Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The defence does not arise on a plea of autrefois convict , but on the well-established rule at common law , that where a person has been convicted and punished for an offence by a court of competent jurisdiction , transit in rem judicatam , that is , the conviction shall be a bar to all further proceedings for the same offence , and he shall not be punished again for the same matter ; otherwise there might be two different punishments for the same offence . |
| 2 | Writing by the art critic of a newspaper is self-evidently criticism , in parallel with the writing of music and theatre critics ; an exhibition can be treated almost in the same way as a performance . |
| 3 | Thus the thickest potential net pay can be expected to be developed only in the latter situation ( see Figs. 25 and 26 ) . |
| 4 | At the Council in the Marches of Wales the offices of Secretary , Clerk to the Council , and Clerk of the Signet all came to be grouped together in the same hands . |
| 5 | This allows for the entries to be made by machine accounting whereby several operations can be carried out at the same time . |
| 6 | New tasks for perception can only be carried out in the same way ‘ under the guidance of tactile appropriation ’ ( ibid : 242 ) . |
| 7 | Some business decisions can be carried out in the same way . |
| 8 | Perhaps random spot checks could be carried out in the same way as breathalyser tests . |
| 9 | China , if the one-child policy continues to be pursued successfully at the same time that life expectancy is being extended , looks set for an extraordinarily rapid transition to being the oldest society ever known — an apparently unforeseen consequence of her birth-rate policy , according to work being carried out by James Smith and Peter Laslett at the Rank Xerox Unit for the Study of Ageing , University of Cambridge . |
| 10 | A ruling yesterday by the Accounting Standards Board means any premium or discount when a company repurchases its own debt must be be written off in the same year it is incurred . |
| 11 | Identifying references to qualities can be made only via the latter 's exemplifying instances and the thesis that what actually exists can be described simply in terms of qualities and relations between qualities , can not be consistently defended . |
| 12 | Any mulm and detritus can be syphoned off at the same time . |
| 13 | The directors added that they had done so because ‘ this is the basis adopted in the accounts of the overseas subsidiaries ’ , and that the group accounts should be drawn up on the same basis in order to show a true and fair view . |
| 14 | It would seem that any other harmful fumes around would be drawn in by the same means , aerosols being a prime example . |
| 15 | A truly incremental algorithm would improve its performance during a single search , so that information learned early can be used later in the same search . |
| 16 | Therefore they should not be used together in the same word . |
| 17 | The Bach flower remedies and the homoeopathic remedies complement each other and can be used together in the same treatment plan . |
| 18 | The sugars formed by combining the hydrogen with the carbon dioxide are then converted into substances called starches ( the main components of flour and potatoes ) which can be elaborated further into the many complex materials which make up the bodies of living things . |
| 19 | The cost accounts will therefore be closed down on the same date . |
| 20 | The balance between the Bank 's traditional operations and those of the IFC should be shifted further in the latter 's direction ; that is why the IFC 's capital increase ought to go ahead . |
| 21 | Different types of shops are laid out in different ways — you would n't expect an expensive dress shop to be laid out in the same way as a supermarket , for example . |
| 22 | Norman Cook will never be spoken about in the same breath as Jazzie B , yet ‘ Dub Be Good To Me ’ is one of the hardest records you will ever hear seeping out of a Ford Escort at the traffic lights . |
| 23 | Thus , a secretary working in a carpet factory ( code 438 ) will be coded differently from the same grade of secretary working in a neighbouring household textiles factory ( 455 ) . |
| 24 | Where loans are eligible , effective monthly repayments can be reduced accordingly in the same way as most Bank or Building Society mortgages operate , giving you the benefits of tax relief straight away . |
| 25 | Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman were to be billed always on the same line . |
| 26 | The majority , the huge majority , were to be shipped back in the same closed trains to the Motherland of Russia . |
| 27 | For Mill it 's very important that citizens are educated for their role and although participation on a na national level has to be something that can be restricted only to the few , Mill nevertheless wants active participation of the citizens in other aspects . |
| 28 | That most of these exotic names , these exotic Puritan names , are to be found just in the few villages on the borders of East Sussex and Kent that , and are , are to be found in the fifteen nineties to sixteen hundreds . |
| 29 | In allowing yourself to be led now by the same illogical but kind motive , you are not being as silly as you think . |
| 30 | Auguste had added the course in the interests of the Prince of Wales ; it was to be served virtually at the same time as the entrée , in defiance of the rules , in the hope it would attract less attention . |