Example sentences of "[conj] be [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For whether a difference is genetic is independent of whether the different types of animals concerned are or are not influenced by experience during development . |
| 2 | However , this is but the reverse side of the Janus face of justice , for in their eyes it happens more often that criminals are released or are not put in prison for long enough . |
| 3 | Generally speaking , organisms in warm , shallow seas that either build or are closely associated with reefs have been relatively vulnerable to extinction , as have planktonic foraminifera and ammonites , which have undergone a succession of ‘ boom and bust ’ cycles ( Vermeij , 1978 ; Haliam , 1981c ) . |
| 4 | Programmes may be designed to provide a broad base for some students or be narrowly focused for others . |
| 5 | More fragile sites often need to be roofed over or be completely enclosed in order to prevent their deterioration . |
| 6 | There will however still be many mentally handicapped people who will be unable to find employment because of the severity of their handicap , and there is a clear danger that these young people will remain at home or be eventually placed in hospitals and homes with only superficial stimulation . |
| 7 | Stylolites with little insoluble residue and high amplitudes may , however , be pathways of preferential fluid migration , and may remain open , or be later filled by cements . |
| 8 | Most of the programs Carter proposed either were never passed or were drastically rewritten by Congress . ’ |
| 9 | It seems probable that Kent imported material directly from the Frankish world ; Scandinavian imports to Kent may have come directly or were also channelled through Francia . |
| 10 | Dietary iron intake was measured by a prospective seven day diary record of weighed and estimated food intake in patients who had not changed their diet before the first attendence or were not admitted for investigations to be performed . |
| 11 | That we could talk about having a breast removed or being badly damaged by surgery or our hair dropping out or whatever . ’ |
| 12 | ( h ) convertible loan stock which is not quoted on a recognised stock exchange , or is not issued on terms which are reasonably comparable with the terms of quoted convertible stock , can cause a problem as the interest payable on it will fall to be treated for tax purposes as a distribution ( ICTA 1988 , s209(2) ( e ) ( ii ) ) . |
| 13 | One of the conditions held that ‘ where a youth or girl was being adequately cared for by foster parents or was satisfactorily settled in life with sound views and reliable character … then the Movement might and should reduce , or in some cases discontinue , its welfare work . ’ |
| 14 | It was a post for which he was singularly unsuited and from which he removed himself or was gently pushed in September 1939 , but , though he failed to hit it off with the central committee , he did bring to the organisation the stamp of institutional legitimacy . |
| 15 | This diversity accounts for the mutually contradictory complaints that are frequently voiced by village locals : that the newcomers come in and try to run everything or that they take no part in village life and are not ‘ involved ’ . |
| 16 | Finally , attention will focus on island communities in the developing world where land-use has created specific environmental problems that are frequently related to watershed abuse . |
| 17 | Defining formulas are certain words or phrases that are frequently used in definitions , such as ’ the quality or state of being ’ or ’ of or relating to ’ , and these have been used to identify a variety of lexical-semantic relations in dictionary definitions . |
| 18 | This has been a minority view for 15 years or more , but one kept alive by the persistent efforts of Chip Arp , of the California Institute of Technology , who has over the years produced a series of photographs which show objects with very different redshifts that are physically connected by streamers of material . |
| 19 | Another kind of polygyny is often found in species in which the males defend territories that are briefly visited by females for mating , after which the female leaves and the male awaits the next mate . |
| 20 | I learnt things that are neither discussed in manuals nor by hardened divers who have seen it all before . |
| 21 | Strong promoters that are negatively regulated by repression factors tend to bind RNA polymerase far below maximal rates , the subsequent steps leading to the formation of an elongation complex being highly efficient . |
| 22 | This enquiry is similar to the one above , but refers to those facilities that are jointly used by neighbours over a third person 's property . |
| 23 | Malvern-based chartered accountant Alan Kay is helping with a detailed investigation of the activities of certain copier companies that are widely criticised for malpractice , as well as the leasing companies that finance them . |
| 24 | The suggestions that follow are based on models that are widely used in management development and leadership training . |
| 25 | Footpath erosion is also a common feature of landscapes that are widely used by walkers . |
| 26 | He uses words like ‘ daft ’ ; phrases and dialogue that are rarely heard in songs but immediately provide flavour . |
| 27 | They include substance P and neurokinin A that are both derived from processing of the precursor polypeptides encoded by the preprotachykinin A gene ( PPT ) ( 2 ) . |
| 28 | Stone floor panels dating from 883–612BC , uncovered in the Assyrian royal palaces at Nimrud , Balawat and Nineveh , contain patterns that are generally accepted as carpet designs ; thee are also a number of reliefs and carvings showing men carrying what can only be tapestries or rugs . |
| 29 | Er the draft P P G thirteen , for the moment merely reinforces the public transport points that are already made in P P G twelve . |
| 30 | Thus , the sequence of momentary and isolated percepts is determined by what has directly preceded it and results in a fusion of newly perceived aspects with those that are already held in memory . |