Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Essentially , this debate concerns those projects which are undertaken by other than the trading organizations within the public sector and which involve broader considerations than simply , for example , the replacement of worn out equipment . |
| 2 | There may well be other regions of the universe , or other universes ( whatever that may mean ) , in which all the dimensions are curled up small or in which more than four dimensions are nearly flat , but there would be no intelligent beings in such regions to observe the different number of effective dimensions . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think we are wound up more than other teams . |
| 4 | It 's been done out nice and there 's tiles and there 's nice coloured units and that . |
| 5 | The gaslight had been turned down low but he could make out Rachel standing at the foot of his bed in her dressing-gown . |
| 6 | In 1938 Leo Amery expressed it in this way : ‘ when we are faced with the competition of a people who lay stress on the healthy development of their young manhood and womanhood , how can we afford a situation in which something like twenty-five per cent of the children of our country are growing up under-nourished and likely to belong to the C3 rather than the A1 type when they grow up . |
| 7 | It appears that this bloody bobby had been locked up two or three times . |
| 8 | The data are piling up thick and fast , and it is time that we paused to examine how far we have travelled and which direction we should now follow . |
| 9 | The most simple and primitive in contemporary use , these looms have changed little since their inception several millennia ago ; they consist of four wooden beams which are laid out flat and secured by pegs driven into the ground . |
| 10 | With a payment under covenant , The Deed of Covenant has to be filled in corrected before a payment is made . |
| 11 | Though the companies that remain will no doubt respond to increasing demand when the upturn comes , imports could be sucked in faster and the trade gap widen . |
| 12 | An enclosed community guards and cares for an enclosed community and we the public gladly subcontract this duty , hoping that it will be carried out unseen and unheard . |
| 13 | If its perimeter is more than 6.6 m ( 22 ft ) you will be walking around more than necessary . |
| 14 | Speak up loud , you 've got ta be speak up loud and clear . |
| 15 | No system has been described in which positional signals have to be transmitted over more than about half a millimetre , or about 30–50 cells . |
| 16 | It would be paying out more than it was earning . |
| 17 | ‘ But many people will be paying out more than they save because of increased charges and because the quality of care will not be there , ’ said Mr Carr . |
| 18 | The fierceness with which peasant deputies in the first two Dumas pressed for all noble land to be handed over startled and frightened the government . |
| 19 | And all agreed most bitterly , though no one uttered it , that they would be going back derided and disgraced . |
| 20 | Downriver , two insignificant openings on the north bank admit to half a mile of underground passages : these are subject to flooding and should not be entered by other than experienced cavers . |
| 21 | Such legitimation could not be provided by other than a high status firm . |
| 22 | It is said to be found at depths of around 30 metres and is , therefore , unlikely to be shipped in other than very restricted numbers . |
| 23 | The second pitfall only applies if you have a relatively slow VAX and will be starting up two or more LIFESPAN Processes in quick succession . |
| 24 | I seemed to be taking up more than my share of the space , and the grief was bad again . |
| 25 | Slightly overfill so that the surface can be rubbed down smooth once the filler has set . |
| 26 | Each of these matters will be taken up later but first we need to outline the growth in awareness of the organisational needs of local authorities . |
| 27 | Benny had to tell a lot of little lies in order to be allowed out late or indeed at all . |
| 28 | An imaginative PRO or press officer will be thinking up new and useful angles for in-depth feature material suitable for specific programmes or publications and will be spending a good proportion of his or her time selling them . |
| 29 | Accepting that politically it would be unrealistic to expect the National Curriculum to be couched in other than conventional terms , ie subjects , I questioned the absence of a rationale . |
| 30 | But supposing we had to make cuts all the same , supposing we just were forced into it , would you suggest that the best idea would be to close down one or two universities , not Sussex of course but one or two of the other universities ? |