Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | — which can give preference to one sense when other factors are equal ; and can be biased according to sublanguage/domain ; |
| 2 | Lists of names of authors should not be differentiated according to gender , by using first names for female writers but only family names for male writers ( as in " Shakespeare , Milton , Jane Austen , Hardy " ) . |
| 3 | If the Shareholders decide not to proceed with the proposed sale for any reason , the fees of KPMG and [ name ] will be calculated according to time spent and will not exceed £ [ x ] in the case of KPMG and £ [ y ] in the case of [ lawyer ] and all such fees will be payable by the Company . |
| 4 | Away to their left , the bank sloped down again into clumps of alder , among which the stream could be heard chattering over gravel . |
| 5 | If your story is true , you will be treated according to rank as my prisoner . |
| 6 | The Southern Slavs argued for ‘ personal cultural autonomy ’ — that is , the inhabitants of the empire would be grouped according to culture ( regardless of where they lived ) , and their cultural-educational affairs directed by an elected national council . |
| 7 | Vehicles might be grouped according to colour , use , whether ‘ broken down ’ , number of wheels , etc . |
| 8 | Answer guide : The main point here to pursue is that the accounting information system ( AIS ) should be designed taking into consideration the environment in which the organization operates . |
| 9 | If leave is refused a direction must be made dispensing with service or providing for the documents to be served in some other manner . |
| 10 | They are as agile as goats on their spindly legs , and can be seen grazing on cliff ledges which you would swear were inaccessible to anything without wings . |
| 11 | They could be seen hanging around street corners in Brixton , dressed in their long black coats , later to become the crombies of the skinheads , with short trousers revealing white socks and flat , black shoes . |
| 12 | Young Arrowana should not have a yolk sac — and be seen feeding before purchase . |
| 13 | This is an area for green woodpeckers , which surprisingly are more likely to be seen searching for food on the ground than in the trees . |
| 14 | Light was admitted during the daytime through the long framed windows fitted with moulded glass , which could be seen stretching from end to end of the van under the cornice . |
| 15 | Thus the young gallant should never ever be seen walking on foot , and should at all times carry funds enough ‘ for the expenses of a palanquin' which he should regard as ‘ the best of all conveyances ’ . |
| 16 | A significant indicator of poverty in any society is the number of people who can be seen poking in rubbish bins looking for something that is still usable , since surviving off society 's rubbish epitomises ultimate poverty . |
| 17 | And company cars are to be taxed according to price instead of engine size . |
| 18 | Twelve families , each containing two young people aged 16 and 19 , will be selected according to father 's occupation and the elder child 's age of leaving full-time education and his or her qualifications . |
| 19 | In colonial courts evidence had to be presented according to set procedures ; otherwise it was declared invalid . |
| 20 | from sub-arterial to local should be classified according to function . |
| 21 | It seemed that everyone had to be classified according to height and weight so that they would compete against boys of roughly the same size in the school sports at the end of the year . |
| 22 | A hot solution of an alkali degreaser , allowed to stand , spray applied solvent degreaser or caustic cleaner may be used according to soil type . |
| 23 | Built into the system is a structured modelling process that can be configured according to design requests to provide answers to design problems . |
| 24 | Article 4 gives some guidelines for the " unfairness test " as follows : " If necessary the unfairness of a contractual term shall be assessed taking into account the nature of the goods or services for which the contract was concluded and by referring , at the time of conclusion of the contract , to all the circumstances attending the conclusion of the contract and to all the other terms of the contract or of another contract on which it is dependent " . |
| 25 | Pauline Thompson , director of the Disablement Income Group , responded that people with severe disabilities would have to be dragged screaming into care . |
| 26 | The Commissioners had a discretion as to the levying of the money , but the court struck their decision down : the discretion was to be exercised according to reason and law and it was unreasonable for R to bear the whole burden . |
| 27 | Sovereign can be adapted according to customer needs and there are now 80 staff on the Sage Hotline to offer support — though it reckons three quarters of the 2,500 daily calls it receives relate to business rather than technical problems ! |
| 28 | In order to secure an income that reflected the subsistence needs of families , wages were to be set according to age and family responsibilities . |
| 29 | Secondly , the quality and quantity of Nizan 's output must be judged bearing in mind not only the ideological but also the practical implications of his membership of the French communist party during the 1930s . |
| 30 | Non-residents ( to be judged according to exchange-control regulations ) may also create companies . |