Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is extensive empirical evidence to show that if people who are leaving are treated well the quality of the service or product is maintained . |
| 2 | The marsh has been drained so the water forms a lake with small islands for birds and wildlife . |
| 3 | The clubs will wriggle like eels to try to get round whatever restrictions are formulated so the punishments for transgressions of the regulations have to be just as clearly defined as the crimes , and in their application those punishments have to come down as decisively as a guillotine . |
| 4 | Images , feelings and emotions are drained down the cords and into the hands of the Great Enchanter , who crushes them into a frail stream of dust , all that remains of the soul . |
| 5 | thank you and we see here that erm one thousand eight hundred and fifty six pounds had been claimed , that one thousand eight hundred and fifty six pounds thirteen had been received so the insurance cover had paid |
| 6 | The eggs need to be well protected since they are carried on the wind , continually exposed to the sun 's fierce rays , and blown across the sand . |
| 7 | It bursts at internals to release into the atmosphere an enormous number of rusty-red spores which are carried on the breeze to germinate in distant damp timber , starting the process afresh . |
| 8 | Genes controlling coat pattern are carried on the X chromosome and if one X carries a gene that gives colour and the other X carries an inactive gene , the different patches of tissue containing the different inactivated X chromosomes show up as patches of different colours . |
| 9 | The feelings that are carried up the aisle or into the registry office are presumably countless . |
| 10 | Eggs escape under the bursa of the male and are carried up the trachea in the excess mucus produced in response to infection : they are then swallowed and passed in the faeces . |
| 11 | If other variables , such as blood pressure response , exercise duration and induced ventricular ectopics or arrhythmias , are included then the value of the test as a prognostic indicator increases markedly . |
| 12 | If two values of probability density are nominated then the area they define under the curve is the probability that any item drawn from the sample will lie between them . |
| 13 | If two values of probability density are nominated then the area they define under the curve is the probability that any item drawn from the sample will lie between them . |
| 14 | At the head of the parade was a blue banner bearing the words ‘ Civil Rights March ’ , which had been carried on the Coalisland — Dungannon march . |
| 15 | As soon as these orders had been carried out the prisoners started to leave . |
| 16 | The stricken coach now stands on the hard shoulder of the M two having been lifted up the embankment by a heavy crane . |
| 17 | If an announcement has been prepared then the response to a leak should be more effective than in the event of having to deal with the situation at short notice . |
| 18 | The play has been presented down the years by impresario Sir Peter Saunders , who has seen all or some of it nearly 500 times . |
| 19 | Approval is given for something that has been done so the management arrow is somewhat behind the broken arrow . |
| 20 | The Family Division of the High Court has jurisdiction to hear public law cases which have been transferred up the court system or issued at High Court level . |
| 21 | As with other addictions , compulsive gambling and risk taking are seen when the sufferer is compelled to return despite repeated and increasing negative consequences and when the processes is used inappropriately and compulsively to suppress uncomfortable emotions or to gain a sense of elation in order to change a disordered mood . |
| 22 | Scenes containing dialogue are frequently shot at this camera range and where two characters are seen together the shot is described as a two-shot . |
| 23 | By November it has usually been decided where the money is to go and a presentation evening is arranged . |
| 24 | The pupils are prepared far the SCE exams at Standard Grade , Higher Grade and Certificate of Sixth Year Studies . |
| 25 | ‘ I have always felt that it is a crying shame that the works of possibly the greatest writer of all time , William Shakespeare , have — purely for examination purposes — been pushed down the throats of school children . |
| 26 | He has started just two matches so far , having been pushed down the pecking order by the arrival of £2 million David Rocastle from Arsenal . |
| 27 | A KPMG spokesman said : " The environment has been pushed down the agenda of many private companies by other factors such as the recession and exchange rates . |
| 28 | In a final report , which has not yet been made public the Atlanta group concludes that seven babies died of deliberate overdoses and that another 2 I deaths could have been avoided if the hospital had been better equipped to spot trouble . |
| 29 | And if this sounds like a recipe for wanton experimentalism , rest assured that tight guitar-pop limits are imposed so the end result does n't get too wayward . |
| 30 | The pulpit had been wreathed in holly , ivy had been twined up the lectern , garlands of leaves and berries hung from the gallery where 18th-century fiddlers had played before the organ came . |