Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Businessmen are banding together to bring to book those who illegally dump wagon loads of waste , and the Merseyside Development Corporation have backed the initiative with the introduction of video cameras to monitor the twilight activity . |
| 2 | Last night , the town hall 's planning department confirmed the letter has been received merely asking for advice . |
| 3 | As such they are highly suitable for the brewing industry , from plant to road tankers , and are becoming widely used as glass washing agents in the licensed trades . |
| 4 | These schemes and the benefits they provide , in general , are organised hierarchically according to employment status and occupational class ( James , 1984 ) . |
| 5 | It consists of a boat-like main hull and two outrigger pontoons , or sideswimmers , which are lifted hydraulically to rest on top for road travel and which are extended and lowered to the sides for stability on the water . |
| 6 | I understand this has been given some serious consideration , but it has been decided not to proceed at present . |
| 7 | A Design Change state indicating that it has been decided not to proceed with work on the Design Change . |
| 8 | Early release was possible on the recommendation of an Advisory Board , made up of representatives from various agencies , but in 1987 , while 458 were released on expiry of their sentence , none at all appeared to have been granted early release on licence . |
| 9 | I truly believe that each of us had held on in there not only for ourselves , but also for the women we are destined never to meet in person , but with whom we share our motivation to create a world where our creativity is valued . |
| 10 | Multipage and multiple spreadsheets have been made easier to use in version 5.5 by the inclusion of icons that let you move forwards and backwards between pages and spreadsheets — these are the double arrows in the third section down in the Tool Bar . |
| 11 | Recent advances in knowledge of thrust belts based on seismic and drilling have been made easier to apply to frontier areas by published descriptions of typical geometries , improved understanding of the mechanisms involved , and the establishment of standard terminology ( see , for instance : Hossack 1979 ; Berger and Johnson 1982 ; Butler 1982 ; Boyer and Elliot 1982 ) . |
| 12 | On the table so whatever you 're sharing out goes on top there 's the table put some little legs on okay there 's the table whatever you 're sharing out goes on top and we 're sitting here with our knees under the table okay so the people are underneath the table . |
| 13 | On the table so whatever you 're sharing out goes on top there 's the table put some little legs on okay there 's the table whatever you 're sharing out goes on top and we 're sitting here with our knees under the table okay so the people are underneath the table . |
| 14 | You should , you , you 're advised not to jog on tarmac because the surface is hard and jars and so if you do a lot of it can you see and if , particularly if your joints are not equal to it , then you set up a lot of trouble . |
| 15 | In ANDES " work , particularly in the controlled zones and with refugees , it has made a concerted attempt to include women , and its educational materials have been drawn up bearing in mind the need to broaden the context of women 's work . |
| 16 | The facts — that Chrissie has been caught taking food home , the higher than average food costs , etc. — show that things have n't been going entirely according to plan , but what are the causes ? |
| 17 | Several of them — constipation , confusion , urinary incontinence and difficulty seeing and hearing — have been shown elsewhere to increase with age ( Cartwright , 1990a ) . |
| 18 | Incidentally , although a level of ability is required for the full-time course and potential students are assessed either playing in person or on cassette , ‘ O ’ and ‘ A ’ levels are not pre-entry requirements , and ( although a useful personal asset ) neither is the ability to read music . |
| 19 | Certain diseases are hereditary ( or at least familial ) ; sadly , it is being discovered that some babies are born already addicted to heroin or with the AIDS virus . |
| 20 | If you are travelling please check with venue . |
| 21 | They 've just made it into a town where people are travelling out to go to work |
| 22 | A campaign group that 's been set up to lobby on behalf of the thousands of people who are thought to have lost their pensions says there 's lttle hope of Alan 's ever being refunded … |
| 23 | Pepsinogen synthesis has been found closely linked to secretion and depletion of stores by a well regulated feedback mechanism under in vitro conditions . |
| 24 | They said Nicola had been found brutally stabbed to death in her office although neither newspaper disclosed that the murder weapon was a pair of scissors . |
| 25 | As a vine will generally withstand a temperature as low as -5°C water-spraying systems are set up to come into operation as soon as the temperature drops to 1°C . |
| 26 | Each will be revised regularly to check on progress , and raise standards higher . |
| 27 | The Commission strongly affirms the value of silent as well as vocal participation , and it believes that worshippers need to be taught how to listen to music no less attentively than they do to the reading of Scripture , or to preaching , or to the recitation of prayers . |
| 28 | On completion of the consultation process with members the paper will be redrafted then submitted to Government . |
| 29 | San Diego , California-based Metrosoft claims to be developing the first commercial multitrack MIDI audio software for NeXT workstations : MetroTracks can accommodate up to 32 virtual tracks , eight of which can be mixed simultaneously depending on hardware configuration , is compatible with most third party audio products supported by NeXT , cost starts from $600 and ships in September . |
| 30 | Yet conventional categories can be modified also to allow for change in concepts and attitudes . |