Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The triangular market place was tightly packed with such properties and much of the original space had been filled with permanent buildings where once only stalls had been allowed . |
| 2 | In the 1980s , Rothenberg explored the human form , which had been dismissed by early minimalists as having no new means of expression . |
| 3 | But in all cases he has been stopped by diocesan authorities as the centres are outside his parish . |
| 4 | When William Burnes died at Lochlea in 1784 , John Tennant lent a horse to help to convey his body to Alloway for burial in the grounds of Kirk Alloway and memories of Alloway and the ruined kirk must have been recalled by both families when they met on that day . |
| 5 | The variation in size would have been enormous as the existing parish councils would have been joined by such cities as Sheffield as ‘ local councils ’ . |
| 6 | Children who do come in to care are placed with other families where possible and again is fortunate in having an experienced network of foster parents and link carers and we ca n't thank them enough . |
| 7 | Further , the extension of this system might well reach the stage when directives are given from political headquarters as to the line of action which ought to be taken locally . |
| 8 | A report received from a tour operator 's courier , completed in red biro warrants further investigation , as a leading Loss Adjuster has found that these reports are completed in red biro if the courier is not totally satisfied with the loss . |
| 9 | This report was criticised because of the small number of patients studied and because patients had not been stabilised on each insulin before acute hypoglycaemia was induced . |
| 10 | These settings must have been intended for private use since Calvin objected to polyphony in church , but when the Lutherans adopted them , using Ambrosius Lobwasser 's translation of Marot-de Beze ( Leipzig , 1573 ) , their congregations undoubtedly sang the tunes . |
| 11 | We lesser mortals who had been banished to such places as Wolverton were , however , less fortunate . |
| 12 | Worksheets which are in good condition are treated with more respect than those which too quickly are crumpled , torn or part company with the staples or covering . |
| 13 | People are treated by government-controlled apparatuses as individualised and equal citizens ( with distinct legal , electoral and civic rights ) rather than members of a class or some other kind of collective group . |
| 14 | Frodo indeed laughs himself : ‘ Such a sound had not been heard in those places since Sauron came to Middle-earth . |
| 15 | For instance , treatments are listed for such conditions as suppurative pneumonia , cerebral oedema and purulent nephritis , obviously requiring highly skilled veterinary care and sometimes remedies at the highest potencies . |
| 16 | The EDC treaty had not been ratified by any state when the proposed Political Community treaty was published . |
| 17 | ‘ It is clear that Professor Wybran has been assassinated in cold blood because he was a Jew , ’ it said . |
| 18 | Consciously or unconsciously , the trees , either individually or in clumps , are recognized by local people as being sacred , and they are given a helping hand to ensure their survival . |
| 19 | A second Gloucestershire social worker has been sacked for smoking cannabis while in charge of a group of youngsters on holiday in Devon . |
| 20 | Mrs Jonker , of Southport , said Miss Owen had been sacked for gross misconduct after written and verbal warnings . |
| 21 | Subsequent curriculum development has simultaneously reflected and led the professional work of the Division : in both full- and part-time courses , emphasis has been placed upon such areas as cost-in-use and design and management studies , by way of work activities , and computer applications and energy analysis as forward indicators . |
| 22 | Yet these farmers had usually been placed in this situation because there was no one else willing to take on the task . |
| 23 | FELs are now a mature technology , and are competing with conventional lasers as tunable light sources . |
| 24 | Patients who joined the study between 1981 and 1985 tended to have been treated with ursodeoxycholic acid as it had become widely available at that time and was considered to be the oral bile acid treatment of choice for gall stone dissolution . |
| 25 | His death would have been diagnosed as extreme negligence as although Roger did drop a huge stone on him , he did not mean to kill him . |
| 26 | Choreographers wishing to interpret music in dance terms are limited in several ways because their choice should not only determine the style of dance used and its phrasing but other factors which are an integral part of the score . |
| 27 | ‘ Quite a few employers are biased against ex-service people because they have misconceptions that they are either robots who only take orders , or that they will run around handing orders out . |
| 28 | In Israel , however , a statement made during a ceremony at the Yad Vashem national shrine to Jewish victims of the Nazi holocaust declared : " We are filled with deep anxiety since it was a united Germany , under the Nazi rule , which brought upon the Jewish people the most horrendous tragedy of this generation . " |
| 29 | The allocation of structural funds in southern Europe has been criticized on numerous occasions as causing environmental damage [ see EDs 56 ; 70 ] . |
| 30 | Recently , however , he had been criticized by fellow Republicans as ineffective at a time when education was increasingly achieving national prominence as a key domestic issue . |