Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soviet neutralisation plan for the Persian Gulf may have been intended to open up a strategic dialogue on a broad front to enable Soviet diplomats to introduce Western military preponderance in the Gulf region tacitly or explicitly into the negotiation process for the limitation of Soviet military influence in other regions . |
| 2 | The financial resources proposed by the secretary of state to support the strategy are intended to move over a 5 year period from 0.8% of the total NHS budget to a target of 1.5% . |
| 3 | Our policy has been to try to build up a great team and not to weaken our playing strength , and it was for this reason that we accepted the offer made . |
| 4 | This paragraph speaks of the ‘ many distinctive gifts and talents that women offer to the Church ; ’ in it the bishops state : ‘ We believe the time if overdue for more positive attitudes about your participation in the life of the Church and we recognise with regret that you have often been permitted to play mainly a limited and often inferior part in the Church . |
| 5 | You are permitted to spend only a certain maximum proportion of your points on each each of these categories . |
| 6 | Capsaicin sensitive afferent neurones may affect both defence and repair mechanisms in the gastric mucosa , because they are sensitive to a variety of noxious stimuli and have been reported to play both a defensive and trophic part in somatic tissues . |
| 7 | In terms of the analogies we have used so far , the Indian traditions are said to orbit around a different sun , or to be climbing a different mountain — or to identify with a family of monsters in the loch quite different from the one followed by the Near Eastern religions . |
| 8 | Today , however , we 're going to examine quite a different area — how computers can help librarians to make better use of their stock . |
| 9 | however , we 're going to examine quite a different area how computer can help librarians to make better use of their stock . |
| 10 | If you do n't tell them that you 're going to pick up a thirty five percent deposit cheque . |
| 11 | If you 're planning to set up a second or third tank , and would like a helping hand when you do , please get in touch . |
| 12 | I have been told to fill in a new form to be put on the waiting list but you need a permanent address to fill out one and I have n't got one . ’ |
| 13 | Spurious devices are used to put forward a powerful message . |
| 14 | In the US , Social Security numbers are available and are used to build up a unique individual record , so all historical credit and demographic data can be allocated to an individual record with complete confidence . |
| 15 | Indeed , when you want to identify a particular peak from the boulevard , you are told to line up a white mark painted on the balustrade with ‘ the lightning-conductor on the tram factory ’ , which is the most prominent landmark in Pau 's southerly suburb . |
| 16 | You are needed to cheer up a young 21-year-old male . |
| 17 | While just one byte can represent a whole character of text and therefore convey at least some intelligible meaning , thousands , even millions of bytes are needed to build up a single image , particularly if it is in colour and of high resolution . |
| 18 | I am going to set up a two foot tank . |
| 19 | I am going to set up a two foot tank . |
| 20 | I am going to consider now a famous case in which the supposed regularities of human morality are attributed to the workings of adaptive rules , so providing an evolutionary explanation for part of human culture . |
| 21 | I 'm afraid the Soviets are going to take rather a hard line with you now , Mr Holly . |
| 22 | But we are going to stretch out a fraternal hand to the Ukrainian workers and tell them that , together with them , we are going to fight against our bourgeoisie and theirs . |
| 23 | You will find it much easier if you can bring yourself to take the very positive attitude that today the two of you are going to share just a few hours of life together : time that can never come again . |
| 24 | The government and the banks are considering setting up a national data system of business angels , it would probably have to be government funded . |
| 25 | He had been expecting to sell quite a few additional copies of it to those customers of his who appreciated such things . |
| 26 | As home-brewing returns , some groups are striving to bring back a milder version of Prohibition . |
| 27 | These low notes ( especially when played by two or three flutes in unison ) bear a striking resemblance to those of a distant trumpet and have been known to deceive even a practised ear , temporarily off its guard , into thinking that a trumpet is actually playing . |
| 28 | On the basis of the pilot , we are starting to build up a clear picture of how general SVQs are working in practice . |
| 29 | This segregation of the sexes in paid employment may be considered to have both a vertical and a horizontal component . |
| 30 | Finally , a unit can be added to print out a complete network diagram . |