Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [verb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soviet neutralisation plan for the Persian Gulf may have been intended to open up a strategic dialogue on a broad front to enable Soviet diplomats to introduce Western military preponderance in the Gulf region tacitly or explicitly into the negotiation process for the limitation of Soviet military influence in other regions . |
| 2 | This paragraph speaks of the ‘ many distinctive gifts and talents that women offer to the Church ; ’ in it the bishops state : ‘ We believe the time if overdue for more positive attitudes about your participation in the life of the Church and we recognise with regret that you have often been permitted to play mainly a limited and often inferior part in the Church . |
| 3 | You are permitted to spend only a certain maximum proportion of your points on each each of these categories . |
| 4 | Capsaicin sensitive afferent neurones may affect both defence and repair mechanisms in the gastric mucosa , because they are sensitive to a variety of noxious stimuli and have been reported to play both a defensive and trophic part in somatic tissues . |
| 5 | In terms of the analogies we have used so far , the Indian traditions are said to orbit around a different sun , or to be climbing a different mountain — or to identify with a family of monsters in the loch quite different from the one followed by the Near Eastern religions . |
| 6 | I have been told to fill in a new form to be put on the waiting list but you need a permanent address to fill out one and I have n't got one . ’ |
| 7 | Spurious devices are used to put forward a powerful message . |
| 8 | In the US , Social Security numbers are available and are used to build up a unique individual record , so all historical credit and demographic data can be allocated to an individual record with complete confidence . |
| 9 | Indeed , when you want to identify a particular peak from the boulevard , you are told to line up a white mark painted on the balustrade with ‘ the lightning-conductor on the tram factory ’ , which is the most prominent landmark in Pau 's southerly suburb . |
| 10 | You are needed to cheer up a young 21-year-old male . |
| 11 | While just one byte can represent a whole character of text and therefore convey at least some intelligible meaning , thousands , even millions of bytes are needed to build up a single image , particularly if it is in colour and of high resolution . |
| 12 | These low notes ( especially when played by two or three flutes in unison ) bear a striking resemblance to those of a distant trumpet and have been known to deceive even a practised ear , temporarily off its guard , into thinking that a trumpet is actually playing . |
| 13 | This segregation of the sexes in paid employment may be considered to have both a vertical and a horizontal component . |
| 14 | Finally , a unit can be added to print out a complete network diagram . |
| 15 | No woman should be expected to bring up a large family on her own . |
| 16 | A member of parliament unable to gratify a constituent 's wish for a cadetship for his son had to explain that failure , and if age did not intervene as a barrier to future prospects , the politician would be expected to indicate when a successful outcome might be anticipated . |
| 17 | Turning from missiles ( or , as the specialist world has it , delivery systems ) to warheads , the SS-type device can be made to carry either a conventional ( high-explosive of some sort ) or a nuclear warhead . |
| 18 | Debriefed in fine detail by Donleavy and DIA agent Neal Miller , largely to see what could be done to patch up a new link with the Asmar network , Coleman was told to keep the video gear pending a resolution of ‘ this goddamn DEA fuck-up ’ and to take charge of Syrian George , who , as it happened , had arrived two days earlier on his J-1 visa and was staying at the International House on the University of Alabama campus . |
| 19 | The useful research that can be done requires neither a large station nor a permanent manned presence . |
| 20 | Fry said : ‘ Bully wo n't be sold to pay off a fine — if he is , I 'll quit . |
| 21 | The feedback from college staff , subject assessors and Field Officers will be used to carry out a detailed evaluation of the model . |
| 22 | AN £8 MILLION grant will be used to clean up a disused tin mine which turned an estuary red with pollution . |
| 23 | Bulletin boards and list servers can be structured like company e-mail in that subsections can be used to follow up a particular discussion or to follow through all the different accounts and editions so that one person can go back and read the whole story from the beginning to the last entry . |
| 24 | As the lines were alternately pulled so the pulley actuated a semi-circular rudder hinged across the diagonal of the rearmost box.One does not need to have much imagination to see how the rudder deflection might send the Box kite into limited stunts , given a strong wind ; but we doubt if the rigid stability of a Box kite could be persuaded to perform over a wide range of movement . |
| 25 | The method adopted was to canvass for capital donations that could then be invested to bring in a regular income , and both Balfour and Law were used to raise the wind . |
| 26 | Thereafter , a general election would take place and the legislators would be invited to draw up a new constitution on Dominion lines . |
| 27 | Consultants will be invited to carry out a major study into the former steel plant , which closed last June with the loss of 1,200 jobs . |
| 28 | In any such case the plaintiff 's solicitor will be sent a reminder of the requirement to set down and will be invited to fill in a standard report form on the state of the case . |
| 29 | The start of the game , with Scotland camped in Malta 's half , appeared to imply that the night would be spent wearing down a Maltese defence which used Buttigieg as a sweeper behind four other bodies . |
| 30 | If you phone us first , you will be asked to send in a signed Booking Form , pay the deposit and only then can any booking be confirmed . |