Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This tradition itself can be traced back a long way in political theory . |
| 2 | In chart terms the band were new , but in reality their roots can be traced back an incredible 15 years . |
| 3 | If problems do not have to be referred up a scalar chain of command to senior managers for a decision , decision-making will be quicker . |
| 4 | Following the retirement of Frank Whitehead ( 1982 ) and the early retirement of Alan England ( 1984 ) neither of the posts left vacant has still been filled ; they are unlikely to be filled in the foreseeable future . |
| 5 | It can be heard down the entire High Street . |
| 6 | Local inhabitants recall that thistles used to be placed down the outside school toilets before the unsuspecting used them ! |
| 7 | ‘ We have to make sure that justice is done , that those who are guilty will be meted out the full penalty , ’ she told reporters after attending a funeral service for a pilot who died wiping out the rebels ' air support in last week 's attempt to overthrow her . |
| 8 | On the back of each barrack room door was a plan of how our lockers should look : trousers , shirts , socks , pants , vests and everything else had to be sucked in a certain order , and folded exactly thirty-five centimetres square . |
| 9 | Soon the airway will stay open of its own accord , but until the tube can be removed mucus must be sucked out every few hours . |
| 10 | Mrs Southey had asked Sarah to visit so they could ‘ talk over the American affair ’ , and it may by then have seemed inevitable to Sarah that she too would be carried on the Pantisocratic tide . |
| 11 | Perhaps I think it beneath my dignity to let myself be carried on the spontaneous flood , employing my divine gift of reason only to navigate on the course of greatest awareness . |
| 12 | PLEASE NOTE : ONLY INFORMATION GIVEN ON THE NEW FORMS WILL BE CARRIED ON THE BACK PAGE OF THE NEXT ISSUE OF LEADS . |
| 13 | The clauses under which Edward renounced his claim to the French throne and John renounced sovereignty over Aquitaine were excised from the treaty and embodied in a separate document which laid down that the renunciations were to be carried out no later than 1 November 1361 , and were to be conditional upon the transfers of territory agreed in the treaty being implemented by June 1361 . |
| 14 | Once any treatment has been completed , partial water changes should be carried out every three days on three consecutive occasions , before returning to fortnightly changes of about 20% , with water that must be as near as possible to that already in the aquarium , ( but hopefully that goes without saying these days ) . |
| 15 | From age 65 they well be carried out every 6 months . |
| 16 | Executions continue to be carried out an alarming rate in China , USA , Russia , Iraq , Iran and Nigeria . |
| 17 | Lowe stripped to swim , and getting on the trunk of an uprooted tree , hoped to be carried down the eddying flood to some part where he could obtain assistance . |
| 18 | She could be trapped down a vertical hole within the burrow system . |
| 19 | Elsewhere , however , known historical fords or bridge sites can be picked out every high summer when the crowfoot blooms — literally , living history . |
| 20 | More than once flight recorder transducers have been found to be connected up the wrong way round , showing a turn to the left when in fact it was a turn to the right or showing a nose-up attitude when it was really nose-down . |
| 21 | The chart itself should be hung on a well-lit , shadow-free wall at a distance of six metres from where the subject stands . |
| 22 | Flocks need to be hung on a good wall surface . |
| 23 | With the exception of relief papers and thick fabrics like hessian or grasscloth , most of these special wallcoverings need to be hung on a smooth and level surface for a satisfactory result . |
| 24 | These welfare recipients must be thinned out every three years . ’ |
| 25 | Upwind , however , the daggerboard is still kept in the down position , though in extreme conditions it needs to be moved back a few centimetres . |
| 26 | That homework should last approximately half an hour or whatever it consists of , erm reading , written work , finishing off drawing research whatever that homework should be handed in the next day , form teachers to remind classes of this and to co-ordinate delivery of the books , papers etcetera to the member of teaching staff and that the non production of homework is to be the concern of the member of of teaching staff and not the form teacher , although regular non producers will be the concern of us all . |
| 27 | This space thus contains all the elements of the assembly and can be reflected up the hierarchical structure to a level at which assemblies are being considered . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , she allowed herself to be helped up the high step and onto a bunk opposite the one on which Robbie was now lying … |
| 29 | He felt as abject as a convalescent child and had to be helped up the three stone flights to his cell . |
| 30 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |