Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [vb pp] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your authorities ' plans are shown less the amounts of these Government grants ; and of fees , charges and other income which they estimate they will receive ( on which see next note ) . |
| 2 | It is perhaps not surprising that when older pupils come to sit their leaving examinations , they generally view the prospect of the examinations without much apprehension ; this may be because most decisions about their future are taken on the recommendation of their teachers rather than directly on the basis of examination results . |
| 3 | The central idea to transmit is that any programme is a formal device through which rewards can be provided when the problem does not occur in circumstances where sometimes it does , and through which disincentives are provided whenever the problem does occur . |
| 4 | Finally , the four bent metal legs are predrilled so the device can be screwed to a heavy board . |
| 5 | Should the Doom Diver be slain then the catapult can not shoot in its following turn while another Doom Diver steps forward to replace him — the model can therefore be removed and replaced in its following turn . |
| 6 | The judge said Mr and Mrs Lauder conceded that from May 1972 effective steps were taken on the landowners ' behalf to assert a right to exclude the public . |
| 7 | In the kinds of society in which most of my readers were brought up the coding of behaviour presupposes a sharp division between what goes on within the household and transactions which link the household to the rest of society . |
| 8 | For the managers , if the case for absolution from competitive tendering were lost then the strategy for Banstead was rendered non-viable . |
| 9 | All eyes were directed down the garden towards the pool . |
| 10 | Instead of local Parties being affiliated separately the constituencies as a whole would be able to form a collective opinion in the same way as national trade unions . |
| 11 | With little more than a few snorts and grunts , the lumbering animals were coaxed down the ramp . |
| 12 | Once the illness or pregnancy or death or disappointment is accepted then the preference ranking will shift again . |
| 13 | Silverpoint can be resharpened on a metal file so that as the silver is worn down the point can be redefined easily . |
| 14 | However as in the sentry the message of hope is a false one and the soldiers died anyway , while the snow in the phrase ‘ until this morning and this snow ’ is assuredly a description of the same it would also appear to be in contrast to the warm sun as death is the contrast to life and the day the soldier is brought out the sun fails to wake him and there is snow . |
| 15 | A weight is hung on the end of a wire of known diameter and its change in length measured . |
| 16 | They demanded that no action be taken on the SED-PDS proposal , involving creation of a new Office for the Protection of the Constitution , until after the general election . |
| 17 | The check is forced down by the underside of the wrestplank as the action is pushed up the ramps , thus flexing the spring . |
| 18 | A deal was struck whereby the LCC obtained part of the Monico site for road improvements ; Cotton would have permission to redevelop . |
| 19 | A suitable break-point was taken on the death of Magnentius in 353 , and of the reports examined from 334 buildings , no less than 199 offered no satisfactory evidence and it could be argued that the remaining 135 hardly offer a sufficient quantity for any serious statistical study . |
| 20 | G-GWYN was pulled out the hangar , topped up with fuel and taken skyward . |
| 21 | Ashby was keen because of the sparking relationship that existed between Nicholson and Michelle — but eventually the script was put on the back burner . |
| 22 | Action was taken on the poll tax . |
| 23 | So no action was taken on the ideas of the Layfield Committee . |
| 24 | No legal action was taken so the locals were left to seethe with no redress . |
| 25 | A sample of 50 schools was drawn up the Statistics Division of SOED ( one in eight of all Scottish secondaries ) giving broad representation of Scottish secondaries in general , in terms of size , geographic location , denominational status and percentages of pupils entitled to free school meals . |
| 26 | Employee criticisms and concerns are passed up the line to department and directorate management . |
| 27 | The following drill shows how this was set up for ( simplified ) Basari ( Togo ) : Once these simple drills are mastered then the noun phrase in the object slot could be expanded by the addition of one modifier at a time and drilled until all modifiers which may be affixed for concord with the noun have been drilled . |
| 28 | The methods used for controlling debate are the power to apply the closure by a simple majority , though normally the majority must consist of a hundred members ; the power to send bills upstairs for their committee stage to a standing committee and the power , when bills are taken on the floor of the House or in committee , to impose a guillotine . |
| 29 | The slope is found from and the intercept from Once a and b are known then the value of y corresponding to every integer value x lying between xmin and xmax is calculated from the equation of the line and a dot is printed at the point x , y . |
| 30 | I think it 's important these matters are taken on the floor of the house because they are very , very serious . |