Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Machines , computers , materials of all kinds , and labour all have to be blended together to enable the production system to carry out its operations in a cost-effective way . |
| 2 | At this stage the Collector seemed to be sparing only occupied beds and charpoys , his own desk and chair , and the Louis XVI table from the drawing-room . |
| 3 | Managers in Surrey sent letters to all their ambulance workers threatening to use outside contractors to carry out non-emergency work and refused to guarantee that they would be withdrawn once deployed . |
| 4 | He opened his mouth to make an acid retort , and then remembered that the sura which permitted captives to be enslaved also went to considerable lengths to provide laws for their welfare . |
| 5 | flexibility , which implies that the computer simulation model can be altered easily to take account of changes in circumstances or to allow modelling of a different system . |
| 6 | Each eye has only a narrow field of view , but it can be swivelled independently to scan over a hemisphere . |
| 7 | The pinnae usually face forward but can be swivelled round to concentrate any sound which might signal danger or food . |
| 8 | Their huge pinnae , which can be swivelled round to scan the air , gather the echoes of the sound into the earholes . |
| 9 | Walesa signed a bill to revalue pensions on Nov. 8 , but announced that the law was to be amended immediately to reduce the number of people whose pensions would be cut as a result . |
| 10 | In 1984 it had to be amended further to follow the Euro-notion of ‘ equal pay for work of equal value ’ whereby the pay of women occupying jobs without immediate male comparison is set equal to men 's through the opinion of a judge rather than the operation of market forces . |
| 11 | We should be helping not blaming each other . ’ |
| 12 | Benn promised that the first thing he would do when returning home would be to go straight to see Michael Watson . |
| 13 | The only solution appeared to be to go round existing denominational organizations and to create a new body which would emphasize non-political aims and gather a following based on individuals , not denominations . |
| 14 | One thinks how marvellous it would be to go on living . |
| 15 | The thing that made me a little envious was this girl — she 's his assistant on this particular film — ringing up , and there was a slight chance they would be going to Switzerland that day , and suddenly I was in there again and I thought how exciting it all was and how nice it would be to go off filming again . |
| 16 | Yeah I would 've thought it was the job of the national account executive or whoever it may be to go there do the business , find out what 's what and apportion that out to wherever it 's most appropriate either to the field sales or or to whatever , because |
| 17 | John Ritchie , Staff Development TVEI Co-ordinator , has now followed up the audit by inviting all schools in identify developments that should be undertaken centrally to allow these gaps to be filled . |
| 18 | For most other mutant genes that Stern studied in this way , the abnormality in structure could best be explained by supposing that cells could not respond to the prepattern , rather than that the prepattern itself had changed . |
| 19 | You might imagine that somehow the discrepancy in Figure 5.2 can be explained by supposing that the planets have withheld from the atmosphere different proportions of their supply of the different isotopes . |
| 20 | The quality , calibre , extra capability and extra commitment that they give are well worth any time that may be given up to volunteer reserve service . |
| 21 | To identify and measure the trade-offs that exist between economic objectives so that the policy-maker is made aware of how much of one must be given up to get more of another , e.g. 2 per cent more inflation or 0.5 per cent less unemployment . |
| 22 | Relatives who are carers may also find that the requirement for professional support to be given locally infringes on their own rights to privacy . |
| 23 | The most important principle of insulin therapy in the insulin-dependent patient is that insulin must be given regularly to inhibit lipolysis and prevent ketosis . |
| 24 | In the home computer market speech synthesis is generally used to enhance games ; scores are read out and warnings of enemy attack can be given verbally leaving the player free to concentrate on the tactics of the game . |
| 25 | I take this opportunity to say that not only that ship but our collaboration in relation to the French frigate and the type 23 frigate orders which will be given shortly show our commitment to naval orders . |
| 26 | One last example may be given here to demonstrate the dangers of biographers copying each other 's errors . |
| 27 | The controversies and speculations will no doubt continue for many years to come and only the briefest notes will be given here to suggest some of the possibilities , without prejudice but also with realism . |
| 28 | WHS has also published 20,000 50-page anthologies or ‘ samplers ’ , chapters from each of the seven featured novels , which will be given away free to customers . |
| 29 | Graham Gooch won an important toss but then fell in the seventh over , clearly surprised to be given out caught at the wicket . |
| 30 | If the answer to the pursuer 's case is that the fault for the accident rests wholly or partly with someone else , consideration should be given now to service of a Third Party Notice by which that other party blamed can be brought into the action . |