Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Falling rolls and rapid technological and social change are bringing about constant adjustments and shifts in the secondary school curriculum , demanding in turn a degree of flexibility and adaptability on the part of the teaching force . |
| 2 | Potential employers are lining up leading members of the ‘ Grey Guard ’ , who have dominated amateur cycling in the 1980s . |
| 3 | In this case , the shareholders are passing off some risk on to the manager . |
| 4 | The blooms are carried on long stalks and are over an inch across . |
| 5 | Homeowners are putting up barbed wire to keep out thieves in a city where burglaries have shot up by almost seventy percent . |
| 6 | The researchers are trying out different X-ray sources , including laboratory non-destructive testing rigs and a truck-mounted X-ray unit , and are working out the doses required . |
| 7 | The birds are marking up that window there ! |
| 8 | Volkswagen has seized an investment opportunity by buying Skoda , and other Western car manufacturers are setting up Western-style dealerships . |
| 9 | While the parties are sorting out any issues over the grounds of the claim , a formal statutory process of conciliation is brought into play . |
| 10 | Here again , developments in computers are bringing about rapid changes . |
| 11 | Words are taking on new meanings . |
| 12 | Words are taking on new meanings : ‘ workers ’ are those who talk the loudest , and the honest worker who shows the slightest independence is a ‘ traitor to his class ’ . |
| 13 | One trap to be aware of is that of relying simply on checklists of good practice ( like , ‘ Keeping the school under review ’ — ILEA ( 1977 ) ) : teachers ask themselves whether or not their schools are carrying out each item , the implication being that if they are not , they should be . |
| 14 | It is hard to be sure about the year the photograph was taken , since the monuments of both Pahlavis were pulled down several times , whenever the occasion presented itself to the people . ’ |
| 15 | Michael Gibson and his younger brother David were walking along High Row , Darlington , at 10.15pm on Friday when they were approached by three youths . |
| 16 | Pay-per-view channels were buying up exclusive rights to the really big bouts and this left the regular channels desperate to find some way of increasing the number of championship fights . |
| 17 | Studies of secretion were carried out three days after irradiation ( during the induction period ) and seven days after irradiation ( at the time that the ulcers appeared ) to see whether the lesion was induced or maintained by hypersecretion of acid or pepsin caused by lower mediastinal irradiation . |
| 18 | Under the steam vents and the aluminium air shafts and the painted-over windows , kitchen porters were hosing out galvanised bins . |
| 19 | One of two possible methods is to divide off one end of the tank using a clear divider and install the new fish into the smaller section , after a few days when the other occupants of the tank have accepted the newcomer then remove the divider and let all of the fish mix . |
| 20 | The paper versions ( hard copy ) are extremely difficult to search through systematically , particularly if the search is to extend over several years . |
| 21 | The outbreak is killing off large numbers of fish , which die for lack of oxygen , and many sheep and cattle , which die of thirst due to the absence of drinkable water . |
| 22 | The seller 's intention is to play off one buyer against another and introduce elements of haste and competitive bidding into negotiations in order to maximise the price . |
| 23 | As preparations are made for Constantin 's visit CAR is sending out another load of relief for the orphanages in Romania . |
| 24 | The college is taking on extra staff to make sure that anyone who visits or telephones the college can have a confidential chat with adult education experts every day next week . |
| 25 | Unless the translator is carrying out some kind of linguistic exercise , for instance for research purposes , transferring the devices used in the source text into the target text will not do . |
| 26 | You 're quite right , Karl , when you say that every seat was sold out last year for Gypsy Baron . |
| 27 | Her mind was floating over turquoise waves and she narrowed her eyes against an ocean that sparkled silver all the way to the horizon . |
| 28 | By now my mind was working along similar lines . |
| 29 | Allowing for the hour 's difference between French time and GMT , this meant that Thomas 's aircraft was shot down 30 minutes after the main attack . |
| 30 | The department was set up four years ago when responsibility for NMS property passed to the Museums ' Trustees . |