Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the severity of this rule is mitigated by section 3 of the Defamation Act 1952 which provides that in an action for malicious falsehood it shall not be necessary to allege or prove special damage if the words upon which the action is founded are calculated to cause pecuniary damage to the plaintiff and are published in writing or other permanent form . |
| 2 | Proof of financial loss was also required , subject to the relaxation in Section 3 of the Defamation Act 1952 ( that is , where the offending words are calculated to cause pecuniary damage and are published in writing or other permanent form ) . |
| 3 | Then weighted averages of the section indices are calculated to find eleven group indices and the all-items index . |
| 4 | What 's the Devil been eating to get such flesh on him ? ’ |
| 5 | Indeed , the statute of 1324 coincided with an earlier seizure of alien priories by Edward II and may itself have been intended to palliate that action . |
| 6 | The presence of such items in a church may have been intended to increase popular respect for the monarchy . |
| 7 | Sara knew that she had not been intended to understand this remark , and was hurt by it ; but she was determined to show no embarrassment or anger and told herself that Dom João was probably as nervous as herself . |
| 8 | When I think about it I 'm not sure it makes any important difference how you imagine he looks , I mean who am I to say whether this Boy you are seeing has blonde hair or dark ; but I am sure that it does matter what he means to you . |
| 9 | The material which has been gathered supports this contention and it also raises a number of issues concerning the needs of staff , as well as students , at a time when the total quality of the teaching/learning experience is assuming a certain prominence throughout the HE sector . |
| 10 | Follow up assessment of shunt patency has been undertaken using transabdominal ultrasound . |
| 11 | A number of initiatives have been undertaken to raise local awareness about environmental issues . |
| 12 | Concrete sleepers and 60-foot rails have been placed constituting several track panels , while the original platform at Swithland has been cleared of much undergrowth , with more sleepers placed in position . |
| 13 | In that time 150 lorry loads of steel have been used ; enough earth has been excavated to bury 6,000 football pitches a foot deep in soil and 20 bridges have been demolished . |
| 14 | Similarly , it has backtracked on its statement that services are to go live this autumn : the official line is that it is too early to say when they will be available . |
| 15 | We are helping to improve public administration and the legal system in a number of countries . |
| 16 | TODAY Ian will be walking from Devonport to Kingsbridge — a total of 23.2 miles — and still looks well on course to win his bet with Corals , the bookmakers who are helping sponsor this trip . |
| 17 | THE football stars of AC Milan are helping sell British lamb to soccer-mad Italians . |
| 18 | Two fields that came on stream in 1992 are helping maintain this level of output : Miller ( BP : 40% ) now produces xx barrels of oil a day ( b/d ) and yy million cubic feet of gas a day ( cf/d ) , while Donan ( BP : 100% ) produces yy b/d . |
| 19 | We are helping to introduce better farming , livestock and soil conservation methods in the areas around the National Parks so the people do n't feel a need to clear the forest for more land . |
| 20 | In the case of some engines which have been adjusted to take unleaded fuel , you may be advised to fill up with one tank of leaded to every three of unleaded fuel . |
| 21 | The Frasque had been scheming to sponsor civil war in the system , setting world against world . |
| 22 | They do not associate valour with the handsome and arrogant hunter , and young men are taught to pity such evidence of ‘ lack of control ’ . |
| 23 | In my patch , many small builders are doing well and are struggling to find enough labour to keep them going in today 's market . |
| 24 | Andrea Newman and Susannah Lopez are two women who have chosen to remain exclusively in the grant-aided sector and who are struggling to maintain that working practice as an option for other women . |
| 25 | After fermentation , ‘ free run ’ wine is drawn off and the skins are pressed to extract further juice and tannin , which are blended with the ‘ free run ’ . |
| 26 | Dates and locations have been arranged to suit offshore work patterns and the personnel selected to attend . |
| 27 | Two special fun days have been arranged to allow all Journal readers the chance to enjoy the delights of Britain 's number one theme park , Alton Towers , at a discount rate . |
| 28 | Past contributions had not been calculated to cover such expenditure , but societies felt an obligation to protect faithful members from ending their days on poor relief . |
| 29 | In the early years , a midsole of just one stiffness for all models was universal , but now boots of different , and well-defined levels of stiffness have been developed to suit different walking terrain and the ability of the walker — a very important development . |
| 30 | A computer algorithm , AGECAT , has now been developed to undertake this task ( Copeland et al . |