Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That decision was the second major controversy of Hunt 's extraordinary year : this time not just Ferrari but many others felt that the race had been stopped to give Hunt time to repair his car , an argument given plausibility by the fact that Lauda had made his way out of the trouble and was clearly leading the race when it stopped . |
| 2 | MOBILE wardens are to monitor playing fields in Darlington . |
| 3 | Swindon Town 0 Middlesbrough 1 BERNIE Slaven has been recalled to face Manchester United in the Rumbelows League Cup semi-final first leg at Ayresome Park on Wednesday . |
| 4 | Notice that Wordsworth can play off speech-rhythm against the iambic pattern ; if one reads the extract aloud ‘ List'ning ’ and ‘ Broke ’ , for example , are heard to run counter to the expected rhythm and help the verse to mime what is being described . |
| 5 | Yet , analysts are heard asking time and again , ‘ Tell me what you want . |
| 6 | Parallel transporting a vector around the loop ABCDA induces changes which are calculated using eqn ( 6.10 ) . |
| 7 | Occasionally , when manpower allows , men from the sections are assigned to beat duty and can walk anywhere within the Easton district in order to show a presence and look for minor crime . |
| 8 | Lady after lady breathed heavier when Pen dashed in and out , and on the days when Wilson was a little late with the supper — which she now undertook to provide — on account of having been delayed taking tea with Mrs Browning there was not a word of complaint but only a diffident enquiry as to how the venerable poetess had seemed . |
| 9 | When the project is completed , the group members are transferred back to the basic structure , or they are given operating responsibility for the new product in a new unit . |
| 10 | Under the CAP , export subsidies are given to bring EC prices down to world prices . |
| 11 | A huge cast of characters — each of whom are given intermeshing chapters to narrate the US perspective on the mess and sacrifice of World War Two — is flung out all over the globe . |
| 12 | Brezhnev 's scheme for the Persian Gulf may have been intended to reassure India of the Soviet desire for peace in India 's vicinity . |
| 13 | The currency reform had been intended to halt inflation and end the inequality in the terms of trade . |
| 14 | In some cases bodies were covered with red ochre , which may have been intended to simulate blood , in the hope of averting physical extinction . |
| 15 | The bill had been intended to highlight Labour 's continued adherence to the closed shop , until Mr Fowler 's shadow , Mr Tony Blair , last weekend announced the Opposition 's support for the full Social Charter agenda . |
| 16 | Construction work on the reactor , which had been intended to generate electricity both for domestic use and for sale to Belgium and the Netherlands , had commenced in 1972 , and it had been due to start operating in 1979 . |
| 17 | Although the Critique had been intended to rescue Marxism from the sclerosis of Stalinism , Sartre found that his theory of history , far from explaining what had gone wrong when the most radical political theory turned out in practice to be one of the most oppressive , had rather shown why it had necessarily happened that way . |
| 18 | Other case management experiments have been intended to reduce reliance upon hospital or residential care , and some have shown that this can be achieved while others produce conflicting evidence . |
| 19 | Even women 's magazines have been clamouring to publish photographs of his first ever ride on a scooter ( built by father Giordano ) alongside his old school photographs . |
| 20 | Brokers and investors cite three other devices that some of those investing public-sector funds are using to give share prices a big boost : |
| 21 | On each occasion , every available manservant had been posted to keep watch for soldiers , and she knew that if ever there was a night Tristram should not come visiting , this was it . |
| 22 | Although visual system physiologists treat the monkey as the model system of their choice for studying the visual cortex , a surprising amount of useful data has been gathered using cats as subjects , despite the known anatomical differences between cats and monkeys . |
| 23 | Mr Midgley said the spillage had been traced to near Lartington treatment works , but there were no reports of wildlife or fish being affected . |
| 24 | Bigger classes and lower education standards are predicted as teachers are sacked to save money . |
| 25 | A considerable amount of research has been undertaken to apply GIS methods to evacuation scenarios around hazardous sites . |
| 26 | In recent years considerable research has been undertaken to build computer models of asset performance and returns and their correlation with liabilities . |
| 27 | Since April , three major projects have been undertaken offering retailers the chance to win ‘ Star Prizes ’ such as a trip for two on the London to Venice Orient Express , or a Renault 5 ‘ Campus Car ’ . |
| 28 | Most of these had been producing un-hinted PostScript fonts for some time but they now all had the tools to create the all-important encrypted Type 1 fonts and had licenses to produce PostScript typesetters . |
| 29 | 4 Once features have been placed take care to fulfil the editor 's requirements . |
| 30 | Physically it is costly because it has been proven to cause ulcers , arthritis and all sorts of other conditions . |