Example sentences of "be [adv] [vb pp] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The international system not only has a major division between communist and capitalist states but also deeper cultural divisions between what are usually termed the First and Third worlds . |
| 2 | It 's an indication that they are working on it and what may seem to be an accepted fact one day can be vehemently denied the next as the bereaved person comes to terms with the loss . |
| 3 | Cellars sprouting fungus from every dripping crevice , where those who could not even afford a place on an upstairs mattress paid a penny to sleep standing up like horses , leaning against a rope which would be simply untied the next morning when the landlord considered they had slept long enough . |
| 4 | Having answered this part of the questionnaire , the informants were then given the next paragraph of the story : The informants were then asked whether this explained the mismatch of the previous paragraph . |
| 5 | But those more than hints of fine ensemble playing were amply realised the next night in the Dvorak , elegant and warm , crafted with care , and in Strauss 's Serenade from Capriccio . |
| 6 | But in remote Kazakhstan he 's finally spotted the last one on his list . |
| 7 | Under the new Mental Health Act , passed last year , a patient who objects to treatment is now guaranteed a second opinion — but treatment still goes ahead if both doctors agree . |
| 8 | But to this assertion of the erosion of the traditional ‘ apprenticeship ’ system for musicians and of the economic harm done to some younger performers is often added a third reason for denigrating recorded music . |
| 9 | The first female is then shot a second time , and as the confused baby attempts to suckle from its dying mother , it too is despatched with a single bullet . ’ |
| 10 | After a while , if undisturbed , the Aplysia puts its siphon out again , and if it is then prodded a second time , it will show the same withdrawal reflex . |
| 11 | The principle of conservation of energy is sometimes called the First Law of Thermodynamics . |
| 12 | Well the reality is of course that Clare has already told us that internment did n't work the last time , it was badly done the last time . |
| 13 | Nobody witnessed Georgina 's fall and her body was only discovered the next morning . |
| 14 | Garling 's design was also placed first on Angell and Pownall 's and Burn 's War Department lists , although the first place they awarded to another Second Empire scheme on the Foreign Office list , was only awarded the second prize by the judges . |
| 15 | It was already broken the second day of . |
| 16 | MICHAEL Blackburn was yesterday named the next chief executive of the Halifax , Britain 's biggest building society . |
| 17 | But the sheaf was always cut The last sheaf was cut then it was er put in the barn and kept there for the year and |
| 18 | Any hope I might have entertained that Lewis and Verity 's little Hogmanay hug had been an aberration , something they would fail to follow through , or feel for some reason embarrassed about , was comprehensively quashed the next evening when they turned up together at Uncle Hamish and Aunt Tone 's , bearing all the signs of new lovers ( literally so in the case of Lewis 's neck , which displayed a line of passion purpurae worthy of an industrial vacuum cleaner , and which were ill-concealed by Lewis 's longish dark curls and a white shirt fastened with a bootlace tie ) . |
| 19 | The next candidate , Richard Baxter , was unanimously chosen the first time they heard him preach . |
| 20 | It was almost destroyed the last time . ’ |