Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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31 We will take your pledge to the Earth Summit where it will be hung on the Tree of Life itself .
32 A set of pictures can be hung from ribbons or cords — for example , a set of two or three miniature ovals can be hung down a length of ribbon , with a velvet or silk bow positioned at the top of the strip .
33 For the planted aquarium the total tank volume should be turned over a maximum of once every hour , and filtered gently , with no spraybars , aeration , or jetting effect .
34 Therefore the total water volume of your aquarium ( 100 litres ) should be turned over a maximum of once every hour , and the water should flow very gently back into the aquarium , avoiding strong currents and surface turbulence .
35 Could this scene be acted out every day at 4.45pm on the road out of Pinjarra ?
36 He seemed almost disappointed to be handed back the wad of notes .
37 Only people with soft heads stick them in the sand and wait to be kicked up the arse by little cheats and liars .
38 ‘ Michael was on a dock , fully dressed in tweed jacket , tie , trousers and hush-puppies , and had to put on a pair of water skis , be pulled off the dock into the water , by a rope attached to a motorboat that roared past , and ski away .
39 Was n't it hard enough on that poor child to know no parents , to be totally disowned by her relations up in Westlands , to be brought up an orphan in the convent in second-hand clothes , and sent to a secretarial course when she had her heart set on going to university without being mown down by a car on her first week .
40 An appeal to a county court shall be brought in the court for the district in which the order , decision , or award appealed against was made or given ( Ord 4 , r 9 ) .
41 The merits of an approach allowing the company to seek civil redress are essentially twofold : first , no victim need be identified ; and secondly , an action may be brought in the context of anonymous stock market trades .
42 A second and commodious objection to the view of nomic connection which has been set out was anticipated earlier ( 1.3 ) , and may be shored up a bit by the fact lately mentioned , that science broadly speaking is not much engaged in arriving at complete descriptions of causal circumstances-causal circumstances as we have conceived them .
43 The stream may be followed down the field to a lateral path which crosses it by yet another God 's Bridge , a stone arch formed by nature .
44 The Precision bass , however , was designed to be tuned down an octave from a guitar 's lower four strings .
45 The sea would start to roar at night , and the curlews would be hurled down the glen like dun-coloured bullets .
46 Ceramic tiles-which can be continued up the space between counter top and unit to make a handsome splashback-come in a huge range of colours and designs and can look spectacular , gentle or fresh depending on the effect you want .
47 Genes for failure to resist enslavement by cuckoos can easily be passed down the generations of robins or dunnocks .
48 Genes for failure to enslave foster-parents can not be passed down the generations of cuckoos .
49 Instead of a ‘ Lock ’ ( or 9,000 cu. ft. of water ) being lost by the passage of a barge ( or barges ) through the ordinary wide lock — only about 90 cu. ft. or one — 100th part of a lock , would be passed down the Canal by the passage of one barge down the Canal and another barge up .
50 Because there is no ash pit or fire pot , the ashes can be raked out the front of the forge to clear the fire .
51 On arrival you will be taken on a tour of the city , including Union Square , Golden Gate Park and Fisherman 's Wharf for views across the beautiful bay .
52 The highlight of the event will be tomorrow , when they will get the chance to drive their cars around the original test-track and be taken on a tour of the factory .
53 He said decisions were likely to be taken on the treaty in the New Year .
54 The action to be taken on the discovery of a fire or potential fire situation i.e. call for assistance , use of first aid , fire fighting extinguishers ( if reasonably safe to do so ) .
55 So the bill had to be taken on the floor of the House and all selected amendments had to be debated and voted on .
56 Decisions have to be taken on the types of film technique to be used ; locations ; casting ; music ; sets ; and any special requirements .
57 It 's not clear what notice will be taken on the results of the Enquiry which will be published in the Autumn , but leader of Oxford city council , Barbara Gatehouse , is worried what will happen if the plant is closed .
58 But these signals did not reach AFHQ until the morning of the next day , 15 May , long after Robertson had sent his response to McCreery 's AC/189 which had only asked for " immediate steps " to be taken over the approach of Army Group E , and which had made no specific reference to Croats .
59 Care must be taken over the signs of relationships , specifying which category has been selected as the base for comparison ( see section 8.2 ) .
60 Great care therefore needs to be taken over the completion of documents .
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