Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [vb pp] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a top-down approach in that the entities are identified first , followed by the relationships between them , and then more detail is filled in as the attributes and key attribute(s) of each entity are identified . |
| 2 | It is also top-down , in that the entities are identified first and then more and more detail filled in , as where the attributes of the entities are identified . |
| 3 | This ordering ensures that standard phenomena are covered first , exceptions and non-grammatical structures later on . |
| 4 | The activities are based first on the complete episode , and then progress to more detailed work on each of the four sections into which the episode can be broken down |
| 5 | The volost' party cell and its activities are taken first , before moving to less politically secure organs like the local village Soviets and the Komsomol ( Young Communist League ) . |
| 6 | The announcement only fuelled speculation that he is earmarked for greater things in the Shandwick organisation , of which PRCS is now a part , or even that he was preparing the way for something completely different when his five-year golden handcuffs are released next year . |
| 7 | If an office development is being built , the foundations are built first , the cosmetics such as paint and carpets last . |
| 8 | The transfer of energy to the electrical circuit is accomplished by means of the voltages induced in the phase windings when the rotor oscillates , so these voltages are considered first . |
| 9 | The principles of these rules are explained first in pp. 15–43 of their book , and in greater detail in pp. 69–162 . |
| 10 | In the following sections of the report , country-specific programmes are outlined first , followed by remote sensing and regional programmes . |
| 11 | Many of its quarries are located next to sites owned by large players such as Tarmac and ARC . |
| 12 | In this way , resulting solutions are found first and the initial conditions are obtained subsequently . |
| 13 | Besides , defectors are handled first by MI6 . |
| 14 | One method of avoiding the operation of the rule is to reverse the order of the two parts of the clause so that the general words are placed first and the list of specific items are prefaced by a phrase like " for example " , or " without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing " , or " such as " . |
| 15 | These extra guitar-gauge strings lie on the topside of each ‘ bass ’ string , so using a plectrum lets the instrument operate to maximum effect , since the drones are struck first — as with a 12-string guitar . |
| 16 | His words were echoed last night by PC Hall 's boss , Chief Insp Peyer Harrison , of Redcar Police . |
| 17 | Very few witnesses had been found who were prepared to come to court to repeat their statements in the flesh , but some did and their words were translated first into English and then into German , causing some confusion as to the precise meaning of what they had actually said . |
| 18 | The telephone threats against three Sunrise DJs were made last Monday night . |
| 19 | Fearing that he might end up excluded , whatever steps were taken next , Edward managed next morning to get a memo through to ‘ C' 's personal assistant , with a promise that it would end up on his desk . |
| 20 | The first steps were taken last week when an experiment to monitor ‘ machine-readable passports ’ ( MRPs ) was launched at Heathrow airport . |
| 21 | For this reason additional funds were voted last year for the city . |
| 22 | Pubs , houses and shops were flooded last night when torrential rain lashed parts of North Wales . |
| 23 | Only 124,342 cars were sold last month — the lowest February figure since 1982 says the SMMT . |
| 24 | Four per cent fewer cars were sold last month than in September last year . |
| 25 | Gloucester won 14 -3 and Nottingham dropped down to the second division … this time around the Kingsholm men are looking over their shoulders … but those relegation worries were eased last Saturday with that 18-6 win over London Irish … tonight it 's a club match no league points to be won or lost but Gloucester want every win they can get |
| 26 | ROADS will remain freezing , with ice and fog causing dangerous conditions throughout the holiday , drivers were warned last night . |
| 27 | About 75,000 homes were repossessed last year — putting around 6,000 men , women and children out on the streets every week . |
| 28 | The New Orleans sequences were filmed first , even before Fonda , Hopper and screenwriter Terry Southern had finished writing . |
| 29 | The firm therefore used its legal right to seek reappointment by a letter to shareholders claiming that when the losses were identified last August , audit work for the year ( including enquiries into the London dealing operation ) was still in progress . |
| 30 | One of the two batallions making up the Scots Guards is disbanded next month . |