Example sentences of "[det] [be] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A computer survey has shown that over half are paying more interest than they should . |
| 2 | Yeah , I know we went in there last week , cos they had these cards , they got those things with six bugs on them , they 're really ugly looking things , Aaron wanted them , he has n't half been playing some tricks on Gary take them down in front of Gary and that Gary 's aagh |
| 3 | What has not yet been made clear is that the vice-chancellors are seriously split over the issue and some are expressing grave misgivings over the direction being taken . |
| 4 | And some are using special tactics to boost share prices , people in the market say — by , for example , deliberately pitching their buy orders above the last dealt price . |
| 5 | For the festa , the church , churchyard and the street leading to them are all gaily decorated with flags — some are coloured striped flags and others are white with red crosses like those used on the sails of Henry the Navigator 's ships . |
| 6 | And if you if you compare those diagonal markings with the sorts of markings on on er some of these other stones , these these are a bit diagonal but if you look carefully they go there 're some going in that direction and some are going that direction . |
| 7 | It does n't distress the birds too much , some are caught 5 times in a week . |
| 8 | The educational psychologist may be invited to observe a child it playgroup should this be deemed useful hut will not , as a rule , carry out a formal assessment during playgroup time which would thus single the child out from his/her peers and probably deprive the other children of their leader 's care . |
| 9 | On this were arranged thick candles in red glass jars , two vases of dahlias , a small plaster statue of Our Lady . |
| 10 | Plans for this were made some years ago , but it has not been possible to proceed with them ( a ) because of lack of funds , and ( b ) because the personnel department has overall responsibility in all departments of the authority ’ … |
| 11 | The most obvious origin of their diferencias is the organ versets which alternated with the sung verses of a psalm or hymn , the plainsong now in one part , now in another being surrounded each time by fresh counterpoints . |
| 12 | On top of some were displayed heavy glass bottles of fizzy pop , or coloured postcards , or jig-saws or ragdolls with floppy arms . |
| 13 | Some were shouting such slogans as ‘ Fuck the Jews ! ’ or — ‘ We are the Coburg Erin ! ’ |
| 14 | Some of the males were injected with morphine for a few days and some were given other drugs . |
| 15 | The implication that ‘ easy money ’ was made available to some fundholders was reinforced by reports in January 1992 that some were expecting six figure savings from their hospital treatment budgets by the end of the financial year . |
| 16 | Some were alleging this week that the ubiquitous George Soros is a seller of pesetas . |
| 17 | Of the scientific Discourses at the Royal Institution some were describing original research , occasionally very new as when J. J. Thomson reported in 1897 the discovery of the electron ( if we may allow that phrase ) ; others were in the nature of a review of recent work . |
| 18 | Some were carrying bulky packages covered with thick quilted cloths . |
| 19 | My honourable friend the member for er South Hamms , Madam Deputy Speaker , er gave I thought a a an amusing but perceptive speech about the growth of deregulation , indeed some were saying that deregulation er is in fact the fastest growing part of bureaucracy in Whitehall and there have been calls to deregulate the deregulators er , he is of course quite right that Parkinson 's theory can extend in this area and one can find that deregulation acquires a life and momentum erm of its own . |
| 20 | In short , the vast majority of known opioid users were adults younger than 30 years , and over half were aged 18–22 years . |
| 21 | The number of visitors is increasing from year to year but at the peak of the holiday season this is causing more congestion and overuse of the landscape . |
| 22 | This is causing local people some alarm . |
| 23 | minister 's well aware , this is causing considerable concern amongst the small percent of the population in Southend-on-Sea who are interested in European elections because the proposal is that instead of the links with Chelmsford , as we are at present , we 're going to be linked with Thurrock , which of course is something different . |
| 24 | This is causing considerable disquiet amongst TEC Board members who do not wish to see long-term plans hijacked by such short-term changes in the demand for national programmes arising from the recession Many employers are reluctant to become involved either because they have a shortage of work or they can not afford the financial contribution expected of them . ’ |
| 25 | This is causing some difficulties . |
| 26 | This is given various names , such as the nucleus or executive ; we will use the term supervisor for this basic set of main-store-resident supervisory programs . |
| 27 | This is given added weight by the Court of Appeal judgement of July 1988 which applied the Race Relations Act 1976 to travellers . |
| 28 | An alternative way of looking at this is to posit another principle also universally present in human intercourse . |
| 29 | This is up-rated each year in April . |
| 30 | Once of the easiest ways of doing this is to use semi-rigid cavity wall batts — the insulating slabs fitted in the cavities of newly-built houses . |