Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A reporter explained , ‘ NHS staff throughout the south of the city have been recalled to deal with the emergency . ’ |
| 2 | Many teenagers feel embarrassed when asked to sing , and few adults are heard singing around the house or whistling on street corners . |
| 3 | The avoidance of such fluctuations was considered desirable not only as a first stage in monetary union but also for the smooth operation of the Common Agricultural Policy , since food prices are calculated according to the exchange value of member currencies . |
| 4 | Fees for investment business certificates are calculated according to the number of principals in an MNP or directors and shareholders in an RB . |
| 5 | The systems planning team will ensure that the subsystems are developed according to the plan which allows for some form of integration later . |
| 6 | This background context within which the rules ( both substantive and procedural ) are developed impinges upon the relationship between the actors and the nature of the rules which they establish . |
| 7 | A Scotsman had been witnessed hammering on the door of the nearby Bull public house . |
| 8 | Also in group situations , it may be the case that the senior executives are employed by the top company , so it will be necessary if they are to continue to work for the target to negotiate with each of them a revision to their service agreements . |
| 9 | He writes : ‘ If we are pressed to see in the doctrine of the Trinity some clue to the sense that gender … must have something corresponding to it in the God-head , one would find in the unconditioned Unity of God something like the feminine in creation , while the differentiated Persons , on the other hand , have each a masculine denomination . ’ |
| 10 | Various techniques have been developed to respond to the problem of incomplete crime statistics , of which ‘ victim surveys ’ and ‘ self-report ’ studies are the most common . |
| 11 | The methods and techniques which have been developed to cope with the child-rearing process seem to apply equally to families who are experiencing the difficulties and frustrations of caring for an ageing relative . |
| 12 | A probabilistic syntax processor has been developed to assist in the selection of the correct words for a text recognition system . |
| 13 | And then , you see , it halted where it did because there were some petals and fragments from the blackthorn I had been handling fallen into the spine there , shaken out of my sleeve or my hair when I closed the book . |
| 14 | As a soldier he had been taught to err on the side of caution . |
| 15 | Representatives from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees have been struggling to cope with the flood of refugees and have appealed to the international community to step up relief . |
| 16 | At the rear of the idol , seven round indents are formed beginning at the base of the spine and extending to the head . |
| 17 | Had it been disguised to blend into the wall ? |
| 18 | from the process of the regular review of departments and faculties by ad hoc review bodies , which always include strong external representation ( this formal review procedure has recently been amended to provide for the review of all departments and faculties on , approximately , a ten-year cycle rather than , as previously , simply associating reviews with the impending retirement of a head of department ) ; and |
| 19 | Sharing Coleman 's opinion of President Hafez Assad as the evil genius of state-sponsored terrorism , NALA had been formed to press for the withdrawal of Syrian and Israeli troops from Lebanon and for the restoration of democracy under the aegis of General Michel Aoun , who , in September 1988 , had been appointed head of an interim military government in Beirut by outgoing President Amin Gemayel . |
| 20 | In preceding weeks a seven-member committee had been formed to prepare for the privatization of 76 state companies , in which foreign investors would be able to acquire minority holdings . |
| 21 | An advisory group , which includes distinguished engineers and scientists from outside BP , has been formed to advise on the effectiveness of the new research and engineering structure as it evolves , as well as on the relevance and potential value of emerging technologies . |
| 22 | Officials are full-time employees , promotion is according to seniority and achievement ; pay scales are prescribed according to the position or office held in the organisation structure ; |
| 23 | Some have a loop around the spat , between stops , others have loops which are intended to go around the spar and the extension of the vinyl sockets . |
| 24 | The seminars are intended to act as the basis for developing a future programme of collaborative research in the periphery . |
| 25 | Read the manufacturer 's descriptions carefully , for some of the smaller pools are really rock pools which are intended to sit near the summit of a rock garden so that water tumbles down a cascade unit into a pool below . |
| 26 | It has been a fashion among Opposition Members — indeed , this was reported by the hon. Gentleman tonight — to suggest that the access funds alone are intended to compensate for the withdrawal of benefits generally and that the £25 million , which he correctly quoted , must , therefore , be inadequate . |
| 27 | To the extent that job cost records are intended to assist in the calculation of real profit margins these rates , excluding profits , are normally used . |
| 28 | There was an almost audible sigh of relief around the world that someone had been caught tampering with the dictionary . |
| 29 | Manager McGrath has watched as both Cavan and Fermanagh have been caught napping in the championship so far and does not want a similar fate to befall his side . |
| 30 | Since then , my instruction on stalls and recoveries has been modified to emphasise from the start that there is no sensation , only symptoms , of stalling . |