Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are intended to go well beyond simple reading comprehension checks , and they focus on aspects of style as well as giving abundant opportunities for vocabulary work , language development , and discussion . |
| 2 | The reforms are intended to cut deeply into current practice in both undergraduate and post-graduate programmes of initial teacher education , primary and secondary . |
| 3 | Ultimately , the aim should be to provide fully integrated services for people of all races and cultures which are designed to respond appropriately to individual differences . |
| 4 | The plain colours in pastel shades are designed to blend in with patterned wallpapers , or to co-ordinate with a personal choice of colour schemes . |
| 5 | These dimensions have been tested ergonomically , and are designed to fit in with standard appliances , so they provide a useful guide if you are building your own units instead of buying ready-made . |
| 6 | As a result , most passengers arriving for international trains are expected to do so by public transport rather than by car , thus avoiding congestion on local roads . |
| 7 | The laws , which are expected to pass easily through federal and state parliaments , will also come into force on July 1 next year . |
| 8 | This is because benefits ( which are entirely fuel savings over the whole system ) are less valuable early in the plant 's life than they become later , as coal and oil prices are expected to rise continuously in real terms . |
| 9 | Blood group factor H has been reported to blind preferentially to endothelial cells as well as intestinal mucins and other glycoproteins . |
| 10 | Last year 's champion had been expected to stroll home against second-division opposition in the Prix du Prince D'Orange before another Breeders Cup bid . |
| 11 | It is often assumed that employers take advantage of the demand for positions where interesting work , pleasant conditions and a high degree of job satisfaction are reckoned to make up for low pay . |
| 12 | well there are some seats that are built set out at different divots . |
| 13 | This is because once the decision has been made to move away from incremental allocation based on historic spending the question of what merits funding is raised before issues of measurement . |
| 14 | Single-parent families , that is mothers , are blamed for continuing this process , producing a culture of dependency and poverty in that their children are said to grow up with poor interpersonal skills , low educational achievement , and lack of marketable skills . |
| 15 | The change had been so abrupt that Joseph had been moved to speak only in hushed whispers of the thrilling sights and sounds that unfolded all around them . |
| 16 | We 're going to live here for good , Shelley . |
| 17 | ‘ I think you 're horrid to tell me lies too , and make out that when you 're married you 're going to get up to horrible … such disgusting … with that man who looks like a fish with cold yellowish eyes and greeny-yellow skin … . ’ |
| 18 | Yes , this is what big shops , particularly in America , have now been doing for a few years , in that the till that takes your order as it were is also a computer terminal on line to large computers somewhere else , and every time your tin of baked bins is checked out by the girl on the till , it is adjusting the stocks on its large computer and saying , ‘ Hey , we 're going to run out of baked beans at approximately ten o'clock tomorrow morning . |
| 19 | The way that organisational information systems are used depends less on technological forces or notions of information need than on the nature of organisational authority and control into which they are introduced . |
| 20 | Although only an indirect method of assessing splenic function , the measurement of pitted erythrocyte counts has been shown to correlate well with other measurements of splenic function , albeit in particular circumstances such as treated coeliac disease . |
| 21 | Recordings of gastric electrical control activity made from surface electrodes have been shown to correlate well with mucosal recordings , and this together with improvements in detection methods and their wider availability has led to increased use of surface electrogastrography in the investigation of gastrointestinal symptoms . |
| 22 | More recently , β-thromboglobulin has been shown to rise markedly during controlled hypoglycaemia in a group of insulin-dependent diabetics ( Monnier et al , 1984 ) . |
| 23 | Except at its surface , the sea is dark and shadowy , and underwater creatures are thought to rely mainly on black and white pigmentation for their vision . |
| 24 | ‘ If there 's not a properly controlled Government cull , fishermen are going to start shooting them from open boats and you are going to end up with injured seals . |
| 25 | The inevitable forces of change are beginning to sweep through in American junior tennis . |
| 26 | Either way you are bound to drift off into unconnected chains of thought , which does n't matter a bit . |
| 27 | Has not the time come for the Government to commit themselves unequivocally to legislate in the next Parliament so that those who wish to shop on Sunday and exercise their free choice to do so are enabled to do so by total deregulation of the law ? |
| 28 | Conversely , and unlike Kevlar , it has no suicidal self-cutting tendencies and will maintain good control even in Quad-line team mix-ups where 12 or even 16 lines have been known to wrap together through complicated manoeuvres . |
| 29 | In looking for background themes the following have been found to correlate positively with strong motivation-arousal goals for forming lasting relationships with friends and an organization : |
| 30 | Among managers of above-average intelligence , the ‘ helicopter ’ ability , which is a perceptual ability incorporating data collection , data processing , conceptualization and conceptual flexibility , has been found to correlate positively with managerial performance . |