Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the most Anglophobe of Pound 's books is , appropriately , the one that is most full of shoptalk — though of shoptalk of a special kind , the talk of the master to his apprentices in the shop that is a workshop , the atelier where the talk that goes on is the vehicle by which an artistic tradition is transmitted , not in conceptualizing , and tendentious readings of history , but where it is concrete , in tricks of the trade and rules of thumb and words to the wise . |
| 2 | What passed on were the gold frame and certain historic jewels from earlier dynasties . |
| 3 | In the end , all I had to go on was the gallery itself . |
| 4 | What Sherman 's circle perhaps does not emphasize sufficiently is the impact that dominant social ideology about the nature of old age has upon personal problems of older people at all levels of experience , emotional , social and financial . |
| 5 | Secondly , admission to a psychiatric unit has presumably been the result of distress which in many cases will persist after admission . |
| 6 | Although it has rarely been the subject of judicial pronouncement the conceptual basis of the " conventional " sums awarded by the courts in respect of non-pecuniary losses appears to be that such sums are what are considered fair and reasonable compensation in the social , economic and industrial conditions which prevail in England and Wales . |
| 7 | Furthermore , industrialization has rarely been the panacea for rural development that had been hoped . |
| 8 | What matters most is the result , so entertainment will not be the highest priority . |
| 9 | In terms of performance , the main facets to concentrate on are the feel and the overall sense of dynamics . |
| 10 | ‘ On a number of occasions he has personally been the target of attack from either snipers , antitank fire or from mortar bombardment . |
| 11 | Perhaps development of nursery education on a much greater scale , bigger scale than has hitherto been the case |
| 12 | Perhaps a development of nursery education on a much greater scale , bigger scale than has hitherto been the case |
| 13 | But the meeting understood that " It has hitherto been the policy of this HQ and remains ( it is understood ) the advice of the British Resident Minister and the US Political Adviser that all classes and types of dissident and anti-Tito Jugoslavs who fall into the hands of Allied Forces either in Italy or in Austria should not be forced to return to Jugoslavia … " |
| 14 | Twenty-three years in the business has all been the build-up for this , as I take on my most challenging role ever — bloody prompter ! ’ |
| 15 | Of course , the UK has long been the home of large companies exploiting ‘ primary products ’ ( plantation crops , furs , timber and minerals ) in different parts of the Commonwealth and the world . |
| 16 | The Faculty is one of the oldest in the University and has long been the home of many outstanding legal scholars and practitioners . |
| 17 | In answer to a Parliamentary Question , he said that where , following a successful challenge in the courts , retrospective legislation is introduced to restore the previous understanding of the law , it has long been the Government 's policy that the successful litigant should not be deprived of the benefit of the court judgment in his favour . |
| 18 | Drafix CAD is an MS-DOS based CAD drawing package that has long been the choice of users who have been unwilling to pay the price demanded for the industry standard — AutoCad . |
| 19 | It involves the use of DMSO ( dimethyl sulphoxide ) , which has long been the centre of controversy . |
| 20 | CITY UNDER SIEGE London has long been the centre of European finance , but the slide in business now could just be the start of a lasting loss of market share . |
| 21 | In both French and British space programmes , keeping up with — or at least not falling further behind — the USA and USSR space efforts has long been the name of the game . |
| 22 | ‘ It has long been the law that when a man pleads guilty to an indictment the trial judge can permit him to change his plea to not guilty at any time before the case is finally disposed of by sentence or otherwise . |
| 23 | ‘ Whether the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or the Stanze of Raphael should be regarded as the culminating effort of modern art , has long been the subject of controversy ’ ; but they both received double asterisks . |
| 24 | The coco-de-mer grows only on Praslin and its neighbour Curieuse and has long been the subject of legends and superstitions . |
| 25 | The automatic recognition of human speech has long been the subject of science-fiction fantasy and ( more recently ) the subject of extensive scientific investigation . |
| 26 | The special salience of a radical French petite bourgeoisie has long been the subject of commentary for historians and political scientists . |
| 27 | The lighting in the station approach has long been the subject of complain and the Association is actively pursuing the matter with BR . |
| 28 | It has long been the case that the fact of winning is far more important than the manner of doing so , and since they have found a winning formula they have a powerful argument for keeping it , especially now that the financial rewards are considerable . |
| 29 | Or might the turmoil of schemes and unemployment be preparing youth more thoroughly ( as has long been the case in the USA ) for better adaptation to eventual permanent employment ? |
| 30 | This recognition of the " blurred roles " of teachers and librarians , and of the importance of providing opportunities for those who wish to gain an understanding of and professional accreditation in both professions , has long been the case at school level in the USA , where school librarians are generally required to have a proportion of undergraduate and graduate credits in both disciplines ( the regulations vary from state to state ) , and the education system has long been flexible enough to meet the need without the provision of special courses ( though this has its disadvantage in that some students may therefore miss the opportunity to make direct cross-disciplinary comparisons under academic supervision ) . |