Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the cases that I have mentioned everything is in order — all the forms have been filled in and returned by the contractor , the work has been completed satisfactorily — but it is a long time before the cheque is processed and the contractor paid . |
| 2 | The demographic evidence on this matter has been examined above and found wanting as an explanation of population growth . |
| 3 | But this sound is not of this world for other sounds are heard distinctly and cause this sound to die , though it returns with the silence . |
| 4 | Genomic mapping has yet to resolve the order of coding segments 1 and 2 , or 9 and 10 ; these are assigned tentatively as shown . |
| 5 | It comes from critics who imagine themselves penning formidable papers which , like those of Gregor Mendel , are hidden away or ignored for many years — and do not fare too well , therefore , in ISI 's listings . |
| 6 | ( i ) any goods listed above are sold to a bidder for less than his highest bid or part of the price is repaid or credited to him ( or stated to be so ) ; or ( ii ) the right to bid for any goods listed above is ( or is stated to be ) restricted to persons who have bought or agreed to buy one or more articles ; or ( iii ) any articles are given away or offered as gifts . |
| 7 | All the main skills are treated thoroughly and form an integrated part of the course : |
| 8 | Naturally , most of the staff in the camp considered themselves lucky to have been posted here and dreaded the idea of a move , which created the feeling of being on the sidelines . |
| 9 | The picnic hamper had been stacked quietly and moved aside . |
| 10 | Many of the species involved are listed internationally as endangered . |
| 11 | Bed after regular bed shows a dark , laminated lower portion which I identify as an algal mat type deposit that has been ripped up and incorporated , in a graded fashion , in " cleaner " , paler sediment from offshore . |
| 12 | The back seat , its padding springing from the slashed plastic , had been ripped out and hurled to one side . |
| 13 | The existence of ( b ) and ( c ) he thought proved by the presence of some biblical texts where the literal sense seemed absurd or contradictory ; such texts must have been placed there as signposts to a spiritual allegorical exegesis . |
| 14 | Dr Chris Tydeman , Senior Conservation Officer UK for WWF , says this means there are no plans for an organisation taking a total view of Great Britain 's needs ( Northern Ireland has always been treated separately and has no NCC ) . |
| 15 | When the permanent notes arrive the two sets are joined up and filed in the usual way . |
| 16 | Two lossy dielectric materials are joined together as shown in Fig. 3.18. determine the voltages across each material and the surface charge density at the boundary if a voltage V is applied . |
| 17 | It has already been pointed out that requiring the fulfilment of identical requirements in all member states may be unnecessary , and that recognition of equivalent standards may be a better approach , in particular to the question of harmonising the rules on the conduct of various types of business activities in the member states . |
| 18 | ‘ Bradford are limited financially and have to sell players to cut the wage bill , ’ said Todd . |
| 19 | Information abounds — piste maps are dispensed beside lift queues , weather forecasts are posted everywhere and broadcast incessantly . |
| 20 | You should enter the name of a product which has not been registered previously or quit the option . |
| 21 | I retrieved the case notes for as many patients as possible who had been registered locally as having died of asthma during 1980–9 ( 21 case notes out of 40 in total ) . |
| 22 | And this is one of many ways in which ordinary communication between people depends on our having a very powerful memory , having the ability to look out for situations that we 've been warned about , and to take action in accordance with instructions that we 've been given previously and have stored up . |
| 23 | Yet , despite all this , Baxter wrote , ‘ not one that I hear of are fallen off or forsake their uprightness ’ . |
| 24 | If they receive much less description in fiction , it is because they are sensed rather than seen . |
| 25 | The coffin had been fastened down and lay on trestles , honey-coloured in the slanting light , awaiting its removal . |
| 26 | And for what reason had Sir Thomas Vaughan , his chamberlain , a man he trusted and respected above most , been marched away and imprisoned like a common thief ? |
| 27 | All the convulsions and brutal gashings of the rural landscape by the railway engineers have long been smoothed over and forgotten ; and we take the railway earthworks and monuments as much for granted as we do the hedges and fields of the enclosure commissioners or the churches of our medieval forefathers . |
| 28 | The manor has long since been broken up and sold off and Andrew now only holds small pieces of land , though these include some of the grass and trees where the proclamation is made . |
| 29 | Make no mistake : nothing in the Bill will safeguard the interests of the employees of the Scottish Bus Group after it has been broken up and sold of , perhaps to the highest bidders . |
| 30 | We shall perhaps never know what sparked his enthusiasm for collecting , but is certainly to be thanked for saving the many carriages , vans and carts which would otherwise have been broken up or left to rot . |