Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reality of life at passenger-level , mentioned only indirectly , could have been examined more thoroughly to determine the efficiency of British Rail 's service delivery , surely the basis for its existence . |
| 2 | As sober as judges and as reverent as pilgrims , we are gathered here today to witness the marriage of disco and rock , the funeral of Sinead O'Connor , the birth of cool . |
| 3 | Make sure that the wire retainer clips are pressed down firmly to hold the towel in place . |
| 4 | The rules of the road are designed not only to produce the orderly and unhampered movement of traffic , but also to protect property , safety , and lives . |
| 5 | Although the abandonment of overfunding has meant that this problem has ( although maybe only temporarily ) been resolved there still remains an issue as to the relationship between central government and the local authorities . |
| 6 | Most of the functions attributed to rises are nearer to grammatical than attitudinal , as in the first three examples given below ; they are included here mainly to give a fuller picture of intonational function . |
| 7 | And the smartly dressed sales staff who swarm like pilot fish around shoppers are expected not only to know the names of regulars but also their sizes and colour preferences . |
| 8 | A SWOT analysis which has been carried out correctly provides a creative , forward-looking review which provides a balanced basis for considering possible future strategies . |
| 9 | When the four remaining parts of the lower dome have been built high enough to form a complete circle within the walls of the square , this circle provides the basis for supporting the actual dome . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're going on tonight playing the father . ’ |
| 11 | when you 're playing about Probably won the teddy bear . |
| 12 | They have been used not only to propagate the virtues of tightly-centralized administration , but also to emphasize the dominance of Hindi . |
| 13 | The ommatidia are packed closely together to form a multi-faceted compound eye . |
| 14 | This unit had been set up originally to refine the art of specific writing for Television ; either by seeking out works of literature suitable for adaption , or by commissioning new material and applying it to the ‘ TV-writing art form ’ . |
| 15 | For the untrained , keeping tabs on this type of equipment , both technically and administratively , can be difficult , but Powersafe has been set up specifically to manage the inspection and testing of electrical installations and equipment used in industry , commerce and public utilities . |
| 16 | When the frequencies p'ij are known fairly accurately stop the machine and adjust its weights . |
| 17 | Tomy are giving away completely free a book , by Jane Asher , called ‘ Keep Your Baby Safe ’ , worth £3.95 . |
| 18 | The full clinical relevance of this reduction in IQ has been appreciated only recently following the reports of a steady rise of mean IQ scores in the general populations of Western nations , including the United Kingdom . |
| 19 | Everybody remembers where they were when JFK was shot and now a new round of ‘ Who Really Killed the President ’ books are coming out soon to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the assassination . |
| 20 | Another form of game which has become popular among teachers other than drama teachers has been ‘ simulation ’ , where elaborate game structures are set up usually involving a great deal of time and application in order to teach some specific subject-matter about the civic planning of motorways , starvation in the Third World or executive decision-making in industry . |
| 21 | The hands should be pre-set slightly forward to encourage a descending strike . |
| 22 | It dropped five bound volumes through a chute into a Committee meeting , and strongly suggested they leave off debating what colour the new Nempnett Thrubwell skimover ought to be painted long enough to ponder the problem . |
| 23 | Objectives and strategies can remain valid for many years but the long-term plans to achieve them need to be revised more frequently to reflect the up-to-date position of the organisation and its environment . |
| 24 | If the torque/position characteristics for one phase excitation is notably non-sinusoidal then the effect of two-phases-on excitation can be checked quite easily using the graphical summation method . |
| 25 | It is to be hoped that data-base technology can be developed quickly enough to meet the imminent requirements for data management in very large hyper-bases . |
| 26 | I 'm expected not only to foot the bills , but to add them up as well . |
| 27 | The Tender can , of course , be made without an admission of liability and the sum offered may well be designed not merely to reflect the value of the claim on a full liability basis , but discounted to reflect the difficulties which the pursuer faces . |
| 28 | If necessary rescheduling should be carried out either to give a new completion date or to increase resources ( or reduce time allocated ) in order to get back on schedule . |
| 29 | It follows that whenever a large system is about to be built there always exists a considerable uncertainty about many aspects of its required behaviour , the interaction with its environment , its constituent components and their interrelationships . |
| 30 | These are available in various dosages , but may have to be made up specially to deliver the required dose . |