Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] [prep] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Six of these are intended for documents which are predominantly composed of one type of text ; the other two are provided for use with texts which combine these basic tagsets .
2 Heathrow has , at least , the marginal advantage of being civilized , in that the cattle are gently shifted from one place to another rather than being herded anonymously .
3 The peaks of these complexes are successively located on one side of the baseline and then on the other , and this positive then negative polarity in the frontal plane of the ECG creates the typical twisting-about-a-point appearance ( fig 1 ) .
4 Replies are normally obtained within five working days of making the enquiries .
5 Buildings , ranges of building or parts of buildings are normally rated as one risk unless they are separated by walls that comply with the Rules for Fire Break Walls and floors that comply with the Rules for Fire Break Floors .
6 As Table 1.4 showed , the ‘ duplication ’ of the universities and polytechnic/colleges in professional courses is more apparent than real , since certain types of professional courses are largely concentrated in one sector and there may be differences of emphasis between courses in the same subject .
7 Courses are generally run by two ESL specialists , one of whom is an experienced trainer but who does not necessarily have classroom teaching experience in the subject area being addressed while the second is chosen because they have worked in the subject area , usually as part of a language support team , but sometimes because they themselves have training and/or experience in the subject area .
8 The second sheet which is headed commitments , is a list which is derived from er the statements made by the different authorities , er about the number of dwellings which are already permitted in one form or another .
9 ‘ The men are not deviating by one hair 's breadth from the ordinary system of training , ’ he told the Daily News .
10 There is no planning policy to ensure that they are not concentrated in one area which may lead to enormous pressures on local support services .
11 6 Efficiency : resources are not wasted on one service or patient to the detriment of another .
12 Murders in real life are not solved by one man , genius or not , working alone .
13 These advertisers are just going in one book .
14 probably not , we 're only talking about one night .
15 Skimming along the water-front with the peculiarly flat ride jeeps give when they 're not lurching on one wheel over lumpy terrain .
16 ‘ You have n't been listening , Claudia ; we 're not parting for one moment until I find Garry — and it 's time you called me Roman . ’
17 I said you 're not working for forty pound a week
18 So you 're actually looking for one thing ?
19 However , in light of what has been said earlier , it should not be thought that data materials , to call them that , are always restricted to one study , or that the study which originally produced them is their only home .
20 Even in the corn-exchange of a country town on a market-day the equilibrium price is affected by calculations of the future relations of production and consumption ; while in the leading corn-markets of America and Europe dealings for future delivery already predominate and are rapidly weaving into one web all the leading threads of trade in corn throughout the whole world .
21 The rates are usually calculated per 1,000 population .
22 A hospital nurse added : ‘ Babies are usually tagged on one leg and one arm .
23 We have to escape from the time warp in which , unfortunately , some people are still caught after three election defeats in a row . ’
24 As these books are supposed to be read by adults to children , I do n't think it matters that some of the jokes are probably lost on four year olds .
25 All assets built up during the marriage should be regarded as jointly owned and therefore jointly divided on divorce , apart from those which are clearly intended for one party or the other through a specific gift or bequest .
26 Test factors which are positively associated with one variable and negatively with the other are called suppressor variables for this reason .
27 They are mainly aimed at 14–25 year olds but all of those listed here are also available to older people .
28 The right of the inspector to be present at a review board had been legally challenged on one occasion and it was obviously necessary that he should be permitted to attend .
29 Court of Justice rulings have stressed the general principle that goods which have been legally marketed in one member state should normally be freely admitted to others .
30 His successes and failures are now collected on 200 video tapes , some of which have been shown on television .
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