Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not a great idea for us to be split up at this time . ’ |
| 2 | They overcame this problem by imagining a full turn , or one revolution , to be split up into 360 equal pieces . |
| 3 | Either the government can order large firms to be split up into smaller independent companies , which it is hoped will act more competitively ( the so-called ‘ structural approach ’ ) , or the government can leave monopoly firms intact but seek to control their performance , for example by monitoring prices and profits and ordering price reductions when firms appear to be exerting their potential monopoly power . |
| 4 | Hurray-for-the-Medici cycle of paintings to be split up after 370 years |
| 5 | Often images and often the sense of the beginning and the end of a poem are all you have — some journey to be gone through between those things — you know that , but you do n't know the details . |
| 6 | If there is a change of harmonic outlook in a piece , I prefer to feel , rather than to know whether it might arrive as a surprise , whether it should be prepared and how , and whether it ought to be pointed out at all ! |
| 7 | Some libraries want their own library group others are quite happy to be joined in with one or more libraries within the adjoining group and the constitution does in fact provide that investment wish what we have n't said what those who should be at maximum membership membership and to their claim will common sense not to make it too large otherwise it might turn out to be more than than sensible discussion among a reasonable amount of people but this but then to decide that equally to encourage them to ah find ways and means of the public other than library users who will be represented on the committee and to that . |
| 8 | They were never intended to be observed out of mere formality and empty ritual . |
| 9 | For Sun Yat-sen , the leader of the revolution , China was a slab of meat waiting to be carved up by foreign powers , a loose sheet of sand incapable of being coherently organised . |
| 10 | She had n't lived through the hell of Spanish Fork to be carved up by some common-or-garden psychopath . |
| 11 | Many people want to help but just do n't want to be bogged down with wasteful committee meetings every week for years . |
| 12 | The corny raucousness which ensued of course meant that the television volume had to be turned up to window-shaking levels so that the happy couple could savour the exquisitely enunciated phrasing of Arnold Schwarzenegger 's lines over the noise of their munching . |
| 13 | So many made it onto land only to be turned back by some unforeseen ailment . |
| 14 | The slick as a whole is too large to be broken up with chemical dispersal agents , which in any case can have damaging effects on marine life , particularly fish . |
| 15 | The company 's accounts state that Nos. 17 and 21 were to be broken up in 1927 and although No. 17 had disappeared without trace , Walter Gratwicke saw two cars numbered 21 side by side in Penge depôt in 1932 ! ( i.e. Milnes Car No. 21 and the ex-Croydon car which replaced it ) . |
| 16 | ‘ We have a divorce law which allows marriages to be broken up after less time than the run of an average HP agreement , ’ Mr Field said . |
| 17 | The total task needs to be broken down into small easily achieved wins , eg every teacher will be in the playground five minutes before the bell goes to greet children and parents , four children from each class will have their names entered in the ‘ Gold book ’ for good work or praiseworthy actions , any child in hospital for more than one night will receive ‘ get well cards ’ from the class and a visit by a member of staff , the entrance hall is cleared of clutter and made more welcoming for visitors . |
| 18 | It is likely too that non-manufacturing activities need to be broken down into major cost-driver categories . |
| 19 | It only requires behaviour to be broken down into some specifics , the equivalent of building blocks , and for those specifics to be cast into a coherent plan of action . |
| 20 | It follows that such noisy groups of youngsters whether in canoes , on cycles or on foot , need to be broken down into smaller groups each controlled by a responsible competent leader or instructor until such time as they become mature canoeists and are able to appreciate the magic and wonder of their surroundings . |
| 21 | This suggests that , in order to develop pupils ' grasp of the concepts , the criterion needs to be broken down into several more basic criteria relating to space-covering aspects and terminology . |
| 22 | Each priority will have to be broken down into manageable tasks and the methods for carrying them out and reviewing them identified . |
| 23 | Big organic molecules , and especially the nucleic acids of which genes are made ( see p 5 ) , are liable to be broken down by high-energy radiation , and in particular by the ultraviolet ( W ) light that is a component of sunlight . |
| 24 | Critics of Scottish devolution have argued that it will inevitably lead to demands for the number of Scottish MPs to be cut by between 15 and 20 . |
| 25 | The weekly trade newsletter said yesterday that the deal struck by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries last month called for shipments to be cut by about 2 million barrels per day on the February level of about 25.6 million bpd . |
| 26 | It was frustrating to be cut off from such a view but of course the original builders of the house had not been impressed by such aesthetic considerations . |
| 27 | The Labour leader in the Lords , Lord Cledwyn , asked : If Vietnam 's human rights record was bad enough for British aid to be cut off in 1979 , why was it now good enough to merit forced repatriation ? |
| 28 | That 's all you 've got to go , so them poles have got to be cut down to five foot , two five foots , four , four five foots |
| 29 | But , since shareholders have a prima facie right to transfer to whomsoever they please , this right is not to be cut down by uncertain language or doubtful implications . |
| 30 | ‘ I am to be cut out of this cosy little reunion ? |