Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Swindon are bouncing up the table into third now . |
| 2 | It appears the Germans are taking over the running of Standard 's European branches . |
| 3 | MIPS ' known design wins , including SNI , Sumitomo Electric Inc , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , Acer Group Inc and parent SGI , are not the stuff of massive volumes despite MIPS ' claims that Sony Corp and NEC Corp are racking up the numbers in Japan . |
| 4 | THOSE WHO LEAVE THE WEST HIGHLAND LINE AT FORT WILLIAM ARE MISSING possibly the most beautiful section of railway in Europe , that is the line that runs westward to Mallaig . |
| 5 | However , what is currently causing concern is that human activities are increasing rapidly the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the earth 's atmosphere . |
| 6 | In their different ways , Hanson and ICI are doing much the same thing : running a portfolio of businesses . |
| 7 | Your authorities ' plans are shown less the amounts of these Government grants ; and of fees , charges and other income which they estimate they will receive ( on which see next note ) . |
| 8 | Moreover , as the intraluminal contents may influence motility , it is safer to infer that differences between individuals in motility patterns are causally related to their altered bowel habits if these motility patterns are seen when the intraluminal contants are similar — that is , after bowel evacuation , as opposed to varying from liquid to hard masses . |
| 9 | The groups are urging both the Scottish Office and Department of the Environment to match their offer . |
| 10 | It appears that the German Infantry facing the Marines has surrendered , and now No. 4 Commando Brigade are following up the retreating Germans . |
| 11 | But because lifestyles are changing constantly the rules of etiquette are changing too — a little slower than lifestyles perhaps , but still changing . |
| 12 | However , it is an irony , that may referees are blowing up the ruck and maul situation much earlier than before , with the consequence of a plethora of scrummages which is killing the flow of play , and presumably increasing the chances of injury . |
| 13 | It is perhaps not surprising that when older pupils come to sit their leaving examinations , they generally view the prospect of the examinations without much apprehension ; this may be because most decisions about their future are taken on the recommendation of their teachers rather than directly on the basis of examination results . |
| 14 | The rise in oil prices towards $19 a barrel yesterday indicated that some traders are taking seriously the latest efforts by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to trim output in an attempt to achieve a target level of at least $21 a barrel . |
| 15 | Clubs with water between Congleton and Kidscrobe are to thrash out the best way of removing the mink which have spiralled in numbers . |
| 16 | While the BARB meters can record whether the VCR or an on-air programme is being watched , there is no way of telling whether people watching a time-shifted programme are cutting out the commercial breaks — or , indeed , what programme they are watching . |
| 17 | The toons are taking over the show Bob Swain on animation after the Roger Rabbit revolution . |
| 18 | Fran Bennett , CPAG director , suggests both major parties are softening up the public for more means-testing and fewer rights to universal benefits . |
| 19 | That is why the opposition parties are turning over the prospect that the prime minister , Mr Turgut Ozal , may impose a head of state from his own conservatives . |
| 20 | If two or more crewmen are slain then the remaining crew will be unable to cope , so when it shoots the cannon must miss a whole turn before it can shoot again . |
| 21 | More designers are going down the locking tuner route and it 's something which I personally welcome ; it does away with that lumpiness at the nut end of the fingerboard and offers up a more traditional look into the bargain . |
| 22 | The central idea to transmit is that any programme is a formal device through which rewards can be provided when the problem does not occur in circumstances where sometimes it does , and through which disincentives are provided whenever the problem does occur . |
| 23 | Finally , the four bent metal legs are predrilled so the device can be screwed to a heavy board . |
| 24 | More interested in the style than the fashion , Huggy Bear are carrying on the feminist tradition of punk bands like The Slits and X-Ray Spex with all the musicality of Pete Duel & The Shit or Alien Sex Fiend . |
| 25 | Should the Doom Diver be slain then the catapult can not shoot in its following turn while another Doom Diver steps forward to replace him — the model can therefore be removed and replaced in its following turn . |
| 26 | If grammar schools were introduced then the existing comprehensives would suffer . ’ |
| 27 | The judge said Mr and Mrs Lauder conceded that from May 1972 effective steps were taken on the landowners ' behalf to assert a right to exclude the public . |
| 28 | In the kinds of society in which most of my readers were brought up the coding of behaviour presupposes a sharp division between what goes on within the household and transactions which link the household to the rest of society . |
| 29 | German flares were lighting up the sky behind me as I hurried along the road , keeping close to the houses and in their shadows as much as possible . |
| 30 | The other Frenchmen were retreating up the slope , unwilling to give battle to the greater number of black-uniformed Hussars . |