Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ensure maximum signal swing the collector will be biased at half the available line voltage . |
| 2 | But then , either Hobbes has failed to distinguish the child from at least the higher and domesticated animals or the force of ‘ intelligently ’ must be explained in such a way as to exclude animals . |
| 3 | Perhaps the 1980s can not be explained from such a near vantage point as the present , but , in any case , the underlying forces of the time are ( perhaps fittingly ) lost in Mr Foster 's litany of acquisition . |
| 4 | There was such disruption at the entrance to Olympia that the start of the meeting had to be delayed for half an hour . |
| 5 | to be given to such a man by the Police . |
| 6 | For example , if a court decides that the meaning of the word ‘ repair ’ is a question of fact , but that it is , in the context of the particular legislation , a jurisdictional fact , the court will then lay down the interpretation that should be given to such a term . |
| 7 | In my opinion , moreover , if the answers to both those questions are in the affirmative , leave ought to be given for such a substantive hearing unless , taking into account the other matters to which I have referred , the court is clearly of the opinion that such further proceedings would not be in the child 's best interests . |
| 8 | The 1986 Act states ( in section 46 ) that sex education should be given in such a way as to encourage pupils to ‘ have due regard to moral considerations and the value of family life ’ . |
| 9 | Would you advise heparin to be given in all the district general hospitals where thrombolysis is being used ? |
| 10 | Scores of examples can be given from all the great religions , for this touches on the relationship of external words and actions to religious belief . |
| 11 | A relatively unbroken predator assemblage , such as is produced by the barn owl or snowy owl , can be broken to such an extent by later-acting agencies like weathering , trampling or sediment compression , that it becomes indistinguishable from heavily altered assemblages such as those of tawny owls or kestrels . |
| 12 | 7.1 The Agreement shall be binding upon all the parties and may not be assigned without the prior written consent of the other party . |
| 13 | 7.1 The Agreement shall be binding upon all the parties and may not be assigned without the prior written consent of the other party . |
| 14 | 7.1 The Agreement shall be binding upon all the parties and may not be assigned without the prior written consent of the other party . |
| 15 | Most conspicuous was a short , dark girl dressed in scarlet who had a big head , big eyes ( her best feature ) , a big nose and a very big voice , which could be heard above all the other bleating , twanging , cackling , warbling , conspiratorial voices . |
| 16 | But we must accept that these occasional audible signals were not even meant to be heard by all the chorus singers : they were to be heard by the sub-conductor(s) , who would then relay the beat visually . |
| 17 | But the musical message will also be heard by half a million kids who are the unlucky ones . |
| 18 | The attacker was a young man who appeared to be aligned with both the Communist-controlled Tudeh ( Peoples ) party and with what the Shah called " archconservative religious fanatics " . |
| 19 | He singled out for special criticism two specific objectives which had figured so prominently in the application of Keynesian ideas : ( a ) the notion that the proper focus of attention for monetary policy was the attainment of targets for the rate of interest as opposed to targets for the supply of money ; ( b ) that demand management policies could be adjusted in such a way as to achieve a target combination of inflation and unemployment which was sustainable indefinitely . |
| 20 | The money supply should be adjusted in such a way as to fend off potentially damaging changes in the rate of interest and/or damaging changes in the exchange rate . |
| 21 | In the case of the simple potential divider depicted in figure 8.2(c) , the requirement of unaltered loading on insertion between a source and load resistance R L demands that But the attenuation is or through condition ( 8.4 ) From equations ( 8.4 ) and ( 8.5 ) it follows that to implement attenuation A through a simple potential divider without altering the loading of the source , the values of resistances R 1 and R 2 must be Notice that to provide variable attenuation yet maintain unaltered loading , that is , input resistance equal to load resistance , both resistances R 1 and R 2 must be adjusted in such a way as to comply with equations ( 8.6 ) . |
| 22 | The old fulminations against political alliances will be heard , and the old predictions of financial disaster will be trotted out ; the old yarns about schemes of interested but impecunious politicians who desire to insert their capacious hands into our money chests will be ventilated ; we shall , in fact , be inundated by all the old bosh which has so long confused the issues and blocked the way to advance in the direction of cooperative representation . |
| 23 | Working with a series of transparent resin models in polarized light , Marsh was able to show that a step was just as bad a stress concentrator as the equivalent crack , in fact it might be regarded as half a crack . |
| 24 | " Your Memorialists would be glad if the School could be placed in such a position as to enable them to send their children to it with a reasonable expectation that their manners would not be corrupted by the admission of a class of boys more fitted for National Schools than Grammar Schools . |
| 25 | Neither field social workers nor commercial sales forces should be placed in such an unenviable , and unnecessary , situation . |
| 26 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 27 | If and so long as the terms of any settlement are such that any person has power to pay or apply income or capital to or for the benefit of the settlor or his spouse , all income arising under the settlement shall be treated for all the purposes of the Income Tax Acts as the income of the settlor for that year and not the income of any other person ( TA 1988 , s674 ; and see Blausten v IRC ( 1971 ) 47 TC 542 ( CA ) ) . |
| 28 | It is , in my judgment , putting it too high to say that the interim relief claimed covering only five weeks before the main hearing , must be treated as pre-empting the court 's powers of decision at the eventual hearing . |
| 29 | It is a tragic fact that the European debate , which is the most complex and important issue facing the countries of this continent , should be treated in such a facile manner , with the Trojan horse of ‘ nationalism ’ and ‘ sovereignty ’ wheeled out every time better arguments do not prevail . |
| 30 | Surely those who extended the hand of ideological comradeship to the Third Reich would not be treated in such a manner ? |