Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [noun sg] and [verb] be " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As an amateur jockey Pip has had eight National hunt wins this season and had been challenging for the Ladies Championship . |
| 2 | That has been said and again I went to see the Treasurer 's Department this morning and have been assured that ours is a viable budget . |
| 3 | Warwick , 38 , and a veteran of 131 Grands Prix , won the world sportscar championship with Peugeot this year and has been itching for a chance to get back in the big time of Formula One . |
| 4 | Demonstrating what a simple change at the top can achieve , Compaq Computer Corp , which had sales of $3,200m last year and had been heading back towards the $2,000m mark under the previous regime , last week announced that it had made it through the $4,000m sales barrier for 1992 , with profits up 34% in the most recent quarter . |
| 5 | Guest of honour was Pat Moody , a member of a local team of people who took aid to the orphanage and helped to refurbish it in May last year and have been charting progress there ever since . |
| 6 | Although his son Muhammad Reza was Reza Shahs designated heir and had been groomed to succeed his father -albeit in happier circumstances — the British paused . |
| 7 | Baggio , scorer of 16 goals in just 27 internationals , badly bruised his side as his club defeated Benfica in a UEFA Cup tie last week and has been ruled out . |
| 8 | The New Nursery was opened on 26th August this year and has been designed to offer children opportunities to enjoy and develop all types of play and decision-making , and to gain increased independence within a safe and secure environment . |
| 9 | In an open letter on Sept. 7 to the Uzbek Supreme Soviet , Shakurulla Mirsaidov , who had formerly served as Uzbek Prime Minister and had been Vice-President until November 1991 , announced his resignation as Deputy Chair of the Uzbek Supreme Soviet and as a people 's deputy , because of " the replacement of democracy and openness by an authoritarian regime " ; increased repression of the opposition had been noted in Uzbekistan in preceding months [ see p. 39010 ] . |
| 10 | Myles skipped a Dunbarton rink to an Irish fours championship last season and has been very impressive in the same position in the PGL U25 championship . |
| 11 | One big star , Billy Ray Cyrus , was invented by the marketing men last year and has been playing more or less bubblegum pop . |
| 12 | ‘ Weeks has been before the magistrates this morning and has been discharged without a stain on his character . |
| 13 | Romany King was a good second to Party Politics last year and has been trained for the race . |
| 14 | ' Another worker , who stood as a Conservative councillor , said she had encountered Mr Lawson at a reception last year and had been asked by the Chancellor why she had lost . |