Example sentences of "[verb] to [be] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Often in the initial stages of database development new keywords can be suggested by the materials being indexed or particular design features may need to be altered once the information can be viewed on screen or in a print-out .
2 It will need to be updated whenever the direct file is updated if the file is very volatile , and this may require the two files to be on-line together .
3 Whilst many local authorities in Scotland appear to be rolling forward the present DSS rates , we are keen to move away from a flat-rate fee which bears little relation to the intensity of service ( and costs incurred ) in meeting the needs of different people .
4 The reader has to be led up the garden path .
5 The company warns that it can cost up to £75 a day to hire a replacement car and if your own vehicle has to be transported home the bill is likely to be about £400 .
6 If drawings or handwriting has to be reproduced then the stencil can be cut by a ‘ stylus ’ pen .
7 Drug cartels and terrorists are reported to be taking over the counterfeit clothing business .
8 As petrol prices are er reported to be rising again the oil companies are blaming the crisis in the Gulf .
9 I will argue that a major readjustment needs to be made whereby the researcher takes on a more participative role working with and alongside practitioners and clients .
10 The following information needs to be put on the front page : ( 1 ) The agreement date and the name and address of the seller and the buyer .
11 Great care therefore needs to be taken over the completion of documents .
12 The first day of each survey was crucial in sorting out minor problems for the interviewers which only came to be recognized once the fieldwork was under way .
13 BRITISH Rail has launched an investigation to discover how a herd of cows came to be wandering down the Saltburn-Darlington line last week .
14 As I say sir we put this matter down till later in the day , the defendant wi will not appear to be represented therefore the committal will have to be dealt with by re reading out all the statements .
15 Her nerves were worn ragged by the swift changes in his moods , as first they convinced her of his avowed antipathy , as he called it , and then somehow , without any warning , he seemed to be saying quite the opposite .
16 The safest course of action seemed to be to shore up the bunker and make sure I did nothing to upset the fragile eco-system that was supporting me , for however much we wanted to disguise it , I had nothing to fall back on .
17 In the drawing the arrow is seen to be pulling inwards the boundary of the information field .
18 Only people with soft heads stick them in the sand and wait to be kicked up the arse by little cheats and liars .
19 The noise thus created is thought to be passed up the animal 's windpipe and into the sinus cavities of the skull , where it resonates to produce the purring sound .
20 But , by now , he would have had to be moving up the ladder , getting experience of command .
21 I honestly do n't think that the public walking past the building will actually notice very much , except that in the foyer , they 're going to be knocking down the sort of glass partition , so you , people will see that a little bit is going on .
22 Er , let's , they are , seem to be setting up the s the administrative structures for regional government , without any democratic regional government taking part in the process .
23 If you wish to get married in a church which is not in either parish , you will have to apply to be put on the electoral roll or take up residence in the parish for the period over which the banns will be read .
24 Guy 's Hospital in London has been rumoured to be heading down the opting out path , although recently a group of consultants at the hospital expressed their opposition to the idea .
25 This is followed by pushing the arms above the head , so that the cross breaks and the student appears to be holding up the ceiling .
26 Earlier , on Feb. 6 , the union leader Ajami had said in London that " pressure will have to be put on the Kuwaiti royal family to honour " decisions taken at Jeddah in 1990 [ see p. 37759 ] .
27 More than once flight recorder transducers have been found to be connected up the wrong way round , showing a turn to the left when in fact it was a turn to the right or showing a nose-up attitude when it was really nose-down .
28 ‘ I did not feel guilty about having to be kicked up the arse .
29 This time he seems to be picking up the signals of some approaching hostility towards him .
30 This evening seems to be going up the spout .
  Next page