Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [to-vb] [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the influence of Quakers , Benthamites and others the savage penal code had been amended to give it a reformative , as well as a retributive , purpose . |
| 2 | You will probably appreciate some guidance and direction early on in your reading , and for this reason chapter 7 provides bibliographies which are intended to give you a flavour of current methods and ideas . |
| 3 | The tiny Regency houses had no doubt been listed to spare them the attentions of developers ; from the state of the paving stones and the grass-studded cracks in the roadway , it seemed that the town council too had passed them by . |
| 4 | She told herself later that she could n't have been expected to remember what a knife-edge he lived on , how hard it was for him to trust anyone . |
| 5 | Dolan , in the meantime , has been told to give it a rest otherwise the upcoming European tour will have to be called off . |
| 6 | Perhaps , I only say perhaps , I promise nothing , ’ he said , throwing his purse carelessly from one hand to another , ‘ perhaps I have been told to give you a present when you lose your apprentice . ’ |
| 7 | Exercise 13.3 has been set to give you an opportunity to try reading a table with four variables in it . |
| 8 | You need to know either the landlord or the tenant and , more important , he needs to know you before he can be expected to grant you the right to work on his land . |
| 9 | However , you will be expected to pay her a fee , as weddings do provide part of the local church organist 's salary . |
| 10 | This way of describing interviews can be used to consider what the control is exercised over , and where the types of interviews can most usefully be employed . |
| 11 | With some pottery , chemical analysis can also be used to discover what the pottery vessel may have once contained or have been used for . |
| 12 | I feel that everything I have mentioned in this article is part of good mathematical teaching practice , e.g. that all young children should be allowed to formulate mathematical ideas in familiar language , that all children should be regarded as potential learners and that parents should be helped to understand what the school is trying to achieve . |
| 13 | You can keep the camera work very simple indeed — it can be set to give you the size of picture you want and does n't need to move . |
| 14 | Additional options include a talking calculator and a talking clock that can be set to tell you the time every fifteen minutes , half an hour or hour . |
| 15 | Additional options include a talking calculator and a talking clock that can be set to tell you the time every fifteen minutes , half an hour or hour . |
| 16 | Finally , RACs should be asked to consider what the paper inelegantly described as ‘ resource availability and future coordination in respect of training for education management ’ , and consideration should be given to setting up a national advisory and consultative group . |
| 17 | Well on theirs I 'm allowed to give you a discount , I bring that down to a B. The higher up you 're going . |
| 18 | All these functions can be combined to give you the advantages of traditional cooking in less than half the normal cooking time . |
| 19 | Jerome had surely told all he knew , and if the burden he was carrying was even more than his due , yet he could be left to carry it a while longer . |
| 20 | The students should be encouraged to identify what the profit per bed is likely to be next year , i.e. based on the conditions at the end of the year it is likely to be only £10 per bed . |
| 21 | It seems increasingly likely that he will join Smith as assistant manager at Bristol City , although the Roker board could be forced to offer him the manager 's post if Sunderland win the FA Cup . |
| 22 | And to do it without a lot without a lot of support from the a from the people who actually lived in the flats , although they organized things and got it going , and the people living there did n't seem to be motivated to give them the kind of encouragement erm |
| 23 | If I had a daughter getting married this summer I would be tempted to give her a twopart party in similar vein . |
| 24 | If I could be absolutely sure that A and B were n't somehow mixed up in it all , I 'd be tempted to give it a go . |
| 25 | But Derek , 33 , was quietly confident when they met and vowed : ‘ I 'm determined to give them a run for their money . ’ |
| 26 | Since the former church hall is leased by the Catholic Church to the Priory for use as a function room , I have been asked to send you a copy of my letter outlining the objections made to this application . |
| 27 | But he had always known his mother 's birthday and at primary school he had been allowed to make her a birthday card . |
| 28 | Two years and two back operations later he has been forced to call it a day . |
| 29 | Seasonal work is so uncertain that the pickers are forced to work whatever the conditions just to make a few extra pesos . |
| 30 | When Ken called by later , he told me that he 'd been commanded to show me the sights the following afternoon . |