Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 you could see it like , er but it could easily have been filled in with some wood and nobody would know it was there , yeah
2 Today , entire journals are given over to this work .
3 The first Cistercians were men who sought to return to the simplicity of Benedict 's Rule and to its strict observance which they argued had been altered out of all recognition by the Cluniacs who spent much of the day in a long and elaborate round of services in choir .
4 But uncertainties are smoothed over by this idealization of a historically and socially specific , juridical concept of power ( Hussain 1981 ) .
5 The point of departure is the general valuation model that has been developed out of discounted cash flow ( DCF ) techniques .
6 This has gradually been whittled down to nine attainment targets per child , to take 12 to 15 hours , and the tests are to be paper and pencil only .
7 Once there , they are broken up by ultraviolet radiation , releasing chlorine atoms which destroy ozone , CFCs are also an important greenhouse gas ( see above ) .
8 So nothing at Barnsley House is too grand … and the broader vistas are broken up by judicious planting of trees and shrubs.As for the flower borders … they owe more to the Victorian cottage than to the stately home :
9 Today most of these assemblages are broken up by human activity but , for example , on the great plains of Serengeti in East Africa the relationships between seasonal vegetation , nomadic herbivores , and dependent beasts of prey can still be discerned and studied in detail .
10 In order to cover this range of variation , the figures in table 3.13 are broken down into mandibular incisor digestion ( columns 13 ) , maxillary incisor digestion ( columns 4–6 ) , isolated incisor digestion ( columns 7–10 ) , and all these combined in columns 11 to 13 .
11 As more animals have been brought inside by the introduction of intensive feeding systems , so more land has been given up to arable production .
12 Free sparring accustoms beginners to being attacked and teaches them how to handle certain situations using the techniques they have been taught up to that stage .
13 Helena said : ‘ I know I have no overdraft facility but I genuinely believed there was enough money to pay my mortgage and feel I have been punished out of all proportion .
14 The six themes are at unequal stages of development in that some have already been broken down into specific research projects whereas others are at a more exploratory stage .
15 Diplomatic relations between the UK and Libya had been broken off since that year .
16 Some of the functionality that lets it be sold for over $10,000 has been stripped out like technical image editing and the ability to scan in pages over 11 x 17 .
17 She had risen from the couch and was awaiting his approach , her consternation evident as if she had been caught out in some misbehaviour .
18 Many cognitive processes are carried through without conscious awareness .
19 If these reactions are carried out at constant volume changes in number of moles of gas with change in gas pressure which can be measured using a manometer .
20 Reactions are carried out at high pressure and temperature and the processes involve large scale filtration , drying , milling and packing .
21 It then assumes a parliamentary intention that the steps which Parliament has enjoined or authorized for saving or minimizing tax shall not be effective if they are carried out for that purpose but are only to be effective if carried out for some other ‘ legitimate ’ business purpose .
22 Worries also exist over mutual recognition of testing and certification procedures , as there is concern that some member states may not have adequate facilities and experience to ensure that these procedures are carried out with appropriate attention to important details .
23 It may mean operating with associate companies , where the bulk of the brewing operations are carried out through licensed brewing agreements .
24 Channel 2 is essentially the same , but there 's no ‘ mid ’ control , no EQ preset button and the tone controls have been honed down to just bass and treble .
25 She explored the place where his manhood lay and he , in turn , used experienced fingers to set alight that part of her where carnal longings had been damped down until that moment .
26 If you are booked in to Black Sail Hut Youth Hostel and the weather puts you off completing the main route , you can make a circuit around Crummock Water before crossing Scarth Gap .
27 Sometimes you shout out the names of hon. Members who are caught up in British Rail delays .
28 A government spokesman confirmed on May 22 that China had conducted an underground nuclear test ; evidence of a major nuclear explosion had been picked up by several monitoring stations the previous day .
29 The technology has already been picked up in one form or another by many sections of the Unix vendor community .
30 The technology has already been picked up in one form or another by many sections of the Unix vendor community .
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