Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hand-painted in ten different colourways to match the china , the tiles are proving popular not only for the floor and fireplace surrounds , but for brightening up the area around kitchen Agas . |
| 2 | Flowers will look at their best if bulbs are placed close together in the bowl , but they must not touch each other . |
| 3 | Points values for the new weapons and war machines described in this section are given all together here . |
| 4 | Vertical mergers are treated little differently from horizontal mergers by the law . |
| 5 | No doubt the publishers would claim that it was all in the pursuit of the greater truth , in the way that the slimy tabloids and the unspeakable Sunday Times do when they are parading some particularly unpleasant piece of gossip . |
| 6 | Dr Marshall , 60 , said it was disgraceful that she had been given little more than 48 hours to tidy her office . |
| 7 | One of the most important historic tasks of transnational capitalism has been to include various previously excluded groups within its realm of influence . |
| 8 | There have been cases in cashmere relating to an earlier period and we are pursuing those actively with the EC authorities . |
| 9 | For some days he had been mulling this over , trying to come up with something more interesting than Wyvis Hall . |
| 10 | What is worse is that the caravans are painted white so that they stand out against the green landscape . |
| 11 | The wooden walls are painted yellow too , like butter , daffodils and the hearts of daises . |
| 12 | Well see Carole and them are bringing that back tonight at her erm his son is gon na come back and then |
| 13 | He might add that the reforms that are bringing that about are in danger under the plans proposed by the Labour party and that nobody could guarantee the increasing support and assistance from the NHS if those reforms were turned back . |
| 14 | The organizations are demanding that more stringent environmental criteria be built into the reformed regulations . |
| 15 | It will be obvious that I am using liberal here in a very broad sense . |
| 16 | About forty helium balloons that materialised from nowhere with this American girl have been wound hard up into the window , and judder maniacally together in the wind . |
| 17 | Such technologies are becoming available not only for the Macintosh , but also for Microsoft Corp Windows , and are likely to be in evidence at UniForum this week . |
| 18 | Such technologies are becoming available not only for the Macintosh , but also for Microsoft Windows , and are likely to be in evidence at UniForum this week . |
| 19 | Other global forces are becoming evident too , not necessarily derived from popular experience . |
| 20 | It clearly takes longer if you do it with another person or as a group but even then 15 to 20 minutes is adequate unless you are tackling some really contentious issues . |
| 21 | ‘ Christmas and the New Year is the peak booking season , so we are announcing this now to stimulate maximum interest , ’ said a spokeswoman . |
| 22 | Trailers are usually safer if they are parked close together so that they protect each other . |
| 23 | The committee appointed to enquire into the copper trade and mining ( 1799 ) , said in their report that copper bolts had never been considered strong enough , and that the practice of copper bottoming was stopped by about 1750 , as a result of the losses , and the fact that at one time a third of the navy was in dock under repair . |
| 24 | ‘ Like Richard , ’ he said , ‘ I 've always been considered precocious too . ’ |
| 25 | He who has gone through life without being tested is one who had been considered unworthy ever to gain the victory over fortune . |
| 26 | Family planning was in the air ; newspapers and women 's magazines were openly discussing family planning by the 1930s in a manner which would have been considered outrageous just ten years before . |
| 27 | Having established the overall principle that conciliatory attitudes provide a prime dynamic for strengthening relationships , Paul then goes on to spell out how in each case male and female partners are to work this out in practice . |
| 28 | Firstly , State pensions are keeping well up with the cost of living . |
| 29 | The student may consider a number of strategies for the investigation and select those which are considered appropriate eg in investigating the phasing of traffic lights at a road junction , the student may consider using trial and improvement , graphical techniques , algebraic analysis , calculus etc as strategies . |
| 30 | These additional educational requirements are considered essential rather than beneficial for mentally handicapped children . |