Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [noun] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Federation shall have the right to legislate in these matters to the extent that a need for federal legislation exists because a matter can not be effectively regulated b the legislation of the individual Länder Article 72 ) . |
| 2 | The purpose of this is usually to allow students the opportunity to use language they know in a less controlled situation . |
| 3 | The specific volume changes linearly with temperature up to a transition region where a change of slope occurs , after which the curve continues linearly but at a steeper gradient ; Tg is usually defined s the point at which the tangents to the two curves intersect . |
| 4 | A new concept in movie-making is now giving cinemagoers the chance to decide how the plot should develop as they are watching . |
| 5 | Before the swing is even given consideration the search may start for some new equipment ; maybe a driver that hits a high draw from the tee . |
| 6 | Joe ran to the kitchen , and was still giving Mary the order when his mother appeared in the doorway , saying , ‘ What is it ? ’ |
| 7 | Similarly , although Rank turned down Sydney Box 's first independent feature , 29 Acacia Avenue ( 1945 ) , on the grounds that the innocuous story about an aborted premarital romp was ‘ immoral ’ , and offered him £40,000 to put the film on the shelf , he was later to give Box the job of running Gainsborough 's production programme . |
| 8 | This was to give it movement and life and to ensure that the focus of attention was never blurred tor the audience . |