Example sentences of "[subord] [be] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drivers whose vehicles give off more poisonous chemicals than are allowed have ten days to clean up their act . |
| 2 | Subsequent work by David Foulkes and others , showed that the very striking differences between experience during REM bursts and REM quiescence was not as great when subjects were questioned at any length , rather than being allowed to make spontaneous reports of what had been going on in their minds . |
| 3 | The principle of effective judicial protection is expressed by a provision on the three Sex Equality Directives ( 75/117 on equal pay , 176/207 on equal treatment in employment and 79/7 on equal treatment in social security ) which requires Member States to introduce into their internal legal order such measures as are needed to enable all persons who consider themselves wronged by discrimination ‘ to pursue their claims by judicial process ’ . |
| 4 | A senior British officer , on a visit to the trenches , is quoted as being astonished to observe German soldiers walking about within rifle range behind their own line . |
| 5 | Officers were allowed to take part in board discussions , and they saw one of their main roles as being to help prevent negative decisions from being taken for trivial reasons . |
| 6 | As well as being used to produce economic forecasts , the model can be used to answer questions on the impact over the whole economy of alternative economic policies . |
| 7 | Clinical practice is invaluable for developing ideas and hypotheses but dangerous when being cited to make conclusive statements without prior testing with general population samples . |