Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Full-time fees for students are calculated according to total parental income . |
| 2 | In a three-variable table with one response variable and two explanatory variables , the proportions are calculated to sum to 1 within each of the cells formed by the categories of the explanatory variables . |
| 3 | Those who exercise power or authority over others typically claim legitimacy for doing so , ie that their position and actions are justified according to recognised principles . |
| 4 | Since inversion of the writing hand has been hypothesised to correlate with reduced lateralisation of brain functions it would be expected that there is a relation between inversion and familial sinistrality which also appears to relate , albeit inconsistently , to reduced perceptual asymmetries . |
| 5 | In goodwill tours of the Six Counties he has been heard to ask for alcohol-free lager and other exotic drinks . |
| 6 | ‘ I would mine uncle would let me have my life , though he takes my crown , ’ he had been heard to say on one occasion . |
| 7 | A list of Cornish saints recently studied in an early tenth-century manuscript , where in several cases the saints are listed according to geographical contiguousness of parochial dedications , suggests that the parochial structure of Cornwall , as we know it today , was already in existence at that time . |
| 8 | Here , a series of patch reefs are developed surrounded by inter-reef sediments ( Fig. 8 ) . |
| 9 | In South-west England a number of strand lines are developed corresponding to different sea levels which fluctuated up to 130 m above present sea level ( Camm and Hosking , 1985 ) . |
| 10 | The misuse of inside information has not been limited to misuse within financial conglomerates , but has been the centre of debate long before Big Bang . |
| 11 | In order to ensure compatibility with qualifications obtained by more traditional means , centres may only offer , through APL the same qualifications that they are validated to offer by other means . |
| 12 | In a country where most of us are taught to paddle on flat water , should we insist on putting novices into white water boats which are specifically designed to veer off course and then spend millions of man hours teaching them to go straight or should we put novices into boats designed to go in straight lines ? |
| 13 | The sisters are taught to think of those impulses that impede the spirit as sins with the strength of predatory beasts ravening in the wilderness of the interior landscape of the fallen world . |
| 14 | This unique course , which Telford College has been validated to offer in 1989–90 , allows the student to study in depth and apply a range of problem-solving procedures to the design and communication of information through print and audio-visual media . |
| 15 | The reactor has been redesigned to run on low enriched uranium and its capacity upgraded from 5 to 10 megawatts . |
| 16 | Although the meeting had been arranged to coincide with final approval of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development [ see p. 37132 ] , those talks were still incomplete , so there was little formal discussion of events in Eastern Europe . |
| 17 | The walks have been arranged to cater for all age groups , with a few designed for those with limited walking ability , and some have been planned to link with bus routes . |
| 18 | It indicated for the first time that quantum theory , which had been developed to account for atomic phenomena , still remained successful when applied to nuclei , systems which are a hundred thousand times smaller . |
| 19 | Statistical tests , known as unit root tests , have been developed to discriminate between these two cases . |
| 20 | You may then find yourself faced with a real battle if your dog has not been taught to co-operate in this fashion . |
| 21 | Often , those who reach such a pitch have not been taught to deal with negative emotions . |
| 22 | A number of dolphins have been taught to communicate in rudimentary English . |
| 23 | People within enterprises who are designated to engage in environmental scanning ( and similar ) activities do not of course restrict themselves to that part of the total external information resource that happens to be publicly available at a specific point in time . |
| 24 | In spite of these doubts , a powerful consortium using both corporate and national government funding has been formed consisting of such major electronics interests as Philips , Bosch , Thomson and Thorn EMI . |
| 25 | Meanwhile a number of less formalised groups have been formed to advise on physical disability , learning difficulties ( separate groups for users and carers ) and HIV/AIDs . |
| 26 | Many plants are common to both disciplines , but the manner in which they are prescribed differs in many instances . |
| 27 | This contention is supported by Bird and Morgan-Jones ( 1981 , p. 92 ) , who state that ‘ as far as possible all SSAPs , excluding of course those not relevant , are intended to apply to all enterprises , including charities and other nonprofit organizations ’ and Hepworth and Vass ( 1984 , p. 43 ) , who believe in ‘ a common approach where there are common elements ’ . |
| 28 | In this new world , all architecture , furnishing , clothing and behaviour are intended to relate to each other in a visibly coherent fashion . |
| 29 | A number of production yachts which are intended to develop into one-design classes are beginning to make an appearance . |
| 30 | In total 146 submissions have been received compared with 59 for Phase 1 . |