Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [det] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spring , he says , is a particularly perilous time in adder-land : as they emerge from hibernation , adders are too groggy to slip away from potential threats but their fangs are filled with several months ' worth of venom . |
| 2 | They are regarded by many employers ' associations ( although lacking official recognition ) as a means of encouraging greater stability in shopfloor relations . |
| 3 | Already huge controversy has been provoked by some researchers ' attempts to claim effective ownership of human genes through patenting and by a proposal to set up a UK national database of ‘ DNA fingerprints ’ to enable the rapid identification and capture of violent criminals . |
| 4 | Out goes the bottom name , Sean Gael , and all his votes are shared among those voters ' second choices . |
| 5 | Energy management systems may represent a major attempt to rationalise fuel consumption in non-domestic environments , but it remains to be seen how they will be received by such buildings ' occupants . |
| 6 | Over 80 artists from some 14 nations entered for the new BP Peter Pears Award , each presenting a 22-minute programme representing their talents in opera , oratorio , baroque and 20th-century works ; Britten was to be heard in most contestants ' 20th-century selections . |
| 7 | Further investigations will be made into these childrens ' inability to count the number of sounds in a word by tapping them out and their failure to perform rhyme judgements : both tasks which have been thought , hitherto , to be essential to adequate sound-letter mapping . |
| 8 | Natural Gas Vehicles were also covered in some detail but as our public relations efforts seem to be hampered by these vehicles ' technical problems it 's difficult to be more positive than we have been . |
| 9 | This small characin can be seen in all dealers ' tanks , their fluorescence guaranteed to catch the eye of fishkeepers . |
| 10 | As a group , women have historically been preoccupied with appearance- … ( which ) is capitalised upon by the fashion and beauty manufacturers , whose methods can be seen in any women 's magazine … |
| 11 | The balance of the field will be selected from those Tours ' leading money winners . |
| 12 | Do you think that it could ever be true that they would be sufficiently inexpensive that they could be used in most doctors ' surgeries , or is it going to be something which is only used in one or two important hospitals ? |
| 13 | Here was a face , buried in its cloud of hair , which looked more like a mask than a living thing , a mask such as might be worn on All Souls ' Eve to scare the children , all thickly white with painted black sockets for eyes and a mouth so crudely gashed it was but a slit . |
| 14 | What the bland uniformity of the final bestseller lists ( see opposite ) fails to reveal are the intriguing regional variations that could be found in most respondents ' submissions . |
| 15 | Too beautiful to be sent into that thieves ' kitchen , the woman sniffed . |
| 16 | We feel it should be extended to all assets er all , all accrued rights that are not able to be provided . |
| 17 | The unspoken concern of West Germany and France is that if sterling joined the ERM at its present exchange rate , a devaluation might still be required in several months ' time . |
| 18 | However , it is clearly impossible for us all to stand back and watch the booksellers ' position , in total terms , being undermined by some publishers ' double standards . |
| 19 | This is based on those countries ' national legislations but applies only until an UNCLOS convention actually enters into force . |
| 20 | Chambliss 's evidence is based on several years ' participant observation in Seattle . |
| 21 | The cylinder index and any higher-level indexes : it is unlikely that any but the largest files will require more than one cylinder for these indexes , although a complete cylinder has often to be set aside for them , as is required by some manufacturers ' software . |
| 22 | Worst of all there was very little interlocking between separate communes , a circumstance which was reflected in these peasants ' lack of political cohesiveness in the Dumas . |
| 23 | If a distinction between laws — the law of the State and the law of the Church — was blurred in most men 's minds , the distinction between the clergy and the laity was not . |
| 24 | This ability was sharpened by these players ' meetings , which were a unique feature of football at this time . |