Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of the first question the verb is thematicized ; in the second it is rhematic and is substituted for by a categorical verb , i.e. to do . |
| 2 | All in all , some pretty advanced hardware , but it does n't come cheap : Pentium readiness counts for about a grand of the price . |
| 3 | I found that most of the animals in the circuses were looked after with a great deal of care and attention . |
| 4 | Communally maintained for the benefit of all the residents , the setting of the house remains unchanged with a certainty that it will be looked after on a continuing basis . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's looked after like a little princess . ’ |
| 6 | They need to explore , socialise , mix with interested adult company and be looked after in a warm and friendly environment . |
| 7 | There are countries where you might enter and be looked after in a hospitable way ; you do not feel that could happen in England . |
| 8 | During a trip with his amateur mountaineering father the rains came and young Simon spent four days being looked after in a Buddhist teaching monastery . |
| 9 | It was a new sensation — or one she had forgotten — this feeling of being looked after by a strong , tender man . |
| 10 | The child of a globe-trotting executive mother is looked after by a female nanny and so the positive image of women in outward-looking powerful jobs is at once cancelled . |
| 11 | The arrangement was for Dorli and Lieserl to be looked after by a young Leeds couple , Theo and Tilly Hall , who had offered to take in refugee children . |
| 12 | On the visit I was looked after by a Danish girl called Merete . |
| 13 | Foundationers have a special place in the life of Heriot 's and are looked after by a senior member of Staff with responsibility for pastoral care . |
| 14 | THERE is a room in the House of Lords looked after by a clerical officer named Mr Pink . |
| 15 | I could n't see why , because apparently the kid is looked after by a local nursemaid , who had taken it off that day to visit her own family . |
| 16 | ‘ ( 1 ) Subject to the following provisions of this section , a child who is being looked after by a local authority may not be placed , and , if placed , may not be kept , in accommodation provided for the purpose of restricting liberty ( ‘ secure accommodation ’ ) unless it appears — ( a ) that — ( i ) he has a history of absconding and is likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation ; and ( ii ) if he absconds , he is likely to suffer significant harm ; or ( b ) that if he is kept in any other description of accommodation he is likely to injure himself or other persons . |
| 17 | ‘ Where the person applying for leave to make an application for a section 8 order is not the child concerned , the court shall , in deciding whether or not to grant leave , have particular regard to — ( a ) the nature of the proposed application for the section 8 order ; ( b ) the applicant 's connection with the child ; ( c ) any risk there might be of that proposed application disrupting the child 's life to such an extent that he would be harmed by it ; and ( d ) where the child is being looked after by a local authority — ( i ) the authority 's plans for the child 's future ; and ( ii ) the wishes and feelings of the child 's parents . |
| 18 | The Children Act intended parental responsibility to be shared when children are looked after by a local authority , but practice is proving less than perfect as new dangers emerge for children who are ‘ accommodated ’ . |
| 19 | Part Four examines the respective rights , duties and responsibilities of the local authority , parent and child when a child is being looked after by a local authority . |
| 20 | In deciding whether to grant leave the court must have regard to : ( i ) the nature of the proposed application ; ( ii ) the applicant 's connection with the child ; ( iii ) the risk of harmful disruption to the child 's life ; and ( iv ) where the child is being looked after by a local authority , the authority 's plans for the child 's future and the wishes and feelings of the parents ( s10(9) ) . |
| 21 | West Belfast is discriminated against by a Tory government which discriminates against its own working class in its own country . |
| 22 | The drought of the previous three years has dissolved into into a huge downpour and now there 's more of a worry about being too much rather than not enough water . |
| 23 | Another aggrieved member wrote ‘ the system of caddies , which is bad and rotten , be thoroughly looked into by a competent committee ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Each Schmincke stick is satisfyingly substantial to hold ; not so thin and fragile that the slightest pressure will result in breakages and big enough to work with for a considerable length of time . |
| 25 | Thus s27 of the Partnership Act states : ( 1 ) Where a partnership entered into for a fixed term is continued after the term has expired , and without any express new agreement , the rights and duties of the partners remain the same as they were at the expiration of the term , so far as is consistent with the incidents of a partnership at will . |
| 26 | The man who rose from behind a large polished desk on the far side of the room , and came forward to shake Robyn 's hand , was smaller and more ordinary-looking than she had expected . |
| 27 | In a sense , the whole process of embryonic development can be looked upon as a cooperative venture , jointly run by thousands of genes together . |
| 28 | The tuba , when blown softly , combines well with the horns , and might be looked upon as a possible deep ‘ 5th horn ’ . |
| 29 | Business analysis should be looked upon as a two-way exercise — an opportunity to inform , help and convince , as much as an opportunity to find out about the organisation . |
| 30 | Then poor Pamela must be turned off and looked upon as a vile abandoned creature , and everybody would despise her , and justly too , Mrs. Jervis . |