Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the service copy of the summons has been properly served the principal summons with details of the execution of service must be returned to the court before the return day . |
| 2 | While most environmental health officers are keenly applying the new regulations , the shortage of staff coupled with the wide range of new products and processes which have to be assessed has resulted in a somewhat irregular interpretation and application of the Act . |
| 3 | This means that we are effectively using the two-phase method , except that , where a choice of variable to enter the basis occurs in Phase I ( and such occurrences are very common ) , the choice is resolved by the true objective function . |
| 4 | Earlier that year it had been uneasily digesting the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev 's secret speech denouncing the excesses of the Stalin era . |
| 5 | When the process has been successfully completed the following message will appear : |
| 6 | Even those who are successful are rarely accorded the full credit given to their Japanese counterparts . |
| 7 | The conceptual basis of judicial review , that the courts are thereby enforcing the legislative will by ensuring that the authority remains within the limits of its assigned area , has never provided any sure guide as to the appropriate scope for review . |
| 8 | The motel weekends are slowly changing the basic bloodstock of the parliamentary party . |
| 9 | USL has been discreetly nurturing the unprecedented deal for the past two years , out-manoeuvering IBM 's attempt to get OS/2 adopted . |
| 10 | We can not reach an understanding of these divisions if we are constantly denied the alternative perspectives . |
| 11 | The judges and commentators are constantly expounding the legal elements of charity . |
| 12 | The swans started to build their nest several weeks ago and everyone at the factory had been eagerly awaiting the big day . |
| 13 | Boro saw a 16-point lead cut in half as Long Eaton , outclassed in the opening races , won four of the last seven heats and the margin of defeat would have been less had the impressive Dane Jan Staechmann not slid into the safety boards in the final race when set for his fourth win of the night . |
| 14 | Mum and dad are eagerly awaiting the new arrival , as are nine-year-old Jessica , John , seven , and four-year-old James . |
| 15 | The High Court , the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal are together called the Supreme Court . |
| 16 | In the same letter to Katkov Dostoevsky also claimed that the murder was itself the merest peg ; ‘ I am only taking the accomplished fact ’ ; and he went on to assert that the human type ‘ which corresponds to this crime ’ was the creature of his imagination . |
| 17 | The band are literally raising the ageing singer 's career from the ashes . |
| 18 | The band are literally raising the ageing singer 's career from the ashes . |
| 19 | But , says Pflug , the move away from mainframes in favour of distributed computing environments is forcing change — business professionals are making more and more final information technology decisions , while computing personnel are merely shaping the technical side of the project . |
| 20 | Some people worry that feeding the birds is somehow unnatural , but gardens are No more unnatural than much of the British landscape , and the birds which visit our gardens are merely demonstrating the natural behaviour of flocking to exploit the sudden abundance of a source of food , whether it 's a heavy infestation of caterpillars or seeds and nuts put out on the lawn . |
| 21 | I am not to tell the other Rons . |
| 22 | In using this term I am not making the simplistic assumption that people who hold this position are sick . |
| 23 | I am not making the exorbitant claim that every black youth reaching adolescence in the 1970s and early 1980s underwent such traumas . |
| 24 | Such discussions with the Home Office that I have had on the question have made it clear that when their guidelines to the police are finally formulated the limited use of investigative hypnosis will be exclusively in the hands of trained and independent professionals such as clinical psychologists . |
| 25 | I do n't really believe it will ever be made ; I am just providing the raw material which Letterman and some highly paid specialist screenwriter are going to work up into a proper script . |
| 26 | It seems to be working … more families are already making the long trip to see husbands and fathers |
| 27 | Those firms that take on their payroll the early leavers will again either gain a subsidy via a reduction of their training levy , or , if they are already claiming the maximum rebate , the payment of a grant from the training board . |
| 28 | And if pupils are not taught the basic disciplines of rhythm — then things become impossible . |
| 29 | Therefore , if we can not detect a particular coded message in an animal , there is no reason to say that they are not transmitting the particular message by some other means . |
| 30 | Earlier that day , Gorbachev had himself appeared to raise the possibility of his stepping down as general secretary at the CPSU congress when , clearly stung by the ferocity of the criticisms being levelled at him , he complained that " people are not taking the general secretary , the President of the country , very seriously " , and added : " It is not a question of me : tomorrow or in 10 or 12 days ' time someone else might be general secretary or party chairman . " |