Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | That he never did go there again may be explained by his increasing problems at home , yet successive popes continued to hope in vain . |
2 | Sammy Wilson , the DUP press officer , dissociated the party from Seawright 's remarks : ‘ The DUP has always made it crystal clear — as Protestants we believe in civil and religious liberty for all men , and no one should be persecuted for their religious beliefs . |
3 | Each case must be examined on its own facts , examining the function rather than just the formal categorisation of the requesting authority . |
4 | New developments must be justified on their own merits . |
5 | Any material received of this kind will be listed in our final papers , and the most interesting will be reprinted as papers accompanying the final report . |
6 | £1 , 50p , 20p , 10p , 5p coins should be stacked in their respective denominations ; 2p , 1p or ½p coins should also be stacked into piles for easy checking and counting , then bundled into the appropriate cash bags supplied by the bank . |
7 | He was respectful but unalarmed when the King appeared and after a moment 's silence he chose to laugh at the likeness and the revelation that they were distant cousins ; indeed , so little was Rassendyll impressed that he noted that the King 's mouth lacked ‘ something of the firmness ( or obstinacy ) which was to be gathered from my close-shutting lips ’ . |
8 | James Bond , for example , has looked at the estates of both Abingdon and Evesham Abbeys , and clearly shown the variety of topographical features which can still be distinguished on their scattered estates . |
9 | It might also be thought that seasonal workers would be distinguished from their regular counterparts by special contracts of employment . |
10 | Mr Leng said : ‘ The ability to receive dividends has been largely exhausted and the cash generated from the sale will be re-directed into our mainstream activities . ’ |
11 | He was remanded in custody and remained in prison for six weeks , unwilling to be treated for his distressing voices and persecutory beliefs and unable to give a clear account of himself as a result of his jumbled thinking and speech . |
12 | Anxiety and depression must be treated on their own merits . |
13 | The oldest Best Actor was George Arliss at sixty-three for Disraeli ( 1929 ) , the youngest Richard Dreyfuss at twenty-nine for The Goodbye Girl ( 1977 ) — thus upholding the ancient Oscar tradition that the Best Actors tend to be honoured for their worst pictures . |
14 | Trible 's work could well be criticized in its own terms . |
15 | Some concerns the basic methodological pitfalls surrounding any project of this kind — the lack of proper controls , over-readiness to read richer interpretations into bits of behaviour than a more rigorous viewpoint would endorse , even experimenters ' proneness , given their wishful thinking , to be manipulated by their hairy charges into taking up certain attitudes not properly grounded in the available evidence . |
16 | It must incorporate her views of her situation and her needs and yet not be limited by her low expectations and internalised acceptance of the consequences of ageism and sexism ( Hughes and Mtezuka , 1992 , p. 236 ) . |
17 | The widely publicised work of Basil Bernstein had made a large public at least aware of the possibility that pupils ' response to the process of education might be limited by their habitual uses of the mother tongue . |
18 | Our pupils ' mathematical attainment and experience must not be limited by our restricted expectations . |
19 | Additionally , they could be mixed with their neighbouring emotions so that they formed the secondary emotions of : submission , awe , disappointment , remorse , contempt , aggression , optimism , and love . |
20 | Sites enclosing 8 ha ( 20 acres ) or more certainly belong here , though smaller examples like Catterick must also be considered on their individual merits . |
21 | Each case has to be considered on its individual merits in the light of the tests of amenity and — the other factor to be taken into account — public safety . |
22 | Baldry said that the refusal has no bearing on the six other planning applications for toxic waste plants being considered by the Department of the Environment , ‘ each site will be considered on its own merits ’ . |
23 | Each case must be considered on its own merits though it is important that action is taken at the appropriate time . |
24 | However , each request should be considered on its own merits on the basis of the criteria set out above . |
25 | ‘ Every project has to be considered on its own merits but when it comes to safety there are certain common denominators — that 's why there are so many do 's and don'ts in place — to protect us , ’ explains regional health and safety advisor , John Fegan who , together with colleague David Scott is responsible for all of Wimpey 's Contracting and Homes sites in Scotland . |
26 | It was natural that her children ( those who survived ) should be repelled by her bizarre antics . |
27 | Brewers found to have diluted their products were to be incarcerated in their own vats . |
28 | The Missouri Supreme Court rejected efforts by her parents to allow Mary Beth Cruzan , 32 , to be disconnected from her life-support machines . |
29 | We know with some confidence that if greenhouse gases continue to be emitted in their present quantities , we will experience unprecedented rates of sea-level rise . |
30 | But wo n't workwear always be confined by its own limitations ? |