Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We need to be satisfied that the cost and delays that would be involved in such a course are justified both to resolve this matter and to provide the assurance that all the issues have been fully examined . |
| 2 | Only four examples are given here to illustrate this approach . |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman has obviously followed the Government 's proposals , which are designed carefully to consult local people and to find out whether we can create local authorities that reflect a genuine sense of local community . |
| 4 | Even in less overtly sex-segregated cultures , as researchers like Marjorie Goodwin have argued , it is still usual for children to develop their communicational skills within single sex peer groups , and if these are organised differently to do different things , the speech norms girls and boys acquire may well be different too . |
| 5 | Opposition spokesmen are expected not to miss any oppertunity to expose government weakness in those areas . |
| 6 | But for some the undertow is too strong and they are sucked away to navigate unexplored tributaries of the Amazon , encounter the tribes of remotest Papua New Guinea , cross Australia by camel , or Asia by bicycle , or walk to the North Pole — alone . |
| 7 | The body segments of an insect are grouped together to form three usually well-defined regions or tagmata — the head , thorax and abdomen ( Fig . |
| 8 | Ministers have warning of questions and need disclose no more information than they think fit and are obliged only to answer those matters which fall within their particular areas of responsibility . |
| 9 | The motor of Fig.1.5 has six stator teeth and the windings on opposite teeth are connected together to form one phase . |
| 10 | IT 'S the sort of thing you 're called on to do all the time . |
| 11 | If you 've skippered a yacht for at least two weeks , including open sea passages , and you can navigate ( take a fix , lay a steer and a course , keep track of your position while tacking to windward ) then you 're experienced enough to enjoy any of our holidays . |
| 12 | The figures obtained are used here to calculate three indices for the commoner species : the percentage frequency , relative abundance and contacts per hour . |
| 13 | The main difference between them is that private media are used mainly to transmit commercial data and documents , often under conditions of extreme security , while public ( mass ) media are used mainly to broadcast ‘ entertainment ’ , always under conditions of the greatest visibility to the paying public . |
| 14 | In FE centres , National Certificate Modules make up the main part of the curriculum , whilst in schools , modules are used mainly to supplement other courses and as taster or enrichment courses . |
| 15 | They are told enough to identify each substance as its molecular model is made ( eg H 2 toy balloons ; HF , etching glass ; CH 4 explosions in mines ) and are soon writing molecular formulae . |
| 16 | Be brief because the answers are needed only to explore general trends at this stage . |
| 17 | Primary infection with HIV-1 associated with seroconversion is characterised by an acute illness with variable manifestations that are thought not to include opportunistic infections other than oesophageal candidosis . |
| 18 | Self employed craftsmen are called in to do specific work on the cars being restored , each with their own special skills . |
| 19 | However , both the Commission and national authorities are bound not to disclose any business secrets and therefore the recipient of any such document could not pass it on to any other national authority or use it otherwise than for the investigation in hand . |
| 20 | Staffs are pruned ostensibly to produce leaner and fitter organisations , but actually to replace relatively expensive , experienced employees with cheap young labour grateful to be spared another six months prowling the Jobcentre , or negotiating the shifting sands of the training programmes . |
| 21 | A carer can request a separate assessment of his/her own needs if the assessment of and plans for the user are judged not to address these . |
| 22 | The commissioners are enjoined not to cross local authority boundaries in creating parliamentary constituencies . |
| 23 | In order to separate real responses from psychogenic ones , dummy challenges , with foods that are known not to cause any reaction , are included in the double — blind trials . |
| 24 | Does the Prime Minister accept that one of the great achievements of the Olympic movement is to bring nations together in sporting endeavour and excellence and that similarly , despite the forthcoming general election , all political parties are brought together to support this country 's bid to host the Olympic games in the year 2000 ? |
| 25 | It has n't been as difficult as I thought it would be , so far … but I 'm determined not to have another smoke . |
| 26 | Well with our rarest birds , and certainly ospreys and red kites are extremely rare with fifty to sixty pairs of each , we keep a close eye on them , some of the more vulnerable nests are actually watched twenty-four hours of the day , others are monitored regularly to make sure they 're progressing well . |
| 27 | Once we are allowed simply to postulate organized complexity , if only the organized complexity of the DNA/ protein replicating engine , it is relatively easy to invoke it as a generator of yet more organized complexity . |
| 28 | Prisoners at Gloucester , some of whom are allowed out to work each day , say life inside is reasonable . |
| 29 | The units are put together to form meaningful chains of symbolism but the same units may turn up in quite different ritual contexts . |
| 30 | All family health services authorities are funded equally to purchase professional advice on prescribing , but evaluation of the success of medical advisers has been impeded by a variety of changes that have affected prescribing . |