Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One might argue then that the effectiveness of language teaching will depend on what is being taught , other than the language , that will be recognized by the learners as a purposeful and relevant extension of their schematic horizons . |
| 2 | For the observer , perhaps real beauty is known when the soul can be recognized in the features of the face , and the form of the body . |
| 3 | The Rules of the Executive Scheme may be amended by the Directors in any respect provided that : |
| 4 | Arechaga concludes from this that the treaty in its final form could be amended by the parties without regard to third parties ’ navigation rights . |
| 5 | The money that currently goes into forcing less-talented cricketers into retirement can be redirected into the purses of these cricketer' wives , who can thus get all the jobs done that their sporting husbands have not found time for . |
| 6 | Perhaps not surprisingly , the ‘ new ’ criminologists insisted that attention should be redirected to the definers of crime . |
| 7 | We suggest that the issue is not that ‘ a considerable possibility of overtreatment ’ exists but that potentially damaging and ineffective treatment may be undertaken outside the confines of a randomised controlled trial . |
| 8 | James studied the title page and for twenty seconds pretended to be fascinated by the contents of page one . |
| 9 | However , the latter 's impact was extremely superficial and could be explained on the grounds of the familiarity of Koreans ‘ with the laws of their quondam masters ’ . |
| 10 | But there is another possible kind of explanation , often more powerful , in which some linguistic feature is motivated by principles outside the scope of linguistic theory : for example , it seems possible that the syntactic processes known as island constraints ( Ross , 1967 ) can be explained on the grounds of general psychological principles ( see e.g. Grosu , 1972 ) . |
| 11 | He also pointed out that the apparently prodigious appetites of the clergy might be explained by the droves of tourists and worshippers who ate at Vatican restaurants . |
| 12 | Although the total viewing audiences were significantly less than that achieved by association football , this , it is suggested , is partially to be explained by the differences in transmission times , for , unlike the soccer event , no ‘ significant ’ matches were played during the peak television viewing times of the day . |
| 13 | There the changing of the locks is easily to be explained by the needs of security ; and the fact that they paid the rates and settled the electricity bill and tried to improve the premises really takes the matter no further . |
| 14 | The economy of phrase and the abrupt transitions of a Horatian ode can generally be traced to the demands of an intricate governing metre . |
| 15 | All three groups , being sea-dwellers , have left behind abundant remains and the details of their separate dynastic fortunes can be traced through the rocks for hundreds of millions of years . |
| 16 | Kite and team identity must be relayed to the spectators with live-wire intensity . |
| 17 | The idea of literary sensibility would probably be dismissed by the culturalists of the Left as a piece of mystification , and certainly few of them have shown signs of possessing it , on either side of the Atlantic . |
| 18 | A similar explanation in comparative terms can be given of the notions of ‘ superior ’ and ‘ subordinate ’ criteria which we have already used . |
| 19 | Many examples can be given of the pitfalls of question designing . |
| 20 | Generally all that is required is that reasonable notice should be given of the terms as a whole . |
| 21 | Powers should be given to the courts to sentence adult offenders to attendance centres . |
| 22 | The Supreme Soviet Presidium , at its meeting on 18 July , adopted a formal ruling which rejected any change in the constitutional status of Nagorno-Karabakh , but called for greater attention to be given to the concerns of ethnic Armenians living within the disputed region ; a programme of cultural and economic aid was also approved . |
| 23 | Particular attention needs to be given to the preferences of different racial , cultural , and religious groups . |
| 24 | In the 1890s a prominent establishment figure , General Tani Kanjó , had called for greater attention to be given to the interests of the farming population . |
| 25 | Consideration shall be given to the interests of women and disabled persons … |
| 26 | Unfortunately the way in which the issues were formulated and the phrasing of the questions were such that no credence can be given to the findings of the survey or to the general conclusion of the Royal Commission that ‘ there was no evidence from this enquiry of productive effort being inhibited by the income tax structure within its present limits . ’ |
| 27 | It will be clear that to understand social policy considerable attention must be given to the findings of political science . |
| 28 | This information could be given to the members of the company as a separate statement . |
| 29 | Putting to one side the other inequities associated with such a system should it be introduced , I hope due consideration would be given to the problems of the disabled . |
| 30 | The money has been invested in a trust fund , the Ellen Newton Memorial Trust , and the interest will be given to the families of terrorist victims . |