Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notice that Wordsworth can play off speech-rhythm against the iambic pattern ; if one reads the extract aloud ‘ List'ning ’ and ‘ Broke ’ , for example , are heard to run counter to the expected rhythm and help the verse to mime what is being described . |
| 2 | Lady after lady breathed heavier when Pen dashed in and out , and on the days when Wilson was a little late with the supper — which she now undertook to provide — on account of having been delayed taking tea with Mrs Browning there was not a word of complaint but only a diffident enquiry as to how the venerable poetess had seemed . |
| 3 | When the project is completed , the group members are transferred back to the basic structure , or they are given operating responsibility for the new product in a new unit . |
| 4 | Although the Critique had been intended to rescue Marxism from the sclerosis of Stalinism , Sartre found that his theory of history , far from explaining what had gone wrong when the most radical political theory turned out in practice to be one of the most oppressive , had rather shown why it had necessarily happened that way . |
| 5 | Other case management experiments have been intended to reduce reliance upon hospital or residential care , and some have shown that this can be achieved while others produce conflicting evidence . |
| 6 | On each occasion , every available manservant had been posted to keep watch for soldiers , and she knew that if ever there was a night Tristram should not come visiting , this was it . |
| 7 | Roman hair had been plaited to make hair for these gods . |
| 8 | They are helping to move soil into a garden they are building at the school with the help of mums , dads and teachers . |
| 9 | SCIENTISTS in Wales are helping to boost production of one of India 's staple foods — the ubiquitous chapati , writes Tony Heath . |
| 10 | If the police are to continue to exercise control over an increasingly pluralist society , which is better educated and less willing simply to accept any version of events handed out by the powerful , then it seems essential they should avoid scrutiny yet suggest they are totally accountable to the democratic ideal . |
| 11 | Ten to 17-year-olds are taught to take responsibility for themselves , to understand the effects of their crime on the local community and to compensate their victim . |
| 12 | We are taught to equate beauty with ‘ success ’ , ‘ social mobility ’ and sexual desire . |
| 13 | FORMER Wallaby fly-half Tony Melrose has been reinstated to play rugby in Sydney next season after playing 10 seasons of rugby league with four different New South Wales rugby league premiership clubs . |
| 14 | Local authorities are struggling to maintain provision at a time when they should be expanding efforts to meet the needs of this sector of the population . |
| 15 | In the second stage of the project the schedules have been redesigned to take account of suggestions made by social workers . |
| 16 | It was also noted that a series of young analysts ' talk shops had been arranged to take place during the ‘ Laboratory ’ exhibition in November 1991 . |
| 17 | A tribute to Freddie Mercury and Queen has been arranged to take place on Friday 24 September in the canteen at Barlaston from 7pm . |
| 18 | Nearby a huge waterwheel has been developed to generate power for a special lift for less able visitors , providing access to the top of the falls . |
| 19 | A kinetic treatment has been developed taking account of these points . |
| 20 | Case Management Application , has been developed using ImageFlow in combination with Plexus ' flagship XDP image processing software and is claimed to offer 70% of the core functionality needed to develop most vertical market imaging applications . |
| 21 | In the present project , the semantic analyser has been developed to take input in the form of word candidates , and output those words with their associated scores . |
| 22 | New agroforestry techniques have also been developed to increase productivity without disrupting the basic symbiosis which exists between tree crop and annual crop . |
| 23 | A wide range of measures have been developed to encourage exploitation of technologies , the diffusion of technologies between sectors and the spread of best practice . |
| 24 | Colombian and other diplomats at the Organisation of American States were furious at the legalistic wranglings the US delegation has been using to buy time at the OAS meetings in Washington . |
| 25 | Most have bodies with a skin so soft , thin and permeable that if they are exposed to direct sunshine for any length of time they dry out and die . |
| 26 | In general , statutory and regulatory record-keeping requirements have been amended to take account of modern technology , However , in specific areas , legal terminology , such as requirements for a ‘ written document ’ , may continue to restrict reliance on electronic systems and create legal uncertainty . |
| 27 | New cross-divisional groups have been formed to take advantage of the freshly freed-up data . |
| 28 | That more exact calculation has , I think , met with general approval and as I said in my statement about our proposal for council tax benefit in a written answer on 28 November , we intend to maintain that closer alignment in the wake of the changes in local taxation that are intended to take effect in April 1993 . |
| 29 | These notes are intended to add enjoyment to your walks and views of the Hills . |
| 30 | However , many of its attributes are not fully appreciated and the following notes are intended to increase awareness of these . |