Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | File selection and search practice are carried out on two emulated systems ( DIALOG and ORBIT ) . |
3 | Learning , singing , and praying are rolled up into one : catechesis , as opposed to dialogue or concerned interest for religious matters . |
4 | The first Chameleon products are expected out in 1996 . |
5 | In an environment of heavy snowfall , where mean monthly temperatures are above freezing point in summer but down to -15°C in winter , the lakes are frozen over with 1–2 m of snow covered ice for 8–11 months each year . |
6 | Freeman ( 1980 ) estimates that 80 per cent of Bolivia 's farmlands and grazing areas are eroded in varying degrees , and rangelands are degraded down to 10 per cent of their original productivity . |
7 | The easiest format for the script is one in which the shot details are written down on one side of the page , while the corresponding words of commentary are written opposite them on the other side . |
8 | The recent hit singles Crying and I Drove All Night are featured along with eight other tracks alternating between clattering rockers and delicious ballads . |
9 | Postal bookings are accepted up to 48 hours before the screening or event . |
10 | They are made up of four triangular sides , and are splendid tetrahedra . ) |
11 | Lady 's Smock : These flowers are made up of four pink or lilac veined petals and grow in small clusters . |
12 | Apple trees are made up of two parts , the fruiting variety and the rootstock . |
13 | In March 1970 Saddam Hussein ( the Iraqi regime 's strong man , but not yet president ) negotiated a deal with the late Mullah Mustafa Barzani that stated : ‘ The people of Iraq are made up of two principal nationalities , the Arab nationality and the Kurdish nationality . ’ |
14 | Nationalization 's successors on the Tyne are made up of two management buy-outs and Smiths , which is the fag-end of the original Swan Hunter empire . |
15 | Companies are made up of hundred of individual citizens who may depend on the support services of the voluntary sector . |
16 | For north-eastern USA , measurements suggest that the contributions to total acidity are made up of 62 per cent from sulphuric acid , 32 per cent from nitric acid , and 6 per cent from hydrochloric acid ( Record et al. , 1982 ) . |
17 | However , our foods are made up of three major components which provide energy : carbohydrates , fats and proteins . |
18 | If you are going for a fully fitted kitchen , you will find the units are made up of three elements : the carcass ( basic cupboard and shelves ) , the doors and drawer fronts , and the work surface which runs along the top . |
19 | All chemical substances , whether elements , compounds or mixtures , are made up of three types of particles . |
20 | This is despite a tiny cellar which means deliveries are made up to five times a week . |
21 | In essence , today 's flat panel liquid crystal displays are made up from two thin sheets of glass , separated by an ultra-thin layer of liquid crystal material . |
22 | Possibly more champions are made up in one year in Australia than the total achieved in the UK since the breed 's first introduction . |
23 | But it 's when you 're built up to nine pints it makes you |
24 | yes , under the Building Society Protection Act , if the society fails , you 're protected up to twenty thousand , and you 'll get eighteen thousand back , there 's a ninety percent protection , provided they 're members of the Building Society Association , which all are , er virtually , even down to things like the Clay Cross and the Staffordshire Railway , they 're all members of the Building Society Association , so they 're all covered . |
25 | And after you rode them five , so many , twenty , I think it 's twenty , and then er er you 're knocked down to three . |
26 | In regard to TEC courses , for example , these are offered by over thirty Welsh colleges , and the Polytechnic of Wales and about half the Institutes of Higher Education play a major role in the provision of courses leading to TEC higher awards . |
27 | It is used by Tom Puddings , coal-carrying compartment boats which weigh about 40ft each and are towed up to 20 in a string , and is one of the most heavily used canals in the country , also carrying liquid fuels and general merchandise . |
28 | However , please remember that brochures are produced up to twelve months in advance and there may be occasions when an advertised facility of entertainment is not available during your particular holiday , especially if it is out of high season . |
29 | In the basic form ( shown in rows ( b ) and ( c ) of Figure 2.2 ) , zeros are shifted in at one end while bits are lost at the other ; in the second form ( called rotate or circular shift ) bits shifted out of one end of the pattern are shifted in at the other . |
30 | Four years in the making , the three-day event had itself been organised by a team of 15 people based in the US , Hong Kong , South Africa , Brussels , Leeds and Manchester , all communicating by electronic mail ( so-called ‘ e-mail ’ , in which messages typed into a personal computer are sent by telephone line to a big , central computer that stores them until they are called up by one or more addressees using their own computers ) . |