Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government has made it clear that redevelopment should , as far as possible , be in line with local planning policies but that where this is impossible new uses are preferable to leaving a large site derelict . |
| 2 | I think erm my two , or perhaps three , favourite novelists for today would be William Golding , Graham Greene and Iris Murdoch , and it seems to me that at least part of their importance is that they are really concerned with moral themes , as George Eliot was , even though , like George Eliot , they are shy about forcing a particular moral down the throat of a reader . |
| 3 | At best they are guilty of ignoring the whole phylogenetic perspective on human psychology and , at worst , are frequently guilty of distorting , censoring and trivializing psychoanalytic insights . |
| 4 | If you are used to handling an ordinary palm sander , the oval grip will be familiar . |
| 5 | On the other hand , this is anathema to many accountants , particularly those involved in business , because they are used to seeing a single set of financial statements . |
| 6 | Odds ratios or differences in log odds can work better when the proportions are very small or large ; they are , however , more complex to interpret for all except seasoned punters who are used to comparing the likely returns on different bets ( Seaver et al. |
| 7 | Fuelling this propaganda are free supplies of birth control pills , capsules and IUDs are given out to Timorese who are used to paying a small fortune just to consult a doctor . |
| 8 | Neither , however , are adequate for generating a full picture of elders , and more work is needed to achieve this . |
| 9 | Although the primary importance of state benefits in financing old age may decline in the future as both the opportunities and the incentives increase for today 's working population to accumulate private assets for retirement , there can be little doubt that over the last eighty years state pensions have been instrumental in sustaining a considerable degree of economic independence among the retired population . |
| 10 | The poets and writers who had been instrumental in organizing the younger painters at the Indépendants also played a large part in uniting the different aspects of Cubism . |
| 11 | I think it 's a sad indictment of our so called democratic system when they are afraid of having an elected head of state , that they are afraid that we might have a dictator ! |
| 12 | Management has not been insistent on displacing the permanent/temporary worker system with job seniority procedures ( i.e. first in/first out ) because of its own sense of paternalistic responsibility and because of the flexibility of operations afforded by the employment of temporary workers . |
| 13 | Fleming was no chemist and appears not to have been interested in pursuing the chemical problem . |
| 14 | NCR Corp has long been interested in offering a high degree of fault-tolerance on its computers , and its final line of mainframes , the 9800s , were claimed to be fault-tolerant . |
| 15 | They 're not really used for serious cooking but are OK for making a hot drink en route . |
| 16 | Japanese and foreigners alike are fond of citing the Japanese axiom that the ‘ nail that sticks out gets hammered down ’ . |
| 17 | The distal parts of the arms carry fine pinnules , which are instrumental in gathering the fine , water-borne food such as micro-organisms on which the animal feeds . |
| 18 | Brigadier Rolph James and Peter Taylor at London Welsh are instrumental in developing a Welsh exiles format . |
| 19 | If we are interested in creating a democratic society there is clearly a great deal of work yet to be done . |
| 20 | I think companies certainly are interested in creating the right impression , in in fact in creating the right er , environment , and they are willing , of course , to pay a a price , but the argument er , which you put is if you threaten the companies existence , right . |
| 21 | The ES/9000 guys are interested in building the best data management engine possible . |
| 22 | I am part of a group of individuals from various professions who are interested in developing a National Children 's Legal Centre in Ireland . |
| 23 | If you are interested in opening a Premier Savings account , please complete the attache application form and take , or post , the form to your local Midland branch , together with your initial investment ( minimum £5000 ) . |
| 24 | Learning strategies are described within a surface-deep axis , depending on whether students simply attempt to cover the ground , routinely assimilating and reproducing what is put before them ; or whether they are interested in gaining a deep understanding of the material . |
| 25 | ‘ Very well , I have three further appointments tomorrow afternoon — three hotels who are interested in offering a good discount , off-season , of course . |
| 26 | All of the parties are interested in making the Distributed Management Environment more compliant with the Object Management Group 's Corba Common Object Request Broker Architecture specification . |
| 27 | If you are interested in attending a local meeting or want to join , speak to Jean White on Harwell extension 6132 , or see the membership form included within this issue of AEA Times . |
| 28 | B.1.1 put the Purchaser into the position which would have existed had such matter been as so warranted , represented or undertaken by paying to the Purchaser a sum equal to the amount by which the value or amount at Completion of any assets or liabilities of the Business ( computed for this purpose on the basis that full provision was made for the facts and circumstances in relation to which such breach arose ) was less or ( as the case may be ) more than the value or amount at Completion of such assets or liabilities ( computed on the assumption that the facts and circumstances had been such as to involve no such breach ) together with all costs and expenses incurred or any other loss or damage suffered by the Purchaser as a result of such breach ; or ( if the Purchaser shall so elect ) . |
| 29 | On one occasion a New Bradwell man , having been unsuccessful in boarding the first two ‘ buses to Bradwell at lunch time , expostulated ‘ I 'll get a seat on the next one even if I have to stand up ’ needless to say he never lived that statement down . |
| 30 | Eric Lindsay , head of economics at Methodist College , has been central in organising the fair . |