Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Demographic pressures mean that more women are likely to take up paid employment in the future . |
| 2 | In general , in the north , roofs slope more steeply to throw off rain and snow , windows and doorways are larger to let in available light and walls thick to keep out the cold . |
| 3 | These cells completely lack mitochondrial DNA , are unable to carry out cellular respiration , require pyruvate ( 110μgml -1 ) and uridine ( 50μgml -1 ) to grow , and their mitochondria appear abnormal in electron micrographs ( our unpublished observations ) . |
| 4 | Most vets are able to carry out humane destruction either at the surgery or at your home . |
| 5 | In 1917 a mere fifty-three households had been able to sell off excess grain . |
| 6 | Thanks to a fantastic response by WWF supporters to our African elephant appeal ( over £300,000 in the UK alone so far in 1989 ) , we have been able to step up vital elephant conservation projects on the ground in Africa . |
| 7 | Other Latin American presidents have been able to bring in economic change without the encumbrances of democratic politics . |
| 8 | A man who , through choice or redundancy , decides to work from home , may be willing to take on simple cooking and housework so that his wife can return to full-time employment . |
| 9 | ‘ It would be wrong to rule out military action for all time . ’ |
| 10 | It would be pointless to go over well-worn ground in discussing what pornography is or is not , and why , how and when . |
| 11 | The US will , however , be able to pick up thematic-mapper information with a ground station at White Sands , New Mexico , to which data will be routed via the US 's new tracking and data relay satellites . |
| 12 | It may recognise that once the youngest child has left home the wife may again be able to take up gainful employment but that until that time she should be provided with a home rent free . |
| 13 | FASHION lovers will soon be able to snap up top label clothes at bargain prices as revolutionary new superstores take on the High Street giants . |
| 14 | FASHION lovers will soon be able to snap up top label clothes at bargain prices as new superstores take on High Street giants . |
| 15 | The Common Desktop Environment means that users would not have to worry about different install methods and should be able to move around different Unix environments without much retraining . |
| 16 | ‘ The sale means we shall be able to carry out essential work on our original buildings which form the centrepiece of the college and are part of the national heritage . ’ |
| 17 | Buxton … says police should be able to carry out random breath tests . |
| 18 | Most insects are not powerful enough fliers to be able to carry out seasonal return migrations ; but a few can . |
| 19 | The most recent trends in family therapy have tended to suggest that seeking merely to increase self- and family awareness may be insufficient to bring about effective change within the family dynamic . |
| 20 | If efficacy can be shown then the question of harm needs to be considered by using information from the trial itself ( however few the data ) together with other available data ; it may be necessary to set up special surveillance methods . |
| 21 | Their employers were quick to stoke up popular envy through the press if players even temporarily forgot their good fortune . |
| 22 | We tested the Super Dustbuster ( HC431 ) , which is easy to handle , has an additional power boost , and is designed specifically to clean up after jobs such as wood planing and sanding , as well as being able to pick up broken glass or small nails . |
| 23 | Roosevelt telegraphed again that British insistence on traffic only between certain points was not realistic , and that the economic viability of services depended on being able to pick up intermediate traffic . |
| 24 | The Gulf conflict is particularly ill-suited to the traditional left culture of opposition , which relies on being able to mark out ideological ground in antagonism , to the prevailing consensus and then trying to win converts . |
| 25 | It is further suggested that this will lead to women being able to take up paid work instead , further advancing their equality with men . |
| 26 | Using this approach , it is possible to pick up incipient warning signs as the company starts to decline well in advance of it crossing the solvency threshold , allowing much more time for action to be taken . |
| 27 | If services are no longer to be held , even irregularly , there may still be a local farmer or former parishioner who is willing to carry out basic maintenance . |
| 28 | How is British Coal expected to compete in the privatised electricity market when the duopoly is able to close down coal-fired power stations even though they can produce cheaper electricty than the new gas turbine power stations , because the duopoly is able to pass the extra costs to consumers ? |
| 29 | They will be fine in a temperature range of 72–85°s ; To maintain water quality it is vital to carry out regular water changes . |
| 30 | Whatever the methods chosen for online education , it is desirable to carry out careful evaluation to study the effects of the instruction . |