Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are spat out of fevered loins , or punctured rubber , or drunken grapplings in creaking beds . |
| 2 | We are spat out of fevered loins , or punctured rubber , or drunken grapplings in creaking beds . ’ |
| 3 | Today , entire journals are given over to this work . |
| 4 | But uncertainties are smoothed over by this idealization of a historically and socially specific , juridical concept of power ( Hussain 1981 ) . |
| 5 | I am plunged back into robust adventures with my sturdy sea-horse . |
| 6 | Homes with large impersonal reception areas are better for orientation if they are broken up into smaller areas divided from each other . |
| 7 | Once there , they are broken up by ultraviolet radiation , releasing chlorine atoms which destroy ozone , CFCs are also an important greenhouse gas ( see above ) . |
| 8 | So nothing at Barnsley House is too grand … and the broader vistas are broken up by judicious planting of trees and shrubs.As for the flower borders … they owe more to the Victorian cottage than to the stately home : |
| 9 | Societies disintegrate from within more frequently than they are broken up by external pressures . |
| 10 | Today most of these assemblages are broken up by human activity but , for example , on the great plains of Serengeti in East Africa the relationships between seasonal vegetation , nomadic herbivores , and dependent beasts of prey can still be discerned and studied in detail . |
| 11 | The recessed planes are used in places , but more often they are broken up by bold three-quarterings and massings which give a quite different sense of the third dimension . |
| 12 | Goals are much easier to attain if they are broken down into small steps . |
| 13 | If large goals are broken down into small specified short-term tasks , a sense of purpose is created . |
| 14 | They are fully bio-degradable in a maximum of three days * , by which time all the active ingredients are broken down into natural harmless substances . |
| 15 | In order to cover this range of variation , the figures in table 3.13 are broken down into mandibular incisor digestion ( columns 13 ) , maxillary incisor digestion ( columns 4–6 ) , isolated incisor digestion ( columns 7–10 ) , and all these combined in columns 11 to 13 . |
| 16 | As these wastes are broken down by physical , chemical , and bacterial action , they gradually form ‘ humus ’ , a highly important binding factor in the formation of stable soil crumbs or tilth and in the transformation of minerals into soluble plant nutrients . |
| 17 | Even chemicals that are broken down by different enzymes may ‘ compete ’ : some enzymes need substances known cofactors to help them do their work , so the two chemicals are ‘ competing ’ for cofactors , rather than for the enzymes themselves . |
| 18 | Military organizations possess hierarchical structures ; senior officers at the apex of a pyramid issue commands which are relayed down to those who are obliged to carry them out . |
| 19 | Many cognitive processes are carried through without conscious awareness . |
| 20 | If these reactions are carried out at constant volume changes in number of moles of gas with change in gas pressure which can be measured using a manometer . |
| 21 | appropriate safety and environmental analyses are carried out at defined stages of exploration , development and production ; |
| 22 | Reactions are carried out at high pressure and temperature and the processes involve large scale filtration , drying , milling and packing . |
| 23 | The third form is ‘ part process ’ in which not only is head office administration spatially separated but the actual production process is split up into discrete bits which are carried out at different spatial locations . |
| 24 | The four major subsystems are carried out at different locations , by different personnel , and therefore formed ‘ natural ’ boundaries . |
| 25 | It then assumes a parliamentary intention that the steps which Parliament has enjoined or authorized for saving or minimizing tax shall not be effective if they are carried out for that purpose but are only to be effective if carried out for some other ‘ legitimate ’ business purpose . |
| 26 | Cultivations are carried out for three reasons : to improve the soil crumb structure and so create an ideal seed-bed for the crop ; to uproot and kill weeds ; and to bury turf or crop residues where they will rot down and not compete with the ensuing crop . |
| 27 | File selection and search practice are carried out on two emulated systems ( DIALOG and ORBIT ) . |
| 28 | However , many market research studies are carried out on large samples which would be beyond the reach of academic researchers and it is not unusual to find commercial surveys which contain quite valuable social information . |
| 29 | Various investigations are carried out on surgical wards . |
| 30 | Worries also exist over mutual recognition of testing and certification procedures , as there is concern that some member states may not have adequate facilities and experience to ensure that these procedures are carried out with appropriate attention to important details . |