Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it seems unlikely that the mare basins could each have been filled in one outpouring . |
| 2 | It does seem an anachronism that the Australian government could in theory be sacked by the Queen in London , particularly as both countries are devoting much greater attention to their regional interests . |
| 3 | Companies are devoting very low attention — at least in terms of money — to controlling investment ’ . |
| 4 | So it was only in the nineteenth century when all the loopholes had been stopped up that marriage became in fact what it had always been in theory , indissoluble . |
| 5 | The aircraft had been flown already that day , before refuelling for Herr Hess 's trip , and the motor was still warm . |
| 6 | Ways of teaching RE to young children have received too little attention , and teachers are given woefully little training — consequently the one mentioned in the article is probably left to teach as she was once taught . |
| 7 | Similar arguments might be advanced with respect to the measures of economic deprivation , which are presented as items five and six in table 9.7 and are given extremely low weight in the assessment of GRE , compared with the multiple use of housing indicators and of measures of ethnic origin . |
| 8 | If there is one lesson to emerge from consideration of the changing balance of dependence and independence in old age , it is the flexibility and adaptability for which old people are given so little credit . |
| 9 | After Peniel , when for a night Jacob also , so unheroic hitherto , played a hero 's part , we are given more subtle comedy and another hero brought down to earth . |
| 10 | Indeed , in many industries there would be little point in raising the skill level unless workers are given more advanced capital equipment on which to work . |
| 11 | If there is no preparedness to see extensive nationalization of the worst offending corporations and if there is no political or national will to place public officials on the boards of directors to guarantee that ‘ our ’ interests are given as much consideration as those of the corporation , then clearly the will to control corporations has atrophied in the withering light of pragmatism . |
| 12 | Conservationists expect the government to rely on the existing network of 5,800 sites of special scientific interest ( SSSIs ) , which are given only limited protection under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act . |
| 13 | First , textual effects are given only secondary importance : " style , manner , vocabulary and imagery may be borrowed , but personality is inalienable " . |
| 14 | It 's no good just saying you can report fraud er to er t t to the regulator , they should also be responsible to the shareholders , the stake holders , everybody involved er in er er er a company er and in fact er they are n't they have really responsibility to no one except the directors er who appoint them , the company share holders are given very little information , the choice of auditors er is firmly in the director 's director 's hands , the depositors , the consumers , the employees er have no say er in the appointment of er auditors and more important the recent legal cases for instance and the Al Saudi Bank er er and Berg er sons er and company also decided that er auditors do n't owe a duty of care er to individual shareholders , potential investors , the current or potential creditors er even though that information is supposed to be there to help markets understand what is happening to that committee and the government showed no indication that it wants to reverse these judgements , it should reverse them , there should be specific responsibilities attached to er auditors to give them a duty of care er so that we get the information er and er spend more widely and the share holders and the stake holders know what 's going on er er er as well as er the bank or the financial er institution er itself . |
| 15 | Do you think students are given too much time to respond to each stimulus or not enough ? |
| 16 | During the 20th century the average person in Western society has been eating too much fat and too little fibre . |
| 17 | People will have been queueing up this morning to buy these stamps . |
| 18 | We are drawing up another list which includes ICL and Sun . ’ |
| 19 | The pressure which had been building up all weekend was nearing some sort of explosion . |
| 20 | Although some have done this display before , the tension 's been building up all week . |
| 21 | Tension 's been building up all week . |
| 22 | The spotted mare came from Billy Smart 's and jumps a flaming hoop suspended at five feet , the chestnut in the horsebox is an ex-hunter who once belonged to the Duke of Beaufort , this one I 'm holding has been placed twice round Badminton , and Hoomey 's — ’ |
| 23 | The North Down skipper reports no new arrivals on the scene and , although Colin Mockford has left to join Holywood , the Harp Senior League champions will have a significant input as Paul Johnston and Kyle Thompson have both been helping out first XI coach Austin Hunter . |
| 24 | Tests on patients are to go ahead this year . |
| 25 | The amplifier will then have been adjusted so that zero field corresponds to zero output , the first step in achieving calibration . |
| 26 | Medau will be organising the London regional day for interested teachers from all disciplines , which will be held at the Laban Centre on Sunday 1st March — places are limited so early application is advised ( details and application forms enclosed ) . |
| 27 | We are suggesting here that normalisation , over and above these many attempts to define it coherently and carefully , is open to different interpretations in practice . |
| 28 | Clerk of the course Nick Lees said : ‘ It has been raining heavily all day and we had no option but to abandon the meeting . ’ |
| 29 | Tax sensitive decisions will have been explained thus improving client liaison . |
| 30 | At breakfast , I had been given freshly home-made bread , and I felt at peace with the world . |