Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adj] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prime Minister John Major has been accused of being insensitive after turning down an invitation to visit Hartlepool from the town 's Labour candidate , Peter Mandelson . |
| 2 | In subsequent proceedings for false imprisonment , it was admitted that the sole reason for arresting her was the constable 's opinion that ‘ police inquiries were more likely to be fruitful in clearing up the case if Mrs. Mohammed-Holgate were compelled to go to the police station to be questioned there ’ . |
| 3 | I could n't see half my customers — and then I had to leave early to be certain of getting back . ’ |
| 4 | They have to beat Ballyclare comfortably to be certain of going through , although a draw would be enough if Carrick can do no more than draw with Glenavon at Taylor 's Avenue . |
| 5 | Both behaviourism and ‘ humanistic ’ views would have us believe that to be affective is to be effective in setting up conditions for learning . |
| 6 | Thirdly , the fact that each of us has a responsibility to be involved in bringing about that renewal . |
| 7 | It says that they have a right to have their own needs assessed , the wishes of the family and other carers erm , have to be taken into account carers have to be involved in drawing up local plans |
| 8 | He never allows them to be shocked by finding out things before he tells them . |
| 9 | Davidson rightly enjoins the radical interpreter to be nasty in thinking up as many competing interpretations of observed behaviour as possible . |
| 10 | Such waves are said to be capable of setting up oscillations which may damage a jointed structure , as the increases and decreases of pressure tend to pull jointed blocks away . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you consider any of your colleagues on the committee to be capable of setting up a dynamite booby trap , sir ? ’ |
| 12 | On balance , they believe it to be a flexible enough approach to SSE to be applicable to different school circumstances , to be institutionally penetrating and to be capable of bringing about changes in schools using it . |
| 13 | I now had the distinct impression that headvoice had been right all the time , that it was in fact down to me , or rather the old ‘ guilty conscience ’ ( which is well known to be capable of playing up without proper cause ) , playing tricks with my head . |
| 14 | we replied that our only object was to secure a Government on such lines and with such a prospect of stability that it might reasonably be expected to be capable of carrying on the war ; that in our opinion his Government , weakened by the resignations of Lloyd George and Bonar Law and by all that had gone on during the past weeks , offered no such prospect and we answered the question therefore with a perfectly definite negative . |
| 15 | Its machinery had to be capable of carrying out the role in relation to those institutions now designated as polytechnics — which , as we have seen , were far from homogeneous — and in relation to a large variety of other institutions with one or another proportion of its work at the level of CNAA degrees . |
| 16 | Stephen Chamberlain is believed to be depressed after splitting up with his girlfriend . |
| 17 | ‘ But my father always taught me never to be afraid of pointing out the obvious . |
| 18 | I 've tried to be sensible about getting back into it , which is strange for an athlete , and it 's forcing me to temper my enthusiasm and take the training easy . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Robert did n't say I must go back to work after the baby ’ , Lucy told me , ‘ but he began to be reluctant about switching on electric fires and looking disapproving if I did ’ . |
| 20 | Food chain Tescos is thought to be interested in taking over the imposing building . |
| 21 | ‘ Faust IV ’ has improved with age , a mixture of mad songs and delirious electronic experiments which suggest that not all improvisations or ‘ difficult ’ music has to be incapable of rockin' out . |
| 22 | Few are likely to be enthusiastic about taking up the burdens of having to compete . |
| 23 | The Environment Ministry 's proposed Packaging Ordinance states that : " The causers of packaging pollution — trade and industry — are in future to be responsible for taking back , recycling , re-using and disposing of their products " . |
| 24 | Mr Mellor will continue to be responsible for bringing in new laws on privacy and press intrusion if necessary . |
| 25 | After making a political volte-face he went on , without even a glimmer of embarrassment , to be responsible for bringing in the council tax . |
| 26 | Taylor was one of the men who was supposed to be responsible for cleaning up Hollywood , but as the sordid details of his life came to light during the murder investigation , Will Hays , knowing he could trust no one in the movie business , placed spies everywhere . |
| 27 | ‘ He seemed to be worried about taking over someone 's life . |
| 28 | The cable television industry is said to be leery of handing over a standard to a third party such as Microsoft Corp , which has teamed up with Intel Corp to develop a set-top control box based on the 80386 and Windows ; the 80386 is also regarded as underpowered for graphics work . |
| 29 | Dalrymple 's evil vindictiveness is shown by the wording of a letter he wrote to the leader of the men who were to carry out his plans — ‘ It is a work of charity to be exact in rooting out that damned sept ( clan ) , the worst in all the highlands … . |
| 30 | Everyone at was involved in setting up the procedures under the guidance of technical manager assisted by . |