Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [noun] [adj] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus in the valuable Brockman Iron Formation of the Hamersley Basin , bands about an inch thick are said to be correlatable over an area of some 20000 square miles and even microscopic varves within those bands can be traced over 185 miles . |
| 2 | First , different description types ( noun/name ) may suggest that the individuals depicted in the descriptions concerned are to be contrasted . |
| 3 | Finally , clause 56 states : ’ Where an offence under this Part committed by a body corporate is committed with the consent or connivance of , or is attributable to any neglect on the part of , a director , manager , secretary or other similar officer of the body , or a person purporting to act in such a capacity , he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of the offence . ’ |
| 4 | ( 6 ) Where an offence under this section committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of , or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of , any director , manager or secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity , he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly . |
| 5 | Perhaps the most general point to be made about the survey proper is that it should be regarded as an end-point to be reached after careful preparation . |
| 6 | Those named of the scholars present are : Fahreddin Acemi , on the sultan 's right ; Molla Ala " al-Din Ali Tusi ( Ali Tusi ) , on the sultan 's left ; and Molla Shukr Allah ( Sukrullah ) and Molla Hizir Bey , facing the sultan . |
| 7 | Looking at the objects available is of little help , as it 's only by trial and error that the problem can be solved . |
| 8 | Across the room , nursing the remnants of his coffee , warming himself , the tall , thin creep was greatly impressed by the delicacy and decorum with which she had reacted to the West Indian 's vulgar demonstration of how to ruin a piece of pie . |
| 9 | Greenidge was happy to admit that playing alongside the South African was ‘ an education and an inspiration ’ , but he also conceded that while they both had many outstanding days individually they did not score as many runs in partnership as they might have done , since they were both attacking players and therefore risk-takers . |
| 10 | The best way to practise your tiling skills if you 've never done any before if by covering just a small area such as a washbasin splashback , where setting out the tiles so they are centred on the area concerned is a simple job , and you have the minimum of tile cutting to do . |
| 11 | Local people claimed that dust blown from the drying tailings pond ( though lake would be a more accurate description , as it covered 148 acres ) left after the mine closed was harming human and animal health in the area . |
| 12 | If the circumstances are such that justice requires the committal order to be quashed amongst the options available is that of ordering a retrial : see Duo v. Osborne ( formerly Duo ) [ 1992 ] 1 W.L.R. 611 . |
| 13 | … ( 7 ) A modification of the contents of any computer takes place if , by the operation of any function of the computer concerned or any other computer — ( a ) any program or data held in the computer concerned is altered or erased ; or ( b ) any program or data is added to its contents ; and any act which contributes towards causing such a modification shall be regarded as causing it . … |