Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] be [vb pp] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are planning a 100 per cent digital phone system that will enable voice images and data to be carried on the line . |
| 2 | The action to be taken on the discovery of a fire or potential fire situation i.e. call for assistance , use of first aid , fire fighting extinguishers ( if reasonably safe to do so ) . |
| 3 | Over the next few years the book saw suggestions for all manner of things — for packet tobaccos to be sold at shop prices , for a device to be put on the smoking room door to stop persistent slamming and a complaint that the bushes on the 5th made the hole a flukey . |
| 4 | Oxford 's Radcliffe Infirmary has developed new technology that could save lives : it 's called image link and it allows images from hospital scanners to be transmitted down the telephone line to a consultant at the Infirmary . |
| 5 | The 1976 Act allows charges of possession and handling of explosives to be brought in the Republic , but not charges of conspiracy to cause murder or explosions . |
| 6 | The job of choosing the endangered species to be put on the waiting list belongs to the Captive Breeding Specialist Group , set up by the World Conservation Union — IUCN . |
| 7 | Established to tackle thorny problems , it was hardly surprising that , in the words of Lord Shawcross , ‘ if you could n't find a solution which commanded general support , then at least you 'd find a way which would enable the whole matter to be put on the back shelf . ’ |
| 8 | He wants the matter to be put on the back burner until the Republic have taken another important step towards next year 's USA finals . |
| 9 | I have been told to fill in a new form to be put on the waiting list but you need a permanent address to fill out one and I have n't got one . ’ |
| 10 | Some of these , along with others to be taken on the lighter mornings will be sent to the Highways Department and to the Edinburgh Evening News with an accompanying letter . |
| 11 | Will he ensure that sufficient facilities are made available north of Manchester and Liverpool to allow people and freight to be carried on the trains ? |
| 12 | Even punk , once the rhetoric about dole queues , anarchy and Sten guns in Knightsbridge had been exhausted , had become just one more uniform to be hung on the clothesrail of British pop culture , to be dusted down nostalgically on anniversaries . |