce little more than typesetting tapes with cryptic codes labelling the various components of each entry , and little or no accompanying software or documentation for their search or extraction . |
| 11 | Time has not been kind to this view either . |
| 12 | The Consorzio Venezia Nuova has already been active for some time in redesigning the network of channels in the lagoon , consolidating the barene ( patches of mud flat just above the surface of the water ) and other similar measures . |
| 13 | If the hon. Lady knew what was available to those of her constituents who are unemployed , she would know that we offer a wider range of help to unemployed people than has ever been available in this country before . |
| 14 | Looking back , it 's clear that Cave has always been obsessed with this latent other within each individual , that can be catalysed by an extreme predicament . |
| 15 | Despite the inherent difficulties in comparative work it has been argued that an international perspective has always been implicit to some extent in the study of industrial relations . |
| 16 | However , they were originally scheduled for different nights , but it has always been possible for this scenario to arrise , so why did n't they just schedule the matches to be played at the same time no matter what ? |
| 17 | The single dog , who has probably been bored for many years , suddenly has a new playmate , who like himself , sleeps most of the time , but will enjoy a game for short periods . |
| 18 | Its formidable bulk means that you are unlikely to want to carry it about with you if you can avoid it , but that has probably been true of most audit manuals for some time now . |
| 19 | The notion that ‘ primitive ’ societies classify and organise their intellectual world simply in terms of their crude ‘ needs ’ , which Goody derives from Malinowski and uses to further characterise ‘ oral ’ societies , has also been subject to some radical revision in recent years . |
| 20 | Her own policy agenda , as King notes , has often been separate from that of the Cabinet or Conservative party . |
| 21 | Human interference has often been responsible for such introductions . |
| 22 | The Macari honeymoon period is in full swing and there 's a determination and self-belief about the players which has n't been visible for some time . |
| 23 | But that window 's completely cleared out now and it has n't been open at all this week . |
| 24 | The growth of er , Information Technology in mounting information is required at member level and chief officer level has indeed been enormous over these years , and does not necessarily reflect in reductions elsewhere . |
| 25 | Thereafter the play received a few critically acclaimed performances in Birmingham but has otherwise been unperformed in this country . |
| 26 | The pituitary gland has previously been active in this way but the new hormones particularly affect the gonads , the main sexual organs : essentially the ovaries , which produce the ova or eggs in the woman , and the testes ( testicles ) , which produce the spermatozoa in the man . |
| 27 | No evidence has yet been forthcoming for any external towers , the mortared stone foundation in Kingshams Field now being assigned to the medieval defences . |
| 28 | France has certainly been consistent in this stance . |
| 29 | Miss Welty does not take up causes and has never been involved in any movement . |
| 30 | I was no more alert to my environment than a sick animal and I must have somehow been aware of that , because it was then that I remembered the starveling cat . |