Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 2km ( just over a mile ) the left-hand branch of the road from Hinterthal reaches the entrance to the remarkable Holloch Caverns ( the labyrinthine passages of which are calculated to extend some 93km ( 58 miles ) ; 1km ( half a mile ) of the caves are open to visitors ) . |
| 2 | What 's the Devil been eating to get such flesh on him ? ’ |
| 3 | And I remember the day it went from Extended Titling to three three four and it was just three three four , it did n't look as if it had ever been intended to set these lines . |
| 4 | My contemporary interest in the case is in the argument that Parliament could not sensibly have intended to frame its enactment in these terms simply for the purpose of dealing with the rare and improbable case of a crooked solicitor and , therefore , the provision must have been intended to have some wider operation . |
| 5 | Indeed , the statute of 1324 coincided with an earlier seizure of alien priories by Edward II and may itself have been intended to palliate that action . |
| 6 | Sara knew that she had not been intended to understand this remark , and was hurt by it ; but she was determined to show no embarrassment or anger and told herself that Dom João was probably as nervous as herself . |
| 7 | What information has been gathered contains some subtle but ominous signs . |
| 8 | The material which has been gathered supports this contention and it also raises a number of issues concerning the needs of staff , as well as students , at a time when the total quality of the teaching/learning experience is assuming a certain prominence throughout the HE sector . |
| 9 | Concrete sleepers and 60-foot rails have been placed constituting several track panels , while the original platform at Swithland has been cleared of much undergrowth , with more sleepers placed in position . |
| 10 | Recently the castle remains , neglected for centuries and largely hidden , have been excavated to expose some solid stonework foundations and a few ancient arches . |
| 11 | Similarly , it has backtracked on its statement that services are to go live this autumn : the official line is that it is too early to say when they will be available . |
| 12 | Actuaries are helping to facilitate these discussions . |
| 13 | Fortunately , some well-known figures in the sports and pop world are helping to do this . |
| 14 | TODAY Ian will be walking from Devonport to Kingsbridge — a total of 23.2 miles — and still looks well on course to win his bet with Corals , the bookmakers who are helping sponsor this trip . |
| 15 | Two fields that came on stream in 1992 are helping maintain this level of output : Miller ( BP : 40% ) now produces xx barrels of oil a day ( b/d ) and yy million cubic feet of gas a day ( cf/d ) , while Donan ( BP : 100% ) produces yy b/d . |
| 16 | Children are taught to retaliate any hurt , a ‘ blow for blow ’ principle ( see Lizot 1985 : 74 on the Yanomami ) . |
| 17 | Kneeling can also be used to help the patient get up from the floor ; most patients are taught to do this once they can walk , in case they have a fall . |
| 18 | The problem is , that because of the power of male definitions of reality in our culture , and because women are taught to accept these definitions too , the friendship and support which countless women give to each other can remain unacknowledged and invisible . |
| 19 | They do not associate valour with the handsome and arrogant hunter , and young men are taught to pity such evidence of ‘ lack of control ’ . |
| 20 | In my patch , many small builders are doing well and are struggling to find enough labour to keep them going in today 's market . |
| 21 | ‘ More and more people are struggling to pay these bills even now and this will be the last straw for many of them . |
| 22 | Andrea Newman and Susannah Lopez are two women who have chosen to remain exclusively in the grant-aided sector and who are struggling to maintain that working practice as an option for other women . |
| 23 | ‘ Englishmen are a rather unemotional species , ’ she maintains , ‘ and women are struggling to overcome that . |
| 24 | Two special fun days have been arranged to allow all Journal readers the chance to enjoy the delights of Britain 's number one theme park , Alton Towers , at a discount rate . |
| 25 | Small and poorly appointed as her ‘ place ’ was , it had been arranged to satisfy some inner need or order … |
| 26 | Past contributions had not been calculated to cover such expenditure , but societies felt an obligation to protect faithful members from ending their days on poor relief . |
| 27 | The Haar Sana range of treatments has been developed to deal this and other scalp problems . |
| 28 | What different approaches have been developed to teach this important skill ? |
| 29 | A computer algorithm , AGECAT , has now been developed to undertake this task ( Copeland et al . |
| 30 | Gordon Parkes , the firm 's head of human resources , said : ‘ Some current job roles are being discontinued and new more appropriate roles have been developed to meet these increased demands from the market place . |