Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Rolling Stones , George Harrison , Bob Dylan and Rod Stewart are still strutting and fretting away , postponing the time when they are heard no more . |
| 2 | Face contact is limited to ‘ glove touch ’ only , though high kicks are given a little more leeway |
| 3 | Details are given a little further on . |
| 4 | Old Priam ( fig. 92 ) watching Hector arm is made bald and stubbly ; and in the three great revellers on the back of the same vase ( fig. 93 ) Euphronios 's écorchés are given a more natural layer of fat over the muscle , and the foreshortening of the torsos is really remarkable . |
| 5 | In this technique metabolically significant compounds , like glucose or oxygen , are given a very low-activity , short-lasting , radioactive label which decays in a highly characteristic way , giving off sub-atomic particles called positrons . |
| 6 | You are given a much needed breathing space to sit back and assess what progress you 've made so far in life and where you 're likely to go from here . |
| 7 | As a filler we are given an equally eloquent account of the Alto Rhapsody , with Bernadette Greevy in glorious voice . |
| 8 | Such theories are given the rather exaggerated title ‘ grand unified theories , ’ or GUTs . |
| 9 | It places a great responsibility upon us to ensure that the children of Sunderland are given the very best possible value-for-money meals , while also ensuring that public funds are used to the best effect . |
| 10 | He or she has been eating a very large quantity of food and has recently embarked on a calorie-counting slimming programme . |
| 11 | Firstly , we are seeing a dramatically increased number of rapes being processed by the police and courts . |
| 12 | PEOPLE may be flocking to the sales — not because the recession is ending but because they are seeing the most realistic prices in years . |
| 13 | ‘ The auditors are treated no differently to other suppliers of services , ’ says a spokesman for the finance department . |
| 14 | Senior Manager of the National Westminster 's Technology Unit Duncan Matthews explained that the issues of health and safety and environment are treated no differently to other management issues , and a bank would integrate this into its normal appraisal policy . |
| 15 | Congress must fully support moves by the T U C and the Labour Party to ensure that temporary workers are treated no less favourably than full-time workers . |
| 16 | And it also shows the special circumstances which tend to tie women into the sort of close personal relationship with a weekly credit caller which can mean they are using a relatively costly form of credit almost automatically — see chapter 5 . |
| 17 | You should make sure you are using the most suitable form of credit for your purposes . |
| 18 | These trends are likely to persist within the next five years , and necessitate a continuous review of the IT market-place , and mechanisms to ensure that Garden staff are using the most cost-effective IT in pursuit of Garden priorities . |
| 19 | We must also check that software used on RBGE equipment is virus-free , is being used for official purposes , and that we are using the most recent versions . |
| 20 | The reason for saying ‘ nearly all ’ is that some income you may receive is tax free : types of income on which you do not have to pay tax are listed a little further on . |
| 21 | Because Sandtoft are producing the very first machine made clay plain tile to match the Humberside pantile . |
| 22 | if you look at it one way are subsidising the very rich |
| 23 | However , Article 15 specified slightly increased levels of HLCAs because the conversion rate of European Currency Units to Sterling has been altered a little and it is recommended that any enhanced payments should be linked solely to conservation undertakings and be re-imbursed by the EEC . |
| 24 | Or if we are implicated a little ( since doubtless some Gentiles and even some Jews have anti-Jewish feelings that they 're ashamed of ) , the implication I would guess is altogether more manageable than what happens when — Jew and Gentile alike , black as well as white — the educated elite is forced to confront its feelings about ‘ the Masses ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ Yet it is the skill we are taught the least . |
| 26 | ‘ We are forecasting a very exciting time developing our activities in London and we will continue to gear our services to the clients requirements and ensure that our approach is a refreshing change . ’ |
| 27 | The Local Authority Housing Development had been plagued every nigh with complaints from these distant relatives of the lobster . |
| 28 | As carpet imports are minimal in our market segment , we are optimistic and are maintaining the substantially increased promotion investment which we consider vital for the Group 's future . |
| 29 | All in all , Mo had been given a pretty torrid time by the nation 's voters . |
| 30 | Mildred , however , had been given a rather dim-witted tabby because there had n't been quite enough black ones to go round . |