Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are reasons for this , reasons rooted in social circumstances rather than natural abilities and these can be highlighted by examining the period between Johnson and Ali . |
| 2 | In others , dehydration and the accumulation of glycerol or other antifreeze agents in the body fluids appear to be implicated in lowering the freezing point ( Danks , 1978 , 1981 ) . |
| 3 | In particular , the subjectivist 's charge that the defence doctrine leads to the harsh objectivism of the reasonable man as a standard can be refuted by treating the reasonableness requirement as not being a second and subsequent question which must be answered in the affirmative in order to secure an acquittal , but as an integral part of the first question : Did the accused hold the belief he claims to have held ? |
| 4 | Each of these boxes is separate and , when at the program level , can be altered without affecting the other boxes . |
| 5 | Thus scheme six , for instance , might be altered by making the first instalment payable on the 22nd day after the loan and taking 7d per pound for interest . |
| 6 | All furnishings can also be altered by changing the colour , or using one of the many fill patterns shown along the top of the screen . |
| 7 | Curtis told the police when arrested : ‘ I 'd like to be recognized for making the planet a better place to live in . ’ |
| 8 | The physical significance of this new function may be recognized by determining the work performed by carrying a charge from point a to point b : |
| 9 | In other circumstances all that needs to be done if the transaction is a domestic one , whereby , say , a shareholder transfers his holding as a gift to a member of his family or sells it to an acquaintance , is for the transferor to hand over to the transferee a signed share transfer together with the share certificate which the transferee will lodge with the company and the register will then be amended by adding the transferee and noting that the transferor has ceased to be a member or shareholder in respect of the shares . |
| 10 | The ultimate aim may be the same as non-Disabled people 's but until discrimination is removed we find much of our creativity must be redirected towards achieving the most basic access . |
| 11 | As regards the substantial outside assistance to the Western Isles , one wonders whether a small part of it might not usefully be redirected to subsidising the high costs of transport between them and the mainland . |
| 12 | If children 's anxiety in the transition to a new school can be eased by minimising the changes between class groups and between teachers at no extra cost , and no loss of educational effectiveness , it obviously makes sense to do so . |
| 13 | Tension in the neck and shoulders can be eased by circling the shoulders up and around a few times backwards and forwards and by circling your head slowly down to your chest and then up so that your neck is stretched with your chin in the air . |
| 14 | The burden can be eased by introducing the following procedure . |
| 15 | Language difficulty will generally be measured in terms of decipherability , the problem of which can be eased by reducing the symbolic complexity of the text . |
| 16 | Of course , this problem could be eased by reducing the number of constituencies in Scotland and Wales , but since Labour has overwhelming strength in Wales and majority support in Scotland , the idea of cutting down their representatives in the Commons did not appeal to a Labour Government . |
| 17 | The problem of clarifying a sensory structure can be eased by putting the trio into dynamic , harmonic or GP series and then linking them through another dimension . |
| 18 | Having consulted with the user clubs , it was decided to draw up plans for submission to the planning authority , although further discussions with all concerned would need to be undertaken before giving the final go-ahead . |
| 19 | The difference in atomic number can be explained by considering the breakdown of a neutron to form a proton and an electron . |
| 20 | Examples of power not being maximized can always be explained by redefining the actions as mistakes or miscalculations . |
| 21 | Forster and Olbrei conclude from this that syntactic analysis is autonomous , and suggest that the difference between their results and those of Slobin ( 1966 ) and Herriot ( 1969 ) could be explained by viewing the earlier results as an artefact of the tasks used . |
| 22 | How feminism and sexual radicalism became increasingly a minority current in a labour movement dominated by economism , can be explained by examining the effect of the inter-relationship between patriarchy and British imperialism on the working class , but can not be fully detailed here . |
| 23 | The two cases contrast oddly with Bainbrigge v. Browne , where no such requirement was imposed on the father 's mortgagees and , since there was no undue influence or misrepresentation by the debtor , can not , in my opinion , be explained by treating the debtor as the creditor 's agent . |
| 24 | It is a natural ‘ flail like ’ action and has to be neutralised by getting the clubhead back to the ball simultaneously with the hands . |
| 25 | Sometimes information flows can be observed in print or in public presentations ; in other cases , they can be traced by tracking the movement of personnel . |
| 26 | The new techniques will enable the source of silage pollution to be traced by comparing the biological composition of the polluted stream with that of silage heaps in the area . |
| 27 | If the bulb is attached to a capillary the change in polymer volume can be traced by noting the overall change in volume registered by the movement of the mercury level in the capillary . |
| 28 | The second query is prompted by Winch 's idea that the order in the minds of the actors is to be traced by identifying the rules which guide their thoughts and actions . |
| 29 | What all of them contend is that the auditory effect of all English-language verse can only in a schematic and starveling fashion be pin-pointed by applying the only two measurements that traditional scansion recognizes : on the one hand the number of syllables , on the other the number of occurrences of ictus or ‘ stress ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ Careful consideration should be given to re-marketing the restaurant by introducing a style of menu that is more appropriate in style , content and price for the identified target markets , ’ Horton says . |