Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

  Previous page   Next page
No Sentence
31 If the complaint turns out to be more serious or if agreement can not be reached on a resolution , it must be referred back for a full investigation .
32 Before the programme is finally adopted it has to be referred back to the European Parliament for a second time .
33 Or should development be given over to a broad church of interest groups and realised by a catholic mix of architects working in a number of complementary styles ?
34 You might arrange for pay to be given out at a different time and check whether the trains are less crowded somewhat earlier in the afternoon .
35 He also rejected the radical free market view , which proposed that each part of the electricity industry ( generation , transmission and distribution ) should be broken up into a large number of competing companies .
36 The tail , when bitten , may then be broken off at a weak spot near the base , where there is a slight constriction .
37 The privacy and identity that they possessed by living in family homes separated from other families , even when members of co-operatives , would be broken down under the new arrangements .
38 Words themselves can be broken down into the minimal grammatical units known as MORPHEMES ( stems and affixes ) .
39 LIFESPAN RDBI data transfers can be broken down into the following phases :
40 Fibre is a specialized form of complex carbohydrate , which can not be broken down by the normal human digestive system .
41 These have to be broken down by the digestive system before they are absorbed as single units of mainly glucose and fructose .
42 Fibre is the indigestible component of our diet , almost always derived from vegetable produce , and it is those components of the diet that can not be broken down by the digestive system which in turn pass into the large bowel and contribute to the bulk of faecal waste matter .
43 The building of the Berlin Wall seemed to show that Germany 's division could not be broken down by the forceful anti-communist line which he favoured .
44 If a deal is eventually to be wrung out of a reluctant Kremlin to break the deadlock over the Baltic republics , much will depend on how much support Mr Yeltsin can muster .
45 Instead , the mechanism inside the cylinder allows the ‘ primary ’ circuit to be filled up from the cold water supply to the hot water cylinder When it is full , a large air bubble prevents the two mixing — provided the water in the boiler circuit is never allowed to boil .
46 Some settlement is likely to take place over a period after the trench has been filled , but this can be filled in at a later stage .
47 Sparse eyebrows can be filled in with a sharpened eye pencil , but soften with a brush afterwards so there is no hard line .
48 Mike needs to be filled in on the latest developments . ’
49 If , however , you feel unable to do this , it would still help us if the questionnaire could be filled in for the largest course , and some indication be given of provision in other courses .
50 He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman .
51 Any further comments can be filled out in the available space .
52 The Commander is best left separate from the tank so that he can be painted up as an individual model and put in or left out of the hatch as desired .
53 Tables can be used as desks ; end tables can be used for dining ; chairs can fold up and be hung from large colourful hooks , or be stacked up into a tiny space ; armchairs can become spare single beds ; well thought-out storage will take care of clothing , books , files and china .
54 You do n't understand the humiliation of it — to be tricked out of the single assumption which makes our existence viable — that somebody is watching …
55 ( The printed sheets were ‘ signed ’ with a letter of the alphabet , so they could be gathered up in the right order — one of each , B , C , D , etc .
56 The food will then be heated up by the elderly and disabled clients themselves .
57 But while County are tipped to go up this time , Francis could be stepping on to a bigger stage before next spring .
58 ‘ I do n't think he is going to be stepping back from the front line , ’ he said .
59 But trampolining wo n't be catching on with the other animals .
60 The modern qualitative theory can be fleshed out into a quantitative technique ; and this book tells a coherent and deep mathematical story , packed with insights and ideas .
  Previous page   Next page