Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Aug. 27 , 1989 , the $150,000,000 UK television satellite Marco Polo 1 became the first satellite to be commercially launched from Cape Canaveral , by the US McDonell Douglas aircraft company which built the Delta 187 rocket carrying the satellite . |
| 2 | Individual trees are just as likely to be harmfully overshadowed by members of their own species as by members of other species . |
| 3 | How Grimm basked in that word ‘ bold ’ — not from pride , Jaq sensed , but because to utter such a compliment Meh'Lindi could not be wholly filled with self-loathing . |
| 4 | Hospitals were to be wholly funded from taxation , provided by statutory bodies — Regional Hospital Boards — and managed by hospital management committees , with nominated members . |
| 5 | THE COMMON MODERN NOVEL , IN WHICH THERE IS NO IMAGINATION , BUT A MISERABLE STRUGGLE TO EXCITE AND GRATIFY MERE CURIOSITY , OUGHT , IN MY JUDGEMENT , TO BE WHOLLY FORBIDDEN TO CHILDREN . |
| 6 | ‘ These things ought , in my judgement , to be wholly forbidden to children , ’ I said , instead . |
| 7 | Thus , the kind of obtaining by deception which amounts to larceny by a trick and involves appropriation could be successfully prosecuted under section 1 , but the old false pretences type of obtaining by deception could not . |
| 8 | For instance , large segments of DNA can be successfully cloned in place of the early region 1 genes of replication deficient adenovirus . |
| 9 | They can be successfully applied with dip pens , with technical pens and Rotring Artpens , which can be loaded with any colour , performing with just as much fluidity as traditional inks . |
| 10 | Photographs are widely used in publications but , despite the persuasive nature of scanner manufacturers , they can not yet be successfully integrated into desktop publishing . |
| 11 | On the internal market the European Council " noted with particular satisfaction that the White Paper programme for creating the internal market will in all essential respects be successfully completed by Dec. 31 , 1992 " . |
| 12 | This practical data must be successfully communicated to clients before they are invited to sign a contract , thereby committing them to purchase the new property . |
| 13 | The case study illustrates that the implications of demographic trends can be modified by unforeseen economic events but they can also be successfully addressed by policy planning . |
| 14 | Moreover , the fact that characters may be successfully interpreted by means of these linguistic approaches presents a strong case for characterisation once again being regarded as a legitimate object of the critic 's attention . |
| 15 | Not all poems are sufficiently lyrical , and they may be overburdened with wordy information : This kind poetry is far too prolix to be successfully set to music . |
| 16 | The dawn phenomenon may also be successfully controlled in patients receiving infusions of insulin , although the nocturnal infusion rate may need modification ( Geffner et al , 1983 ; Levy-Marchal et al , 1983 ; Bending et al , 1984 ) . |
| 17 | Action , and dangerous action , must be successfully encountered by heroes too young and inexperienced for such success to be guaranteed or even probable . |
| 18 | In 27 patients ( 96.4% ) bleeding could be successfully managed by injection of norepinephrine and polidocanol , in repeated sessions if needed . |
| 19 | The increasing demand for outdoor land and water-based sports suggests that disused reservoirs and gravel workings could be successfully redeveloped for recreation , and urban fringe farmers may well look to recreational activities to supplement their main income . |
| 20 | Sway Tower was built by Judge Peterson between 1879 and 1885 to prove that unreinforced concrete could be successfully used in building work . |
| 21 | Although dialogue can be deftly used in scenes within the French and Anglo-Norman fabliaux , none of those fabliaux as a whole seems as well suited to performance as this . |
| 22 | Saltworks on the River Weaver could be economically supplied with Wigan 's coal to dry the salt . |
| 23 | Do you want to be slowly battered to death , before dying in agony ? ’ |
| 24 | The coral sand surrounding coral reefs is believed to be mostly produced by Parrotfish and Triggerfish . |
| 25 | It is the story of a philologist ( said to be loosely based on Tolkien , but in fact fairly unlike him : Tolkien recognized some of his own opinions and ideas Lewisified in the character ) who , by a series of mishaps on a walking tour , comes to a house where two sinister scientists , Weston and Devine , are planning a visit to outer space . |
| 26 | One approach is to oppose the peasantry to the rest of the population , most of whom can be loosely described as labourers , and then to identify élites which stood above the mass of the people . |
| 27 | These can be loosely divided into cases where support workers provided major care for the client , and those where they provided supplementary help . |
| 28 | The windows in the NIR are known to be predominantly controlled by water absorption bands , but oxygen and carbon dioxide also have some influence . |
| 29 | ‘ If this issue had been built up by the NFU and sufficient Tory MPs had rebelled we could have reversed the cuts but there seemed to be little fight from Edinburgh . |
| 30 | At the Organising Committee , the retiring CEB chairman had confidently suggested that the old CEB organisation could continue to handle matters in this field and there would be little need for change : ‘ The CEB in conjunction with a strong committee on which the Ministry of Supply were represented were working hard on the generating plant extensions and it would not be necessary for the Organising Committee to worry over-much about the details of this programme in the meantime . ’ |