Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the eastern European countries have their own banknote printers which are hard at work keeping up with inflation , but several , such as former Soviet states , the Baltics , Albania and Bulgaria might turn to the West for their own cash as well as hard currency . |
| 2 | Most discordant twins had one or other antigen , Identical twins who are discordant for diabetes start out with the same susceptibility ; it is only the action of an environmental stimulus on one twin , and its absence on the other that makes them discordant . |
| 3 | As Lord Wilberforce said in Anisminic : ‘ Although , in theory perhaps , it may be possible for Parliament to set up a tribunal which has full and autonomous powers to fix its own area of operation , that has , so far , not been done in this country . ’ |
| 4 | He claimed at the Tory Conference , in a phrase that he must by now be sick of hearing thrown back at him , that he would intervene before breakfast , lunch and dinner . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , my parents wo n't splash out on satellite TV , so I 'm stuck with teletext to find out any results , and pathetic BBC coverage to watch any tennis . |
| 6 | Martin Houston from South Link in Andersontown who was jailed for seven years last October for a horrendous catalogue of crimes against young boys will be eligible for home leave in just six months time . |
| 7 | Originally a three-year trained teacher , by 1976 he had successfully completed a part time B.Phil degree and subsequently had tried , unsuccessfully , to obtain the pastoral experience which he considered to be necessary in order to move up the comprehensive school hierarchy . |
| 8 | The accountant can not be worrying about money coming in . |
| 9 | The tactics workers adopt are often versatile and frequently covert , so that an intimate knowledge of a particular place of work might be needed in order to be aware of resistance going on . |
| 10 | Bishop West arrived back in Rangoon on 9th July to find that army chaplains and volunteer workers from the forces were hard at work to clean up and restore the cathedral , which had been used throughout the occupation as a factory for sauce and saki . |
| 11 | It is possible for research to find out , for example , where people would most like to go for their holidays , and how much they could afford to spend . |
| 12 | ‘ The facial bruising was caused 24–36 hours before death and is typical of injury brought about by a blow from a human fist . ’ |
| 13 | It is good for horse to exercise up hills . |
| 14 | What political form is involved in decision making over crucial local policy issues ? |
| 15 | Therefore , if there is full ex post settling up , the manager is likely to end up worse off than if he had not deviated from the accepted behaviour . |
| 16 | Conscience is a function of the ego ideal , and is critical of failure to live up to the ego ideal . |
| 17 | ‘ It happened just before the end of the tax-year , because everyone is worried about tax going up from 40 to 50 p.c. if Labour gets in . ’ |
| 18 | Later , we read that ‘ nothing … shall prevent a constable delaying taking a person who has been arrested to a police station if the presence of that person elsewhere is necessary in order to carry out such investigations as it is reasonable to carry out immediately ’ . |
| 19 | Statute-backed regulation is necessary in order to lay down minimum standards in the public domain . |
| 20 | ‘ It was hard in way handing over to the Prince of Wales Own Regiment — you wanted to carry helping to get aid through to people who so desperately needed it . |
| 21 | When the doors were sold Dad went out and bought soap boxes , orange boxes , even smelly fish boxes to use , and Mum was happy with money coming in again . |
| 22 | This was necessary in order find out whether the mothers could make a ‘ safe ’ solution . |