Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Some of the fruits of his literary labours are gathered here in an anthology sourced from newspaper writings and his previous books , with scrutinies of most of the top players of the past few years , Test and county . |
| 2 | Does the television studio , in which a group of academics are gathered together for a discussion on an ‘ academic ’ issue , count as an academic setting ? |
| 3 | Since the majority of Umbrian towns are placed up on a slope or are like a crown on top of a hill , there are invariably magnificent panoramas . |
| 4 | In a book which was actually about statistics , A. L. Bowley once established four rules to guide designers of schedules and questionnaires.3 They are given below as a starting point for our discussions . |
| 5 | Cenwulf 's dealings with Sussex are witnessed only by a grant to the bishop of Selsey from 801 . |
| 6 | I know any number of indigent dames who have found such employment , and they are treated quite as a member of the family . ’ |
| 7 | The Review covers some 90 countries , which are listed alphabetically with a resumé of the press and general media situation in each country . |
| 8 | A dot is placed in the appropriate column opposite each criterion and the dots are joined up by a line . |
| 9 | A dot is placed in the appropriate column opposite each criterion and the dots are joined up by a line . |
| 10 | The point is , only one of the two can come out of his little door at any one time , not just because that would make impossible weather , but because the two little men are joined together by a metal bar : one has to stay in if the other one is out . |
| 11 | Cheddars may be hard or semi-hard ; they are pressed lightly for a matter of hours and then more firmly for a short period of days . |
| 12 | All steel parts are checked through on a magnaflux machine . |
| 13 | The mountain peaks of Christian belief are travelled there in a style that has few rivals in the whole history of the church , and none at all in the twentieth century . |
| 14 | Foldaway slippers for the flight are tucked away in a holdall with disposable nappies and sick tablets . |
| 15 | The raffle or lottery is a form of random sample — in its simplest form the identical little numbered tickets are shaken up in a hat and drawn out one by one by someone with their eyes closed . |
| 16 | Sometimes women are depicted almost as a caricature of a male stereotype of themselves — they are servile , weak , powerless etc . |
| 17 | If you are trapped upstairs by a fire , get everyone into the ‘ escape room ’ , close the door and block any gaps round it with items of clothing or bedding ( dampened , if possible ) to keep smoke out . |
| 18 | Non-resonant absorption of a photon , in which both surplus energy and surplus linear momentum are carried away by a photon of lower energy , is a much less favorable process . |
| 19 | In the West , business agreements are carried out at a distance , say six feet or more . |
| 20 | Rocket tests are carried out at a missile centre at Shuan-ch'eng-tsu or at a nuclear test range in Lop Nor . |
| 21 | Measurements are carried out on a sample clamped in a thermostat . |
| 22 | Professor J. P. Payne of the Department of Anaesthetics at the Royal College of Surgeons insists that a research nurse should always be present when tests are carried out on a patient . |
| 23 | They dispense justice , settle land disputes , give orders to civil servants ( which are carried out with an alacrity unknown earlier ) . |
| 24 | While the majority are carried out by a person known to the victim , random attacks on strangers are on the increase . |
| 25 | The defendant had produced a program called " Oscar " , a job scheduling program for controlling the order in which tasks are carried out by a computer . |
| 26 | This should not include VAT , as this is only payable when the repairs are carried out by a contractor/repairer who is VAT registered . |
| 27 | The Government may be the paymaster , but the actual negotiations are carried out by a team of health authority representatives who might be industrial relations experts but usually are not . |
| 28 | NEW WAYS TO DIP INTO INFORMATION Document image processing can only fulfil vendors ' claims if the right analysis and preparation are carried out before a decision to buy is made |
| 29 | These three jobs are carried out within a time dimension . |
| 30 | These strange creatures are carried eastwards at a depth of about 700 feet by the great ocean-wide current known as the Gulf Stream . |