Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv prt] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not to mention the profit being made by private clinics when rich girls are flown in to have an artificial hymen put in so that the rituals of defloration may continue . |
| 2 | A child may be able to count the five ducks but have to recount if they are moved round to form a different pattern . |
| 3 | The gallery , which has been built in to become a small room , faces the gate as you enter under the arch . |
| 4 | The litter on the kitchen table had been pushed back to leave a clear corner on which a cloth , clean but creased , had been laid , and on it were two unmatching plates and two cups which bore no relation in design or size , to their saucers . |
| 5 | ‘ All right , ’ Agnes said resignedly , ‘ so what it boils down to is that , despite your assurances to the White House Protective Detail , you 're sneaking off to do a little sleuthing on your own ? ’ |
| 6 | Certainly we 're called on to make a large number of personal appearances , frequently for worthy causes . |
| 7 | It has been drawn up following a widespread survey in the towns of Chelmsford , Southend and Colchester . |
| 8 | Even worse , opponents ' wives are turning up to keep a beady eye on proceedings . |
| 9 | As we shall discuss later , David Norman , head of Russell Reynolds in 1980 , was responsible — helped by international teamwork — for finding Sir Ian McGregor for British Steel , the first time in Britain that headhunters had been called in to find a new boss for a nationalised industry . |
| 10 | Sand had been shipped in to form a deeper and wider beach , to accommodate up to two hundred people . |
| 11 | Operation Osprey has now been set up to tackle a fresh wave … a team of detectives are trying to establish a concrete link between the cases [ Craven is talking against a backcloth of computers ] . |
| 12 | A NEW company has been set up to exploit an automatic bicycle transmission system , which is claimed to he the biggest breakthrough in bicycle gears since Derailleur invented his system in the 1920s ( New Scientist , 6 January , p 23 ) . |
| 13 | Documents-only arbitrations have been set up to provide a simple means of resolving complaints by consumers in a number of industries , such as travel and telephones . |
| 14 | The courts had been set up to administer a new penal code , unveiled on Sept. 7 , in which traditional written trials were to be replaced by public oral trials for criminal cases . |
| 15 | The existence of some could not be disclosed on security grounds ; others are set up to do a particular job and then wound up . |
| 16 | As the sphere becomes superconducting , surface currents are set up producing a magnetic flux opposite to that already existing inside the material . |
| 17 | In my view , however , therein lies its strength ; it is a programme that can be relied on to give an unvarnished account of the proceedings of the House and its committees ; it has been called a mini-Hansard . |
| 18 | The recognised or nominal leaders of such groups may be relied on to produce an initial list of individuals who are presumed to have power in community affairs ( leaders ) . |
| 19 | The word ‘ appears ’ is used advisedly because , although computers have been used to show that the equation does not work for values of n up to several thousand , no one has yet been able to prove for certain that there is no number n greater than 2 for which suitable values of x , y and z can not be slotted in to produce a valid equation . |
| 20 | The floaty , translucent , viscose jacket costs £195 ; the gathered skirt , with its lycra waistband which can be rolled up to form a strapless dress , is £169 , and the long overtop costs £105 . |
| 21 | There were two main recommendations — a flood warning scheme should be established , but as important , an in-depth study should be carried out to create a hydraulic model for Perth and look for flood alleviation measures . |
| 22 | An unconventional method of producing reasonably bounce-free switching may be carried out using a small amount of water in an egg-cup . |
| 23 | The same process should be carried out using a 3 × 2 grid . |
| 24 | Even if it is not used much the trenchant criticisms of it would appear to demand reform , as it appears to be a blunt instrument which ‘ should be honed down to produce a greater quality of justice . ’ |
| 25 | Weedy pools may give way to areas of broken rock , with boulders and small stones which can be turned over to reveal a hypolithic fauna of considerable interest . |
| 26 | A whole cupboard may be turned out to find a forgotten toy and then the clearing up , sorting and re-packing becomes an activity in itself . |
| 27 | Although any number of segments may be used in forming the circle by varying the degree of the cut , I use 12 for the following reasons : using a lesser number creates sharper angles between segments and more material has to be turned off to obtain a smooth rounded surface . |
| 28 | It is proposed that the programme of implementation should be drawn up following a consultative exercise involving all colleges . |
| 29 | Pat told the Careers Officer : ‘ I 'm going on to become a professional footballer ’ . ’ |
| 30 | Soon he would be going out to start a new life . |