Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adj] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report is presently unfinished and unpublished , allegedly because of opposition from the Bush administration , which has been intent on playing down the possible effects of global warming . |
| 2 | As a member of Nottinghamshire 's interagency planning team , Dr Pratt has been involved in setting up community care for the county . |
| 3 | Land in the more rural parts of the constituency is virtually covered with placards urging voters to support Mr Bates and since the by-election he has been involved in setting up a forum for local farmers to air their views . |
| 4 | It quite frequently happens that a horse that has been used to drinking out of a dam or stream , will always refuse water from a trough or bucket , irrespective of how thirsty it may be . |
| 5 | Eighteenth July — it appears that a large attack by more than 1,300 British tanks on the enemy positions on the Caen front has been successful in tying down the German Panzer divisions . |
| 6 | However , there are planning experts who say Hampshire has been adept at arguing down what its proper share should be . |
| 7 | Pople has been instrumental in setting up computer programs like Polatom , Hondo and Gaussian and giving access to computer graphical methods for representing simple molecules . |
| 8 | Yet he alone has been responsible for bringing about some of the seminal works of this century , Bartok 's Music for Strings , Percussion and Celesta among them . |
| 9 | This has been responsible for wiping out entire stocks of fish . |
| 10 | She 'd been used to hopping around and flapping about wherever she pleased , so it came as a bit of a shock to find her freedom of movement restricted by the jesses . |
| 11 | Even Roquelaure 's omission to tell him that he 'd been involved in setting up the deal with Iran seemed less mysterious as the Métro train cruised beneath the Paris streets . |
| 12 | The heart of the book was a chapter on ‘ The Historian At Work ’ which I do believe was original in setting out the processes which historians go through , from discovering and analysing sources to producing written history at different levels . |
| 13 | Very fortunately , for goldfinches and linnets , I soon discovered , happened to be two of the reserve 's commonest species and it would have been akin to rushing out to tell my neighbours back home that I had just seen a sparrow in the yard . |
| 14 | For example , American intelligence is believed to have been responsible for setting up Alpha 66 , the most violent and unpredictable of the Cuban , anti-C astro exile organisations . |
| 15 | She could remember the incident quite clearly , although the circumstances surrounding it had vanished into oblivion , beyond recall of any form of analysis : it had been early afternoon , so clearly not a party incident — maybe they had had lunch together ? — and she had been anxious about picking up children from school . |
| 16 | The charity , the 26th April Foundation ( formed by those who had been involved in putting out the reactor fire and evacuating the immediate area ) , planned to send ten children for a month- long ‘ trial ’ visit . |
| 17 | The producer had been satisfied with snipping out from the same review the words , ‘ a thoroughly solid evening 's entertainment ’ , to join the other encomiums that guarded the Variety 's portals . |
| 18 | The 18 de Marzo refinery , on the city 's outskirts , had been responsible for pumping out emissions of carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) , sulphur dioxide ( SO2 ) and benzene , along with other pollutants . |
| 19 | And another thing — your sailors all seem very small to me , because I 've been used to looking up at people twenty metres tall . ’ |
| 20 | ULSTER spacers have been shy about signing up for inter-galactic travel . |
| 21 | They have been skilful at going along with , not at question-ing or confronting the routines . |
| 22 | Cardboard cutout policemen have been known to reduce shoplifting in supermarkets , and cardboard patrol cars have been effective at slowing down motorway speeders . |
| 23 | They have been successful in bringing in inward investment and greater job opportunities in those countries . |
| 24 | The Thatcher Governments have been successful in pushing down the relative pay of low-paid workers . |
| 25 | The bollards at each end have been successful in keeping out vehicles , without impeding the passage of bicycles , prams etc . |
| 26 | The problem we in Europe face is that Japanese companies have been active in scaling up production for some years , whereas in Europe the emphasis has been on high-quality research , which has only been significantly exploited in the area of basic liquid crystal materials . |
| 27 | No one disputes that these people have been stalwart in carrying out their duties . |
| 28 | Whilst scholars debate how far economic changes have been responsible for breaking up these traditional arrangements , there is evidence that the idea persists that this form of joint household is an ideal which people would put into practice if they could ( Benedict , 1976 ) . |
| 29 | And her lawyers have been ruthless in thrashing out a divorce settlement with Fergie which ensures that she will never be able to take her children abroad where they would be out of the Queen 's control . |
| 30 | Villagers are demanding the removal of their local bobby because they say he 's been over-zealous in handing out parking tickets . |