Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | Most prisoners are locked up inside so it 's good to be able to work outside . |
2 | Most prisoners are locked up inside so it 's good to be able to work outside . |
3 | It can be seen that comparisons between the sub-groups are made much easier if they have been sampled in this way ; there is no problem of having to cope with a preponderance of one group and a dearth of another if stratification has taken place beforehand . |
4 | Its authors claim that some operations are carried out unnecessarily because doctors are frightened of being sued . |
5 | The only difference is that fixed pairs are attested more often than non-fixed pairs . " |
6 | With the support of regional legal officers and a set of guidelines and codes of practice , we ask the solicitors to abide by regional secretaries ensuring that cases are pursued as forcefully as possible with the members interests uppermost at all stages . |
7 | It 's , you know , it 's like what 's his Captain Oates was it , going out into the tent in the Antarctic or something , you know it 's sort of I may be gone for a while , you know , in the in the , into the wilderness and never to return so that in , in the British structure er politicians are , their loyalty is central rather than local because their political futures are determined centrally rather than locally . |
8 | Since children 's linguistic performance varies across situations , it is particularly important that the conditions associated with the collection of the data for the age norms are repeated as closely as possible when an individual child is assessed . |
9 | For the sequence T(AT) 8 CG(AT) 15 ( Figure 1b and 2b ) the ApT steps are cut much better than the single central GA site . |
10 | Orthographically irregular words are pronounced more slowly than regular words ( Baron and Strawson , 1976 ; Underwood and Bargh , 1982 ) , indicating that they are treated differently in some way when they are read . |
11 | Some words occur in natural language more often than others , and these high-frequency words are recognised more readily than others , according to a number of measures . |
12 | Our eyes do not wander randomly around the page when we are reading , but certain sorts of words are fixated more often than others ( O'Regan , 1979 ) , and this means that we must know in advance of a fixation where it is that we are going to look next . |
13 | Video recordings are used more frequently than audio tape in the investigation of child abuse . |
14 | Here , relationships are prescribed formally rather than informally , thereby strengthening a manager 's capacity to control the behaviour of others . |
15 | For instance , books are used more frequently if placed on shelves which are of convenient height ( rather than too high or too low ) , and if put on special display outside the main sequence ( see p. 155 ) . |
16 | The words were broken off abruptly when the man saw Isabel sharing the saddle with fitzAlan . |
17 | Words which appear early in the lists were remembered more easily as the subjects had more opportunity to rehearse these after being read than the rest of the words in the list . |
18 | Richard Norton-Taylor adds : Contingency plans for the use of troops in ambulance disputes were drawn up shortly after the Government came to power in 1979 , Whitehall documents show . |
19 | Richard Norton-Taylor adds : Contingency plans for the use of troops in ambulance disputes were drawn up shortly after the Government came to power in 1979 , Whitehall documents show . |
20 | In fact his father-in-law had congratulated him on the perfectly splendid bit of crackling Hugh had in his arms in Chancery Lane , and naturally mum was the word , and his lips were sealed as far as Molly Coddle was concerned . |
21 | The first meeting of the committee received a resolution from a conference held under the auspices of the society and the Canning Town branch of the guild which rejoiced in the wider powers given under the act , and urged the council to ‘ take steps to exercise any , or all of the powers given , and especially that steps be taken as soon as possible to establish a creche or day nursery in the southern part of the borough ’ ( Maternity and Child Welfare Committee Minutes 20 November 18 ) . |
22 | One of the first major pieces of legislation controlling what information went on packets was passed as recently as 1953 . |
23 | Elements of the page are described by their mathematical form instead of as a series of dots , typefaces are stored mathematically rather than as digitised characters . |
24 | In principle any shoe can be resoled , but track shoes are done less frequently than road , fell or cross-country shoes . |
25 | Blake and King begin to complain to each other that they are now wasting their time , since matters are settled so far as they are concerned . |
26 | If this has not already been done , the bone fragments should be separated , those of left and right bones being differentiated as far as possible . |
27 | John Alderson made a case for the reintroduction of community policing in 1982 ( Alderson 1982 , also see 1979 ) , but its advantages were recognized much earlier when the House of Commons Select Committee on Race Relations examined relations between the police and ethnic minorities in 1972 , and in 1976 a report from the National Police College placed a central emphasis upon it ( Pope 1976 ) . |
28 | The Charity Commissioners understand that many charities are out of step in this matter but they do wish to see matters being regularised as soon as possible . |
29 | The cathedral was begun in the early thirteenth century and building continued till after 1300 , while a later choir and chapels were added as late as 1520 . |
30 | Section 3(1) requires that the models be followed as closely as circumstances permit . |