Example sentences of "[vb mod] [prep] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cotton paper used to be made with cotton rags but is now made from cotton linters , which refers to the second harvest from the cotton plant . |
| 2 | What objects do you know which are now made of plastic but which used to be made from wood or steel ? |
| 3 | Cheesecakes used to be made in quantity for the feast . |
| 4 | Thus Science syllabuses may include material formerly taught under the separate headings of General Science , Nature Study , Rural Science and Health Education ; Social Studies syllabuses incorporate what used to be taught under History , Geography and Civics . |
| 5 | For instance , the playing time per hour at Wimbledon has dropped from 7.18 minutes in the 1970's to 3.55 minutes , whereas at the US Open , which used to be played on grass , it has actually gone up slightly from 8.14 minutes to 8.18 minutes . |
| 6 | The substantial Royal Nederland former subsidiary used to be audited as part of Royal International , the holding company . |
| 7 | I have seen away supporters being chased up the road into Pleck Park and but erm I think basically a lot of the trouble used to be caused by drink and now they do n't have any drink in the ground they er they , they seem to have cracked that one . |
| 8 | Buckets , well every night time , when we finished dredging , you had to wash down , wash the decks down cos I mean that the decks used to be covered in mud and slush , so all we had then was an old draw bucket on a bit of rope , over the side , there were n't no hoses then , we used to the bucket and then we used to swing all the mud back in there , in the river . |
| 9 | It used to be said in World War Two that careless talk cost lives . |
| 10 | Exclusiveness used to be based on separation ( villages , tribes , clans ) . |
| 11 | The standard of the bishop of Tours 's Latin used to be seen as ruling out this possibility . |
| 12 | Discussing informed consent , Foden & Beauchamp ( 1986 ) remind us that the nurse/patient and doctor/patient relationship used to be founded on trust but now the trend is for mutual partnership , patient involvement and patient autonomy . |
| 13 | Last year nearly seven million people watched the final , some way below the 12 and 13 million who used to be enthralled by snooker . |
| 14 | The word ‘ mustard ’ comes from the Latin mustum ardens , meaning burning must , probably because mustard powder used to be mixed with grape must in France . |
| 15 | This has had its effect on some birds : the fields which used to be sown with oats meant stubble in autumn and winter which held large quantities of seeds . |
| 16 | Inside the Dracon think-tank building near Boston off what used to be known as Space Highway , the Division was known to the favoured elite who worked there — academics and strategic researchers — as Information and Action . |
| 17 | which substance used to be known as brimstone ? |
| 18 | which substance used to be known as brimstone ? |
| 19 | Question seven , which substance used to be known as Brimstone ? |
| 20 | Afterwards in the Shoulder of Mutton ( Kneeton Park 1 Knayton 1 ) it transpired that he 's in what used to be known as Tin Pan Alley probably the only manager in the Hambleton Combination ( third division ) who 's also been a manager of the Bay City Rollers . |
| 21 | Of the stars in the Square , the brightest is Alpheratz ( 2.1 ) , which used to be known as Delta Pegasi , but has now been transferred to Andromeda as Alpha Andromedæ . |
| 22 | I know that he has first-hand experience of the benefits of GM schools , as the school that used to be known as Wold Newton transferred to grant-maintained status a few months ago and is showing the way and what can be achieved as a result of a move to grant-maintained status . |
| 23 | Cheeses of this kind used to be known in country-house and home-farm dairy cookery as napkin cheeses . |
| 24 | clay used to be used for bread making . |
| 25 | Some of the English herds used to be milked in spite of the concentration on work and beef , but on the whole the Devon 's old milking traits have been neglected . |
| 26 | Some teachers did say that time ought to be made for SSE but many raised doubts about whether such time would be well spent . |
| 27 | The reason why changes ought to be made in language is to bring it into line with the way things really are . |
| 28 | Moreover , even at common law a lease which ought to be made by deed but is not will not completely fail of effect , if possession is taken and rent paid under it ; the tenant will be treated as tenant from year to year upon the terms of the lease so far as they are applicable to such a tenancy . |
| 29 | The committee declined to accept the view put to them by the Joint Permanent Secretary to the Treasury that tribunals ought to be regarded as part of the machinery of public administration for which the Government should retain a close and continuing responsibility . |
| 30 | erm There seems on the whole to be general agreement throughout Western Europe about the kinds of things that ought to be covered by health and social security system _ industrial accidents , sickness , provision for old age and so on — and all the countries of the European Community , for example , have some kind of system that provide these sorts of benefits . |