Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Smiling broadly , and displaying the naughty element of her nature , which had been hidden previously behind the candy-coated exterior , she teased reporters .
2 So far as observation and knowledge of the world is concerned , the beliefs of the northern peoples have been dismissed equally by the Russian Orthodox Church and by the Communists as benighted superstition which imprisoned them mentally in a fear of evil spirits .
3 The differential impact of national and industry environmental forces upon the structure , process and outcomes of industrial relations have been examined empirically for the important metalworking industry across five countries .
4 What aims , objectives , hopes , wishes and intentions are gathered together under the broad heading of resource-based learning ?
5 Hu Jiwei had been recalled earlier by the Sichuan provincial people 's congress for his " illegal role in the turmoil " of May and June 1989 when he had attempted to call an emergency meeting of the NPC Standing Committee .
6 French military reinforcements , 150 troops , had been flown in from the Central African Republic to evacuate foreign nationals in Kigali .
7 The dishwasher has been tucked away in the central island and is opposite the main sink , so dishes can be quickly rinsed and put out of sight .
8 So work has started to spread the ‘ learning difficulties ’ modules throughout the catalogue to ensure that they are placed firmly in the appropriate cognate group .
9 FOUR different countries are hidden away in the damp jungles of Panama .
10 He claims that Stanford has been leant on by the Chinese government and by American academics , who were scared that the door to China would be closed unless he was punished .
11 Calculations for the sampling errors of some variables have been published in the individual WFS country reports , but the WFS data are given usually without the relevant confidence intervals .
12 Wales welcome their arch-humiliators with open jaws , the scent of an overdue kill growing in nostrils that are flaring again under the inspirational coaching of Alan Davies .
13 Welcome back:The Princess of Wales will visit two groups for people with HIV and Aids tomorrow , drawing national attention to way sufferers are treated here in the Central region .
14 Telling you , I thought we 'd of been clomping around on the bare floor-boards and sitting on orange-boxes watching a wee black-and-white portable for ever .
15 The choice of 6 January for this purpose has been traced back to the gnostic Christians of Egypt , the corresponding date in the calendar used there being traditionally associated with the blessing of the Nile .
16 The origins of the black cat , as a distinct colour type , have been traced back to the ancient Phoenicians , who sneaked some of the sacred cats out of Egypt and began trading in them around the Mediterranean .
17 The subsurface form of the thrust zone has now been traced eastwards to the northern Rhenish Massif of Germany where it was described by Meissner , Bartelsen , and Murawski ( 1981 ) as a strong reflector 3.4 km deep , dipping slightly to the south-southeast ( Fig. 2 ) .
18 Previous study of colonic pressures in paediatric patients has been limited mainly to the rectosigmoid area , because of relative inaccessibility of the proximal colon .
19 The Bill was brought forward in response to the outcry from consumers and the industry about the way that , over the years , they have been ripped off by the privatised utilities and the fact that , while the regulators have made a contribution — no one would deny that — they have not done anything like enough and do not have the necessary power or resources to advance consumer interests and issues .
20 Fortunately , some experience had been building up on the European continent , in Holland in particular , with DMUs which had very reliable and cost-effective engines and transmissions .
21 Eroticism has been placed firmly on the feminist agenda , a challenge to the desexualisation of lesbianism which represented a significant strand of seventies ' feminism .
22 It was followed by a lunch party at a local restaurant where the tables had been placed outside in the cobbled square .
23 They yesterday found out which rating band their houses had been placed in for the new tax , which starts next April .
24 Marginal plants , as their name implies , grow in the shallow water at the pool 's edge and can either be grown in planting baskets , like waterlilies , or in soil that has been placed directly on the marginal shelf .
25 It looked like Postine had been crushed instantly by the collapsing temple .
26 Their qualifications are validated either by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education ( BACIFHE ) or by one of the independent professional bodies such as the National Council for Drama Training or the Council for Dance Education , or are the college 's own non-validated certificates or diplomas .
27 I am to remain ill and without treatment , I am to carry on with the exhausting task of caring for an old and senile woman . ’
28 If Mr Newton is right , perhaps Mr Lamont will one day be able to please the traditionalists … by announcing that the railways are to go back to the good old steam age .
29 All this implies , as has been pointed out in the collected evidence presented to the 1987 Select Committee inquiry into the implementation of the 1981 Education Act ( cf vol 2 of the evidence ) , and to many others since then involved in attempts at educational reform :
30 Erm I think before I start , it 's very very important , as has been pointed out by the previous two speakers , that we actually make a practical response to the closure of Hospital .
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