Example sentences of "[noun] be [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holy Trinity 's young recruits are put on a ten-week course , followed by a residential weekend concentrating on ‘ the person and work of the Holy Spirit ’ . |
| 2 | The two songs were played back the next day by the tired twosome . |
| 3 | It is only when a remedy is taken over an extended period that proving symptoms are likely to occur . |
| 4 | In the resonance technique a series of pulses of either compressional or torsional waves is transmitted down a long rod mechanically coupled to the specimen under investigation . |
| 5 | Whatever action is taken on the final report of the Buea project ( and I have fears that the heavy reliance on expatriate experts in the project and in drawing up the report may not contribute to its being widely read and followed in Cameroon ) there can be no question that the project marks an important landmark in curriculum planning in Africa . |
| 6 | These points generally apply equally whether the action is brought in the High Court or county court . |
| 7 | Every time the monitor is powered up the de-gaussing circuit fires up and destroys and/or corrupts all your lovely data that 's being stored right next to the great big degaussing coil surrounding the screen . |
| 8 | Hunter observed that ‘ … the whole viscera when all the Blood is press 'd out goes into a very little bulk , even the Liver will lose vastly of its bulk and in short the whole viscera will come into a small compass when they are well clean 'd and put into dry cloths ; you are then to go to the trunk of the Body and empty it of Blood as well as you can and press the Blood out from the Face , Hands , etc. as well as Arms , and the more Blood is pressed out the better ’ . |
| 9 | However , a new 375g pack at £1.19 was introduced on February 8th and until the old stock was used up the two packs were on sale side by side . |
| 10 | The photograph was taken on a favourable day or it could not have been taken at all . |
| 11 | Until this study was carried out the individual elements of the FAOR methodology had been developed and tested in isolation , each being the responsibility of different organisations within the FAOR partnership . |
| 12 | The loss of this old lady 's vote was cancelled out a few streets further on , by a young chap who came to the door and told me he was a soldier . |
| 13 | When the toggle keys are switched on a two-letter code appears in the Status Line ( see the screen on page 2 ) . |
| 14 | The last straw was located about 10 or 15ft from safety , at which handholds seemed to disappear altogether and aching feet were scrunched up the tiniest of ripples . |
| 15 | A comprehensive review of the problem of attempted suicide and its management was carried out a few years later by a committee chaired by Sir Denis Hill . |
| 16 | Because traffic counts are taken over a one year period , it 'll be 1993 before Gloucestershire 's new traffic figures are available . |
| 17 | As messages are passed down the autonomic nervous system , the blood vessels in erectile tissue everywhere — penis , walls of the vagina , ear lobes , nose ( notice the stuffiness ? ) — are engorging . |
| 18 | Two sovereigns of equal authority in their respective kingdoms were put on an unequal footing because one of those sovereigns held land from the other . |
| 19 | Once your kit is sorted out the first hour is generally spent getting used to the skis , sidestepping up the slope and sliding straight down . |
| 20 | Few realise the toll erosion 's taken on the 200 year old structure . |
| 21 | He says that many will be dropped — at least until the ‘ core ’ business is put on a sound footing . |
| 22 | The process is repeated down the entire column of figures . |
| 23 | As Anglican church discipline was tightened and as the Oxford Movement spread its influence throughout the clergy the happy-go-lucky attitude of older Broad and Low Churchmen was put on the defensive . |
| 24 | Reaching the end of the main corridor they climbed out of the cart and Endill was led down a shorter corridor where they turned left , then right , along another with squeaky floorboards . |
| 25 | The Netherlandish and Dutch paintings are hung on a dull green background , the Spanish and French on light grey . |
| 26 | In the main part of the building the paintings are hung on the first and second floors . |
| 27 | The readings were taken on the right arm of the seated subject after a minimum of 10 minutes ' rest . |
| 28 | Before the New World was discovered and Australian resources were opened up the only source of opals known was situated in the Libanka and Simonka mountains north of Kosice in eastern Slovakia . |
| 29 | In the test the boiling times and fuel-life figures for each stove were taken on a mild summer 's day with only a light breeze . |
| 30 | Water is pumped up a tall central stem and then tumbles into a small bowl . |