Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In studying his continuous transformation groups ( groups whose elements depend upon a system of continuously varying parameters satisfying certain differentiability conditions ) Lie was led naturally to study some non-commutative , non-associative algebras subsequently named after him : Lie Algebras . |
| 2 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , whenever we make comparisons the figures that we quote are adjusted backwards to ensure that we quote them on a truly comparable basis in all instances . |
| 3 | I 've been sent here to find out what really happened and get him back to the States . ’ |
| 4 | I am sure William no longer thinks you 've been sent here to poison my wine , or whatever dark thoughts he was harbouring . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 've been brought here to give a full account of Captain Meredith 's dealings . |
| 6 | Employers have consistently complained that most forms of standard building contract published by the Joint Contracts Tribunal have inadequately catered for their requirements , and have been devised mainly to suit the traditional procedures adopted by the building designer , quantity surveyor and contractor . |
| 7 | Too few senior church leaders have been prepared publicly to state that sex outside marriage , as well as homosexual practice , are viewed in biblical teaching as outside God 's will and purpose for human good . |
| 8 | Naturally , companies trading in the more risky markets , for which premiums have been increased somewhat to reflect the risks , are less than enthusiastic . |
| 9 | Mistrust even more two leaves that have been joined together to fabricate a bifolium . |
| 10 | But what happens if we have been sent here to die , one by one ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Sixthly , we have been sent here to find the Grail and Excalibur — though there 's fat chance of that — as well as to assist our two dark shadows to root out the activities of these Templars . |
| 12 | Recently , however , electron accelerators have been built specifically to inject FELs , and these are now becoming operational . |
| 13 | In a pulsar , all the matter has been completely crushed : it no longer consists of atoms , because all the protons and electrons have been jammed together to form neutrons . |
| 14 | If two people are merely sharing a house or flat , e.g. two friends , unless the underwriters have been asked specifically to cover both persons ' property , there would only be cover for the property of the Policyholder . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , the purse strings have been loosened sufficiently to provide a palatable enough feast . |
| 16 | Euroqualifications from LCCIEB have been developed specifically to meet the needs of those doing business in the European Community after 1992 and to help to promote mobility of labour in the internal market . |
| 17 | Group resources have made the innovation possible because polymers have been developed specifically to meet the requirements of the chemists developing the formulations . |
| 18 | " Forests , " it says , " have been swept aside to grow crops for western consumers , flooded by huge hydroelectric dams to power mineral smelters and cut down to provide timber for export markets . " |
| 19 | Many attempts have been made simply to control the starfish . |
| 20 | Multipage and multiple spreadsheets have been made easier to use in version 5.5 by the inclusion of icons that let you move forwards and backwards between pages and spreadsheets — these are the double arrows in the third section down in the Tool Bar . |
| 21 | Recent advances in knowledge of thrust belts based on seismic and drilling have been made easier to apply to frontier areas by published descriptions of typical geometries , improved understanding of the mechanisms involved , and the establishment of standard terminology ( see , for instance : Hossack 1979 ; Berger and Johnson 1982 ; Butler 1982 ; Boyer and Elliot 1982 ) . |
| 22 | Analysis of the cause of these problems indicates that solutions lie in changes in human organization and so no attempts have been made yet to automate the allocation of rooms to classes . |
| 23 | But this is probably better than some of the attempts that have been made deliberately to exploit the natural human interest in such a tragic event with supposedly factual accounts of the eruption , in which accurate reportage takes second place to lurid , entirely hypothetical detail . |
| 24 | The centres of our old cities have been ripped apart to make way for it . |
| 25 | Some areas of moorland have been ploughed deeply to break the iron pan and so make the soil suitable for ‘ crops ’ of coniferous trees . |
| 26 | Many of the newer bodies have been formed specifically to develop and implement occupational standards for their sector and , as might be expected , these bodies have established different ways of undertaking this key task . |
| 27 | A small team of business experts have been gathered together to look at the ways new markets and business prospects can be fully exploited . |
| 28 | Their letters and diaries have been threaded together to provide a fresh perspective on the lives of young airmen during times when their survival statistics were grim . |
| 29 | In view of what I have said above , it is not surprising that no studies have been undertaken specifically to determine whether black London speech is distinctive from the LE of other groups . |
| 30 | Two years have been set aside to allow time to study a period of History in sufficient depth . |