Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] [adv prt] [subord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , it is going to be bogged down unless the UN can get things moving with political and military action to make the peace plan work . |
| 2 | PAT CLINTON 's second defence of his WBO flyweight title , against South African ‘ Baby ’ Jake Matlala , has had to be called off because the world champion is suffering from a back complaint . |
| 3 | On March 5 another outbreak of fire caused the search for some 150 missing men to be called off as the mine was sealed . |
| 4 | The court said that because the articles showed that the auditors were not to be called in until the parties showed they were in disagreement , the auditors were to act as arbitrators . |
| 5 | And they despised her for it , some of them , and they feared her for it , most of them ; but she did not care , so long as they paid her enough to be drunk on until the need to kill was irresistible again . |
| 6 | This has to be ruled out when the movement of the glass begins to make sense of letters , and even phrases . |
| 7 | However , in the poorer upland areas old ways persisted and long houses continued to be built up until the early 19th century . |
| 8 | Reading the Bible was a fascinating experience but prayer was hard , and churchgoing and worship were also something to be lived through until the time came for the sermon , which I relished . |
| 9 | This will still leave the nitrogen fixing roots of beans or the deep roots of chicory to be chopped up as the ground is cultivated . |
| 10 | This is because the original master-lacquer had three extra drive-holes , which had to be filled in before the stampers could be made . |
| 11 | ‘ The original walls were so badly damaged they could not be saved and had to be pulled down because the stone had become non load-bearing . |
| 12 | It is flown there as the alternative to the massive O-dako or rectangular Edo kites , largely because its three-spar construction enables it to be rolled up when the spine is removed . |
| 13 | Iran was now in a poor state in the war , and was about to be wiped out as the Russian Army had been at Tannenberg in 1914 : a disaster that had led to the rise of the Bolsheviks . |
| 14 | Erm , you ca n't choose to make it paid up , it has to be paid up because the premiums are n't being paid . |
| 15 | The striking miners received no relief though , ‘ The wives did get a few shillings from the Parish Relief ( which all had to be paid back when the strike ended ) . ’ |
| 16 | He was the inventor of water pick-up troughs laid between the rails , whereby a scoop lowered into the trough from the locomotive or tender allowed additional water to be picked up whilst the train was running , thus making possible much longer non-stop runs . |
| 17 | It has to be held off until the stick reaches the full aft position , just like a taildragger , and then it will sink quickly onto the main undercarriage first . |
| 18 | A partnership practice that operated from two offices ceased to be carried on when the partnership was dissolved and the two main equity partners continued as sole practitioners from their respective offices . |
| 19 | As the chief location of tin mining , conditions confirm that an abundance of cheap labour tended to stimulate industrial growth , although naturally mineral extraction has to be carried on where the workable reserves happen to be located , using imported labour if necessary , as , it would seem , was precisely what was done in Penwith . |
| 20 | After his ordeal , Mr Daszczuk criticised a neighbour who had ignored his pleas to be let in when the dogs were chasing him . |
| 21 | A common application is their attachment to photocopiers and fax machines , so that file numbers have to be keyed in before the machine will operate and thereafter the cost incurred can be electronically tracked and shown on printouts . |
| 22 | Much of the expected boost in revenue is tied to a financial-transactions tax , which has yet to win final approval from Congress , and to fiscal reform , which is unlikely to be taken up until the constitutional revision due later this year . |
| 23 | One of a batch of large bogie cars , delivered to Gravesend where they were found to be too large , also found its way onto the Aurelia Road site , to be tried out when the line opened . |
| 24 | They used to be fetched up when the channel was being dredged , and drift ashore . |
| 25 | It happened at New York 's Museum of Natural History in 1976 , and the experiments had to be wound up because the funding stopped . |
| 26 | Finally , you can apply to have your debtor made bankrupt or , if a company , to be wound up if the amount you are owed is not paid to you . |
| 27 | Terry has designed a PVC-covered three foot foam mat with an eight inch deep cut-out for fish to be laid in while the fishing hook is removed . |
| 28 | The Government is also understood to be divided over whether the increase in base rates will provoke a recession . |
| 29 | Debate continues on who should pay the rent for laboratories to be set up if the WIPers are taken on . |
| 30 | And they add , there is ample opportunity for the case to be sorted out before the need for bailiffs arises . |