Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [be] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , companies trading in the more risky markets , for which premiums have been increased somewhat to reflect the risks , are less than enthusiastic . |
| 2 | A number of solutions have been put forward to try and overcome this problem . |
| 3 | Recently , however , electron accelerators have been built specifically to inject FELs , and these are now becoming operational . |
| 4 | Multipage and multiple spreadsheets have been made easier to use in version 5.5 by the inclusion of icons that let you move forwards and backwards between pages and spreadsheets — these are the double arrows in the third section down in the Tool Bar . |
| 5 | Regency stripe , classical motifs and rich wood have been used here to achieve a formal style that is also very natural . |
| 6 | Two years have been set aside to allow time to study a period of History in sufficient depth . |
| 7 | A number of explanations have been put forward to account for the thick crust and high mean elevation of the Tibetan Plateau which also help to explain the great crustal shortening indicated by the post-collision convergence of the Indian and Eurasian Plates . |
| 8 | Recent advances in knowledge of thrust belts based on seismic and drilling have been made easier to apply to frontier areas by published descriptions of typical geometries , improved understanding of the mechanisms involved , and the establishment of standard terminology ( see , for instance : Hossack 1979 ; Berger and Johnson 1982 ; Butler 1982 ; Boyer and Elliot 1982 ) . |
| 9 | The only variation is in the project for elderly people , where the questions have been changed slightly to make them , more appropriate to their needs and expectations . |
| 10 | While not as watertight as a Section 50 agreement , planning conditions have been used elsewhere to control phasing . |
| 11 | Many of the disciplines of contemplation have been designed precisely to wean the mind and head away from these earth-bound modes of perception to help them to discover another kind of experience , which they call ‘ spiritual ’ . |
| 12 | Their letters and diaries have been threaded together to provide a fresh perspective on the lives of young airmen during times when their survival statistics were grim . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , the purse strings have been loosened sufficiently to provide a palatable enough feast . |
| 14 | In view of what I have said above , it is not surprising that no studies have been undertaken specifically to determine whether black London speech is distinctive from the LE of other groups . |
| 15 | Various arguments have been put forward to suggest that specific statutory provisions have been entrenched . |
| 16 | Previous work funded by the ESRC at the Institute of Education showed that in the last five years screening techniques have been used increasingly to identify children for special educational provision . |
| 17 | Various theories have been put forward to explain this . |
| 18 | A number of theories have been put forward to explain this difference in smoking rates . |
| 19 | Many of the newer bodies have been formed specifically to develop and implement occupational standards for their sector and , as might be expected , these bodies have established different ways of undertaking this key task . |
| 20 | The concentrations of DDT and PCB residues reported in many studies of dolphin and porpoise tissues have been shown experimentally to cause lowered fertility and premature births in both seals and sealions. exposure to PCBs can result in failure of the body 's immune system . |
| 21 | It is not surprising to find that the widespread species have been used extensively to correlate rocks between different continents — they form the standard for the Silurian period , where the graptolite faunas are nearly the same all over the world . |
| 22 | The curtains have been drawn aside to reveal the female subject as she speaks , writes , paints — making and doing , in the original Greek sense of poiein , from which we derive ‘ poet ’ . |
| 23 | Some areas of moorland have been ploughed deeply to break the iron pan and so make the soil suitable for ‘ crops ’ of coniferous trees . |
| 24 | Too few senior church leaders have been prepared publicly to state that sex outside marriage , as well as homosexual practice , are viewed in biblical teaching as outside God 's will and purpose for human good . |
| 25 | Five measures have been put forward to make the necessary savings in 1993/4 : |
| 26 | Over the years , many types of explanation have been put forward to account for ‘ the facts ’ . |
| 27 | In a pulsar , all the matter has been completely crushed : it no longer consists of atoms , because all the protons and electrons have been jammed together to form neutrons . |
| 28 | If two people are merely sharing a house or flat , e.g. two friends , unless the underwriters have been asked specifically to cover both persons ' property , there would only be cover for the property of the Policyholder . |
| 29 | Using interference filters these instruments have been used successfully to measure fluorescence . |
| 30 | Some thirteen investigators from seven institutions have been brought together to examine various dimensions of the data set ; some of the areas to be covered will be public sector/ private sector relationships , manual skill differentials , sex differentials , white-collar pay movements , the dispersion of pay , pay in relation to hours worked , shift work and incentive pay , the role of national collective agreements , and pay according to region , age and size of plant . |