Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb mod] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The continued squeeze on defence procurement , combined with a demand for ever-more complex weaponry , has encouraged NATO to think the once-unthinkable : a code of practice for defence companies that should wring better value for money out of what used to be one of the capitalist world 's most protected and pampered industries . |
| 2 | Allied-Maples , the present group title of what used to be Allied Carpets , built its reputation on aggressively-priced , high street carpet stores . |
| 3 | Audio-visual materials , cassettes and videotapes , and access to computer based learning will simplify a lot of what used to be dull and repetitive work . |
| 4 | The process has evolved over the decade with the linking up of what used to be short runs into long , cross-country routes . |
| 5 | I mean if we look at erm the large number of single parent families , mainly who are headed by women , the position of Social Security for these women has deteriorated in the last few years erm both in terms of the real value of the money received ; Child Benefit has been frozen for the last three or four years ; regulations such as you used to be able to offset your child care expenses when you were claiming income support have been changed , women can no longer can now only earn erm fifteen pounds a week of they 're a single parent and they can not offset their child care costs . |
| 6 | The demonstration was organized to coincide with what used to be Armed Forces Day . |
| 7 | That was hot , yes and th in between there used to be that 's where your furnace used to go in and come back and up out the chimney and that they put them the in there to heat the water quick you see and yet they ought to be , they had to be sliced out with a what they call a slice , cos they used to get furred up and we used to give them nineteen and sixpence for that to fill the boiler up again , we had t used to have take Pinmill and they used to have to come up to get fresh water into the anchor boat and we used to pump it up by hand , into the boiler . |
| 8 | It is the ‘ big ’ house of Rye , built in 1722 by a local man , James Lamb , taking in what used to be three smaller houses on the same site . |
| 9 | From right from the time office er I used to go into blacksmith shop to mash tea because that 's where we used to We used to be able to go and take the cam for the timekeeper and I was in the stores too , and er mash the tea in the forge They put the kettle on the forge you see ? |
| 10 | The date on it used to be 1623 , but I see they 've changed it to 1610 , though I do n't agree with either of those dates . |
| 11 | The Martin Gropius building is an imposing brick block , which stands on what used to be one of the borders between East and West Berlin . |
| 12 | His own company is working on a project in East Dorset to establish a course with heathland areas on what used to be agricultural land . |
| 13 | They were the North Riding Authority , er the East Riding Authority , the West Riding Authority , all of which converged on the on the city of York , and as you read through the files , er you will see that even then the D O E were trying to get erm those er those predecessor authorities in the late fifties , early sixties er to come to some view about what ought to be better for Greater York , so for many years the idea of Greater York ha has been current er in one guise or another . |