Example sentences of "[conj] be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three of the meteorites were found on rocky terrain where they may have fallen directly or been deposited by melted ice . |
| 2 | Many of the seafront hotels on the long esplanade have become nursing homes or been demolished for cliff-like apartment blocks with their individual balconies looking out to sea . |
| 3 | Admittedly then , those seeking a comprehensive analysis , will have to have some a priori position on these issues since they all profoundly affect or are affected by environmental degradation . |
| 4 | Sometimes , these remain in the landscape or are incorporated into complex village plans ; elsewhere , they were abandoned in what seems to have been wholescale replanning and resiting of villages . |
| 5 | Those that do escape , or are released by compassionate fishing captains and crew , are often caught again , and the same dolphins may often be chased to exhaustion and encircled with tuna nets many times each fishing season . |
| 6 | Mostly they do administrative work inside the station , drive for the section inspector , or are seconded to administrative work elsewhere in the station . |
| 7 | Within this tendency , the basic ‘ facts ’ or ‘ structure ’ of a given society and/or period are received or are established by general analysis , and their ‘ reflection ’ in actual works is more or less directly traced . |
| 8 | No Reporter can be removed from office , asked to resign , or be employed in another capacity without the consent of the Secretary of State . |
| 9 | They may overlie or be overlain by sexual difficulty which is endemic in an age group or among people with certain forms of disability . |
| 10 | These needs must include the needs to live a natural life and not be used for invasive procedures or be kept in restrictive confinement . |
| 11 | In Cornwall , some of the most intractable of wastes can be used for agriculture , for ornamental gardens and playing fields , or be converted to semi-natural habitat , as woodland or heath . |
| 12 | They argued that , as Henry was answerable to no earthly superior , neither he nor his subjects could appeal to or be cited in any court outside his realm . |
| 13 | The more rules that exist , then the more likely it is that a new product or service will impinge upon or be prohibited in some way by those rules . |
| 14 | Unusual terms may need to be given special prominence , or be highlighted in some way , otherwise they may not be incorporated in the contract ( Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd [ 1988 ] 1 All ER 348 ) . |
| 15 | The hotel or hall staff can arrange chairs , drinks , and someone to direct and greet the late arrivals , who can then view the wedding presents , or be introduced to each other until a suitable moment arrives for them to enter the dining hall . |
| 16 | Many of these species also occur in gardens and may , like the mints , survive from former gardens or be introduced with dumped garden refuse . |
| 17 | More significant , having demonstrated their contempt for charity , they began to develop their own benefit clubs for mutual protection , among them the " Sailors ' Fund " founded at South Shields in 1798 and intended to aid " those that shall suffer by shipwreck or capture or be afflicted with any sickness , accidental misfortune , infirmity or old age " . |
| 18 | Foreign Minister Geza Jeszenszky said on Oct. 11 that around 50,000 foreigners were illegally resident in Hungary or were engaged in black market activities . |
| 19 | IBM and Hewlett-Packard decided — or were persuaded by independent software vendors — that a common kernel was n't a necessity for competing with NT — in Hewlett-Packard 's view , ‘ users do n't give a damn about the kernel anyway , they need application programming interfaces , ’ says European computer systems marketing manager Bernard Guidon . |
| 20 | IBM and Hewlett-Packard decided — or were persuaded by independent software vendors — that a common kernel was not a necessity for competing with NT , which is why COSE does not address the issue , even though some observers still believe that the perceived lack of a common Unix kernel will hand Bill Gates a propaganda advantage . |
| 21 | IBM and HP decided — or were persuaded by independent software vendors — that a common kernel was n't needed to take on NT , which is why COSE does not address the issue , even though some observers still believe the perceived lack of a common Unix kernel will hand Bill Gates a propaganda advantage . |
| 22 | And patients feel confused and angry at the differences between hospitals , unsure whether they are enduring isolation unnecesarily or being exposed to undue risk . |
| 23 | It says : ‘ It is not being beautiful or being born of noble family that makes one a lady . |
| 24 | You qualify by paying or being credited with national insurance contributions . |
| 25 | To specify modules which must be locked against modification without agreement or being set to hard copy , but which nevertheless do not need to be transferred as part of the package , another tight coupling relationship must be used : |
| 26 | The improvement may only be apparent ( or pseudo ) if , in addition , the increase in real output per capita is accompanied by negative externalities or is caused by increased production of goods and services which are not for current consumption . |
| 27 | If your tank cracks or is broken under this type of policy , you can claim for your tank along with your carpets and anything else which is ruined . |
| 28 | The Trader warrants that he is either the owner of the goods in any Consignment or is authorized by such owner to accept these Conditions on such owner 's behalf . |
| 29 | Those failing to take themselves through such graded stress inoculation may be reduced to falling back on an all-or-none defence mechanism in which awareness of the stressful event is completely blocked out , or is experienced in overwhelming intensity . |
| 30 | The aim of all these procedures is to ensure that no patient arrives home without the drugs or equipment needed or is left without adequate care and support . |