Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This family was the second detected and our practice has since been modified to make a disclosure no sooner than 6 weeks . |
| 2 | Abnormal fibrous tissue overgrowth has long been known to affect a number of widely separate organ systems . |
| 3 | Defective cell adhesion has long been thought to play a part in the invasive and metastatic behaviour of neoplastic cells . |
| 4 | Painting has all been achieved using a roller with a mixture prepared by a Derby company . |
| 5 | This can obviously be extended to allow a range of different sizes of operation code field , so that we can provide more operation codes for less secondary information ( such as operand fields ) in a fixed instruction length . |
| 6 | For them , all other things being equal , they will only be selected to make a sacrifice , where the benefit is twice the cost . |
| 7 | Sometimes , if elderly relatives are living at a distance , it is not possible to be certain , in spite of advice from us , and help from neighbours with the shopping , that they are eating properly , but if they can only be persuaded to drink a pint of milk every day and eat some fresh citrus fruit , wholemeal bread , cheese or eggs , margarine or butter and a bowl of bran cereal , we shall know that they can not come to any serious harm from a dietary point of view , even though a much more varied diet would be more suitable . |
| 8 | Deprived of a swim , Henrietta decided to wash her hair but the bathroom tap could only be persuaded to emit a trickle of dark brown water , after which it coughed , spluttered and ran dry . |
| 9 | Single people or couples living alone were encouraged to join a cookery pool , saving fuel by pooling rations and take it in turns to cook meals for other people in the group . |
| 10 | By a series of Acts ranging from 1907 to 1960 exceptions had already been made permitting a man to marry his deceased or divorced wife 's sister or half-sister , his niece by marriage or his aunt by marriage ; and a woman may marry her deceased or divorced husband 's brother or half-brother . |
| 11 | Skills learned in decommissioning AEA 's own facilities , at sites from Winfrith in Dorset to Dounreay in Scotland , have already been used to assist a number of pharmaceutical organisation in planning and implementing their own decommissioning operations . |
| 12 | Her musical career continues — she has just been asked to write a song for a new album by Belinda Carlisle . |
| 13 | He 'd just been trying to squeeze a split-shot on to his line and it had popped out of his fingers . |
| 14 | I 've was just I heard erm how Lord Jonathan has just been become become a pier or something . |
| 15 | Since the demise of the punch-card system for entering commands this has normally been undertaken using a keyboard and a screen driven by a cathode ray tube ( CRT ) or liquid crystal display ( LCD ) , although voice entry of data and touch screens have also been used . |
| 16 | And although , as we saw , initial anxieties about another war were largely overcome by easy and painless victories , the start of the war can nevertheless be seen to mark a caesura in the development of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ . |
| 17 | You will normally be asked to pay a deposit for tools and equipment ( often in the form of a cheque which is returned to you when you-return the goods ) . |
| 18 | The retention will normally be released to satisfy a claim against the vendor . |
| 19 | ‘ But , ’ said Clumhach in one of his huge whispers , ‘ you get the feeling that you could easily be made to feel a fool by them , do n't you ? ’ |
| 20 | Jaq , for his part , wondered whether he too was merely an iota , or had genuinely been promoted to become a moulder of destiny . |
| 21 | Have you ever been tempted to put a couple of booby trap techniques in there on purpose , just to screw up the poor guy transcribing it ? |
| 22 | Potato washing was an entirely new pattern of behaviour ; no macaque had ever been seen washing a potato before . |
| 23 | The Chief Executive will usually be invited to meet a Minister of the Department to discuss the report . |
| 24 | An appetitive CR must usually be expected to suffer a loss , therefore , when the context is changed . |
| 25 | Although a common seal may still be used to execute a document , a document signed by a director and the secretary , or by two directors , and expressed ( in whatever form of words ) to be executed by the company will have the same effect as if executed under the common seal of the company . |
| 26 | One may , after all , competently drive a car without understanding much about the principles of the internal combustion engine ; one may use a typewriter or a word-processor without being able to make or mend one ; one may quickly be taught to use a computer , and make simple programs without being a master of , or even a beginner in , computer science . |
| 27 | As I have already said , book knowledge should always be used to provide a starting-point . |
| 28 | Then come the children for whom the nightly forage produces not only improvised toys but anything which can conceivably be sold to raise a bit of cash . |
| 29 | Could we possibly be going to have a bridleway instead of a new cross-town route ? |
| 30 | The Vendor can not possibly be expected to have a view as to whether or not the Business is a party to any agreements which fall within these categories . |