Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [be] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Supervisory Authority and the state prosecutor 's office may institute proceedings before the ordinary courts of justice for a declaration that an insider dealing or a misleading prospectus and dealings made thereunder are null and void . |
| 2 | Its eggs are transported in faeces , and if the ground these land on is sandy and moist , they will hatch . |
| 3 | French Basques seem happy to go on being French as well as Basque . |
| 4 | Standing up for pensioners has rarely been popular except among pensioners . |
| 5 | POLITICS in Colombia has long been violent but boring . |
| 6 | It has long been clear that IBM Corp 's latest restructuring into 13 somewhat autonomous business units has taken too long and has not gone far enough , and the company has called an extraordinary board meeting for this Tuesday to decide what cuts need to be made to meet 1993 targets . |
| 7 | That has only been possible because of the combined effort by the whole BNFL team , led so effectively by our outstanding Chief Executive , Neville Chamberlain . |
| 8 | On those occasions when dependence on the providence of some undefined ‘ god ’ has apparently been effective and some relief from troubles apparently obtained , it could have been shown that the relief came , in reality , from a human source . |
| 9 | Understanding the quantisation experiments has not been easy and is still controversial . |
| 10 | At Tankersley , the custom has not been continuous since its introduction , nor has it always appeared on Feast Sunday or even on a Sunday at all . |
| 11 | Because medical practitioners are either salaried or paid on a capitation basis they have no financial incentive to " overtreat " , and the competitive bidding-up of salaries has not been possible when pay and salary structures are nationally negotiated ( though this may change in future ) . |
| 12 | We have heard many times why that has not been possible and it 's no good crying over spilt milk , as they say in these parts . |
| 13 | This opposition has not been coherent or co-ordinated , and is still much weaker than the centripetal trends it opposes . |
| 14 | Her forehead shines whitely above the dark glasses ; she has not been well but the resting home has allowed her to visit us for the afternoon . |
| 15 | ‘ As you know , father has not been well and Hattie is not the most reliable of attendants . |
| 16 | ‘ She has not been well and I do n't mind admitting now that we were very worried , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Several studies have shown that the concentration of carbon dioxide was as little as half the present concentration at the peak of the latest Ice Age , but it has not been clear if this is cause or effect . |
| 18 | Data entry has not been error-trapped and every field will accept any type of entry , even the date field , so it 's up to the user to ensure the integrity of the data he enters . |
| 19 | Wreck On The Highway and Fade Away were bleak and enduring vignettes , while Independence Day and the title song were nothing less than monumental . |
| 20 | Once again we meet to debate and vote on this highly emotive subject and it has always almost , it has already been apparent that it is very emotional . |
| 21 | The response from midwives , health visitors , and paediatricians to the education programme has generally been positive and has helped in the practical implementation of the test . |
| 22 | The band 's press coverage has generally been excellent and Houghton thinks it is a consequence of the group 's organised , professional outlook . |
| 23 | However , the SFO 's handling of its investigations has hardly been consistent and it already has set a precedent for the Barrowclough report to be published in full . |
| 24 | Nobody 's who 's died has ever been depressed after they 've taken |
| 25 | Our relationship between any lottery director and G Tec as a company has always been professional and above reproach and as far as our relationship with the current director in California , we 've had instances were we 've been successful in California in gaining business while she was a director , and we 've been unsuccessful . |
| 26 | My future has always been uncertain but family and children need security . |
| 27 | The Ukrainian settlement in the north west has always been close-knit and Ivan Solowka soon found himself running a club for the 20 or so families in Middleton . |
| 28 | This will have to be reviewed in the light of these new ‘ rules ’ but the advent of new rules does not fundamentally change the principles of effective decision-making : open decision-making has always been possible and will continue to be possible even under LMS . |
| 29 | For sexually active people outside a long-term monogamous relationship , safe sex has always been important because of the danger of sexually transmitted diseases ( STDs ) — most commonly genital warts , syphilis and gonorrhoea . |
| 30 | ‘ Making a fuss ’ has always been counterproductive and superficial . |