Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within the subsurface , many minerals are altered to form either new minerals , or a new suite of minerals ( commonly clay minerals ) which grow on , or adjacent to , the site of the precursor grain or cement ( e.g. Fig. 5.28 ) . |
| 2 | For many of these theories computational systems have been developed using very small lexicons that have been sanitised of ambiguity and dealing with a conveniently simple set of grammatical constructions . |
| 3 | The areas chosen for the case studies — in Lombardy and Emilia — are intended to reflect very different patterns of modernisation ; the first , relatively slow and perhaps therefore politically stable ; the second , remarkably rapid and perhaps therefore producing class polarisation and a high level of political militance expressed through the passage from socialism to fascism , and then to communism . |
| 4 | Specifically the seminar workshops are intended to bring together selected specialists from the fields of sociology , anthropology , political science and law to consider the implications of subnational and supranational trends affecting identity and cohesion , in effect , to explore the themes of tribes , togetherness and trouble , with especial reference to the new Europe . |
| 5 | The demonic figures wearing ugly masks and straw and brushwood clothes are intended to scare away evil spirits . |
| 6 | A Pakistani Foreign Ministry statement said that Rajesh Mittal , political counsellor at the Indian high commission in Islamabad , had been caught receiving highly classified documents and had refused to reveal his identity . |
| 7 | All the chairs are designed to last around 20 years . |
| 8 | Maturities are designed to take out anticipated shortages at a later date and therefore maturities differ from the standard 91 days . |
| 9 | Target Greens are designed to produce more realistic targets for the golfers . |
| 10 | The satellite transmitters have an effective life of 10 months , while the smaller radio transmitters are expected to last about 15 weeks . |
| 11 | The whole bridal party are expected to arrive about ten minutes before the ceremony . |
| 12 | But none of the employees are expected to take on extra duties after a hard day in the shop . |
| 13 | Paul Warhurst and Phil King are expected to shake off minor injuries in time to face Forest . |
| 14 | This is quite unusual in the music business because most large bands may play one big date in Scotland and people are expected to travel possibly 150 miles . |
| 15 | In addition a number of smaller samples is examined in detail since they are expected to show up any differences in perspective as between the police and the Crown Prosecution Service . |
| 16 | The summer 's sprawl begins to be oppressive at this stage in the year and trigger fingers are itching to snip back overgrown mallows , clear out the mildewing foliage of golden rod and reduce the overpowering bulk of bullyboy ground cover . |
| 17 | The ECC has also been designed to use environmentally sympathetic materials that can be recycled . |
| 18 | Government opponents are reported to have arbitrarily killed civilians . |
| 19 | Over recent years much work has been done to promote more positive images of women in mathematics , but this does not seem to have developed into a comparable awareness concerning race or class . |
| 20 | The Country Club has only recently been expanded to incorporate even more amenities … a delightful children 's pool . |
| 21 | The redistributive impact of the state has been analysed in terms of the effect of a specified set of taxes and expenditures , but no attempt has been made to examine how particular types of policy came to be adopted . |
| 22 | Conversely , instances of anti-abortion legislation which went far beyond the Pennsylvania statute — particularly in Louisiana , Utah and Guam , where attempts had been made to outlaw almost all abortions — appeared doomed to failure . |
| 23 | Many of the biggest companies are refusing to take on new clients with such cars , and are jacking up the premiums on existing business . |
| 24 | Hostages are said to develop similarly complex attachments to their captors . |
| 25 | An area of corporate discretion traditionally less constrained by bargaining relates to the nature of the work experience : whether , for instance , employees are allowed to participate in decision-making at appropriate levels in the organisation ; whether attempts are made to enrich otherwise boring jobs by rotation of tasks ; or whether the introduction of new technology leads to de-skilling or instead prompts investment in the acquisition of new competencies . |
| 26 | ‘ Us 'll 'ave to start wearin' shoes if we 're goin' to stick around these parts ! ’ |
| 27 | Around two in 10 policy holders with big insurers are smokers and they 're made to cough up bigger premiums to match the health risks they run . |
| 28 | We 're going to make up identical sets of strings , play them , see which we like , and then analyse and compare the sound pictures . |
| 29 | You ca n't imagine a political party saying we 're going to bring back these things that have gone . ’ |
| 30 | There 's been an article in the paper very recently saying they 're going to bring out some proposals to change those intestacy rules shortly after easter they have n't come out yet . |