Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This tradition itself can be traced back a long way in political theory . |
| 2 | In chart terms the band were new , but in reality their roots can be traced back an incredible 15 years . |
| 3 | If problems do not have to be referred up a scalar chain of command to senior managers for a decision , decision-making will be quicker . |
| 4 | Following the retirement of Frank Whitehead ( 1982 ) and the early retirement of Alan England ( 1984 ) neither of the posts left vacant has still been filled ; they are unlikely to be filled in the foreseeable future . |
| 5 | It can be heard down the entire High Street . |
| 6 | Local inhabitants recall that thistles used to be placed down the outside school toilets before the unsuspecting used them ! |
| 7 | ‘ We have to make sure that justice is done , that those who are guilty will be meted out the full penalty , ’ she told reporters after attending a funeral service for a pilot who died wiping out the rebels ' air support in last week 's attempt to overthrow her . |
| 8 | On the back of each barrack room door was a plan of how our lockers should look : trousers , shirts , socks , pants , vests and everything else had to be sucked in a certain order , and folded exactly thirty-five centimetres square . |
| 9 | Mrs Southey had asked Sarah to visit so they could ‘ talk over the American affair ’ , and it may by then have seemed inevitable to Sarah that she too would be carried on the Pantisocratic tide . |
| 10 | Perhaps I think it beneath my dignity to let myself be carried on the spontaneous flood , employing my divine gift of reason only to navigate on the course of greatest awareness . |
| 11 | PLEASE NOTE : ONLY INFORMATION GIVEN ON THE NEW FORMS WILL BE CARRIED ON THE BACK PAGE OF THE NEXT ISSUE OF LEADS . |
| 12 | Executions continue to be carried out an alarming rate in China , USA , Russia , Iraq , Iran and Nigeria . |
| 13 | Lowe stripped to swim , and getting on the trunk of an uprooted tree , hoped to be carried down the eddying flood to some part where he could obtain assistance . |
| 14 | She could be trapped down a vertical hole within the burrow system . |
| 15 | Elsewhere , however , known historical fords or bridge sites can be picked out every high summer when the crowfoot blooms — literally , living history . |
| 16 | More than once flight recorder transducers have been found to be connected up the wrong way round , showing a turn to the left when in fact it was a turn to the right or showing a nose-up attitude when it was really nose-down . |
| 17 | The chart itself should be hung on a well-lit , shadow-free wall at a distance of six metres from where the subject stands . |
| 18 | Flocks need to be hung on a good wall surface . |
| 19 | With the exception of relief papers and thick fabrics like hessian or grasscloth , most of these special wallcoverings need to be hung on a smooth and level surface for a satisfactory result . |
| 20 | This space thus contains all the elements of the assembly and can be reflected up the hierarchical structure to a level at which assemblies are being considered . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , she allowed herself to be helped up the high step and onto a bunk opposite the one on which Robbie was now lying … |
| 22 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 23 | The SPD pointed out that one-third of asylum-seekers came from Turkey and that strong pressure should be brought on the Turkish government to prevent this . |
| 24 | Still more damning evidence could be brought about the long-term effect of punches to the head . |
| 25 | The trucks themselves had to be manhandled down the steep rock-strewn defile and as the men were sweating away at this in the hot sun an Italian aircraft picked them up . |
| 26 | All this can be put on a quantitative basis and doing so results in the celebrated condition written unc that is , the product of the uncertainties in position and momentum is always at least of the order of magnitude of Planck 's constant . |
| 27 | The principal question , whether the serfs were to be emancipated at all , had been answered , for after the circulation of the Nazimov Rescript to provincial governors and its publication in the journal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs there was no doubt that the relationship between landowners and privately owned peasants was going to be put on a new footing . |
| 28 | Now we 've shown that the sloppy approach can be put on a firm footing we shall , because of its greater familiarity , lapse into it ! |
| 29 | VAMPIRE PRESERVATION GROUP have recently acquired Sea Venom XG737 from the Wales Aircraft Museum , which will be put on a long term restoration programme after completion of the group 's Vampire T.11 and Jet Provost T.4 . |
| 30 | The first two production batches should be put on a full stability test programme at elevated temperatures and , if appropriate , at elevated humidities . |