Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] and [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are seeking to develop and Advanced Courses structure which is more flexible and responsive and which contributes to major objectives of wider access , credit transfer and articulation . |
| 2 | But doubts are bound to linger and further clarifications are required to dispel them . |
| 3 | There are obvious limits to the extra work that families can be expected to absorb and these limits may already have been reached . |
| 4 | As D. S. Landes has pointed out , whereas the public clock could be used to open and close markets , to signal the start and end of work and to move people around , it signalled only moments rather than the continual passage of time . |
| 5 | He wants ITN to continue to gather the news , but for individual companies to be left to edit and present programmes , giving ITN bulletins a local dimension . |
| 6 | Responsibility would be passed to state and local governments for the spending of their share of federal transportation funds on priorities of their choice , either on highways or public transport , and they would be required to raise substantial sums to meet the full development costs . |
| 7 | Opinion polls have been taken by Le Figaro and L'Evenement du Jeudi , with wildly differing results , readers have been encouraged to write and religious leaders of all shades have been called upon to give the benefit of their wisdom . |
| 8 | The devil and his spirits are seen as a distortion of the original good creation of God , and though they are allowed to tempt and hurt men because of men 's wickedness ( see , e.g. Jubilees 10:7–11 ) in the last-time they will be bound and punished . |
| 9 | The social structure arising from the interactions between the birds was thus an expression of individual adaptedness and formed an important societal component of the environment in which individuals were seeking to survive and procreate descendants . |
| 10 | Bread prices were beginning to rise and industrial disputes were entering very bitter phases in several large occupations , including coal heavers , silk weavers and sailors . |
| 11 | But it found 14pc were kept waiting and some respondents said they had not been allowed the music or songs they requested . |
| 12 | This requirement , it says , is far more burdensome than the equivalent requirement in the directive , which is limited to credit and financial institutions . |
| 13 | ‘ Its purpose is to help middle and secondary schools plan their overall curriculum to include an adequate coverage of pupils ’ study needs : the ability to formulate and focus a question , find possible sources , judge their appropriateness , extract the relevant information , reorganize it and prepare it for future use , or reorganize it and prepare it for future presentation to others . |
| 14 | If only a single character is suggested then word knowledge is used to detect and correct errors in the hypothesis . |
| 15 | Mr Clinton may say that he wants to concentrate on domestic policy until he is blue in the face ; the truth of the matter is that in a federal system such single-mindedness will not get him far , because most domestic policy is reserved to state and local governments . |