Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large portions of the Education Bill are given over to procedures for the creation and financing of grant maintained schools , a cornerstone of government policy . |
| 2 | STM hinges on quantum theory , which suggests that electrons are given off in clouds from solids and will tunnel through a vacuum to other nearby conductors . |
| 3 | Difficulties are smoothed out for pupils by , for example , ensuring that awkward cases do not occur or that the numbers cancel or that the answer is not a fraction . |
| 4 | Women take baskets which are filled up with coals according to their strength , & sometimes 2 men had to lift it onto their backs . |
| 5 | The most important section of the book , however , is on introducing and sustaining quality programmes , and preconditions for this are examined along with guidelines for phasing in the quality programme . |
| 6 | Usually the largest bars are broken through at intervals by tidal inlets especially where powerful rivers reach the coast . |
| 7 | Instead of one side doing all their batting in one go and setting a target for the other side to beat , baseball 's innings are broken up into bits , with each side batting in turn until nine innings have been completed . |
| 8 | Marsh grasses , like the tall , coarse Spartina genus , are broken down by bacteria to form detritus , food for shellfish . |
| 9 | When Wall Street has indigestion , the world 's market economies are checked out for coronaries . |
| 10 | At national level , negotiations are carried out between representatives of management and those of the joint union committee , the ‘ comité general intercentros ’ ( CGI ) . |
| 11 | Elections are carried out at grass-roots assemblies , directed by members of the local Popular Militias … |
| 12 | Most abortions within marriage are carried out on women over age 30 ( 56% per cent in 1988 ) . |
| 13 | Ninety per cent of its operations are carried out on sites of special scientific interest ( SSSIs ) . |
| 14 | When an output of the company is in the form of large quantities of interchangeable items it becomes uneconomical to test each one to ensure that it conforms to specification , so tests are carried out on samples . |
| 15 | When an output of the company is in the form of large quantities of interchangeable items it becomes uneconomical to test each one to ensure that it conforms to specification , so tests are carried out on samples . |
| 16 | FIREFIGHTERS must borrow equipment from neighbouring brigades while tests are carried out on supplies feared damaged in a major chemical fire . |
| 17 | As previous research into juvenile delinquency has found , spare time activities are carried out in groups . |
| 18 | further , as back-up and restore procedures are carried out by areas , a program with exclusive access to a particular area will not exclude access to other areas . |
| 19 | Audits are carried out by members of the Environmental Department in such a way as to actively involve departmental management and shop floor employees . |
| 20 | However , these outcomes are contingent upon a supportive infrastructure of values , processes and skills which integrate what the school exists to do with appropriate management strategies which are carried out by individuals with relevant skills and personal qualities . |
| 21 | Although many of the activities involved are carried out by individuals , and there is much scope for personal decision-making making and responsibility , the business of maintaining a safe environment is very much a political concern and responsibility — at local , regional , national and international levels . |
| 22 | Other rooms are let out as studios . |
| 23 | Let us remember today the suffering and pain that are caused by war and be mindful of all those throughout the world today who are caught up in areas of conflict . |
| 24 | ‘ Odd items of jewellery fall out of anything you happen to pick up ; photographs are mixed up with underclothes … |
| 25 | He says that some mines are picked up by children , they explode when the children play with them , causing terrible injuries . |
| 26 | It is used to encompass the whole range of activities whereby goods of one sort or another are moved about between sites in the landscape . |
| 27 | I am fed up at times |
| 28 | Another new age traveller , who declined to be named , added : ‘ We are fed up of police harassment . |
| 29 | Women , it is widely believed , are turned down for jobs by men who fear that , without warning , they will take time off to have children . |
| 30 | In a design of this kind , where the flowers and leaves are built up in layers , you should try to look at the outline that will be visible ( in this case , the outer leaves ) , and make sure that they are lying at pleasing angles . |