Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This manual is intended to provide its readers with a general understanding of what LIFESPAN is , what it does and how it is used . |
| 2 | Therefore , anybody interested in the wildlife of the seashore , especially the small fish , crabs , prawns , and other attractive creatures found when the tide is out , is recommended to plan their trips to the coast , taking special account of the following factors . |
| 3 | In higher education an estimated 400,000 students were expected to lose their grants as a result of a proposal to target the federal student grant fund of $5,800 million , a rise of 7 per cent , at students from families with incomes lower than $10,000 . |
| 4 | Hundreds more Herefordians are expected to risk their morals at the first show in the city early next month . |
| 5 | The school is designed to provide its participants with a thorough understanding of all aspects of the recording and production process , both theoretical and practical , with guest speakers outlining the opportunities and challenges facing upcoming talent . |
| 6 | The later crimes duplicate those committed by Dyer , who has wished to baptise his churches with the blood of young victims . |
| 7 | The corollary to point two is that it is budget-holders — such as the chief pharmacist or chief pathologist — who are expected to manage their departments within a predetermined budget , although the level of activity in their departments is outside their control . |
| 8 | It is designed to determine which features of a text direct the reader toward a particular perspective , how much of the text is understood and , hence , attributed to that viewpoint and what effects if any , the perspective will have on other textual information not attributed to the main perspective . |
| 9 | To observe the parental handling of the situation it must be made clear that the parents are expected to control their children during the session and do what they would do at home . |
| 10 | As I have read his writings , often in photocopies lent to me by friends , or in the book on his work published in 1982 , in India , I have not only come to appreciate his films in a more informed way , but I have also realized that his outlook on film-making is one which has begun to affect my own thinking . |
| 11 | He was expected to present his recommendations to the Security Council onAug. 7 . |
| 12 | The course is specifically designed to hone their skills to a professional level . |
| 13 | Precisely because they promote higher-order capacities from the students , where the students are expected to place their experiences in a wider context of values and social affairs , these studies contribute vitally to the expansion of the collective consciousness of society . |
| 14 | In this project people aged between 20 and 80 will be asked to complete a questionnaire which is designed to reveal what parts of the life span autobiographical memories are most readily drawn from ; what characterizes the life events that are particularly memorable ; and whether memories from different parts of the life span differ in content and quality . |
| 15 | Franchising is growing fast — and an increasing number of companies are expected to franchise their operations in the years ahead rather than expand in traditional ways . |
| 16 | Up to 20,000 supporters are expected to follow their favourites across the Atlantic for the finals . |
| 17 | After all , from Lenin to Mao and Ho Chi Minh , communist leaders have sought to preserve their bodies in the hope that scientific progress would be able to revivify their mortal remains . |
| 18 | Two men so different in appearance and manner , yet both prepared to sacrifice her feelings on the altar of their ambition . |
| 19 | The old part of Norwich is tucked into a bend in the River Wensum , and as the city expanded , many bridges were built to carry its roads over the river . |
| 20 | The wood in the barn was soaked and we stood there in our dripping combat jackets close to despair ; we had been made to wear our helmets for the duration , and the oversized tin hats kept slipping over our faces , as we scrambled in the mud taking the wood to where the petulant staff were demanding hot coffee . |
| 21 | After narrowly averting yet another strike last year , AT&T might easily have decided to treat its relations with the unions as little more than an exercise in damage control . |
| 22 | A young man placed himself between the shafts of the trap and prepared to pull his passengers round the village , but not before the publican had been fined a barrel of beer for speaking at the same time as the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ . |
| 23 | Theodore was a fanatical Christian , convinced that he was " The Awaited One " destined to lead his armies against the infidel and deliver Jerusalem . |
| 24 | This continued to operate in the Treasury though no attempt was made to coordinate its activities with the Economic Section of the Cabinet Office which was responsible for the Economic Survey . |
| 25 | When the additional money is spent on training nurses , it is important that every effort be made to retain their services over a much longer period , which may involve making the terms and conditions more flexible for women returning to work . |
| 26 | Although the children at the La Mane Centre were made to use their powers for the wrong reasons , when it came to using their powers when it mattered , both Carrie and Michael used them in order to kill and destroy . |
| 27 | ‘ It would be just , I think , if he were made to use his talents in a far more worthy cause . |
| 28 | This is a somewhat more complex task to achieve , since the machine that is docked ( the client ) needs to be fooled into thinking it has more disk drives than it really has , and the desktop machine ( the server ) has to be made to share its resources with the client . |
| 29 | Kibaki and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga , the veteran opposition leader , one-time Vice-President ( in 1964-66 ) and now leader of FORD-Kenya , were reported on Dec. 31 to have threatened to withdraw their parties from the electoral process , alleging widespread irregularities which they said in a statement were " fast pushing the nation to war " . |
| 30 | The idea of progressive evolution formed a natural foundation for the belief that European civilization was the high point of human achievement , destined to spread its values around the world by conversion or conquest . |