Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] [noun] [verb] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In November of 1968 , he responded to the demands of Derry Catholics by proposing that the Londonderry City Corporation ( which since partition had been gerrymandered so that the Protestant minority retained control ) be replaced by a nominated body , that housing allocation be removed from political control to be administered on a fair ‘ points for needs ’ system , and that the Special Powers Act be re-examined . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't use them until Sam 's been released or … |
| 3 | The warriors have been with them because lions have been seen in the area where they were grazing . |
| 4 | No special secrecy was attached to the cruiser — indeed , Khrushchev told the disconcerted Admiralty that he would be glad to sell it to them because cruisers had been out-dated by missiles . |
| 5 | Is it because Nancy has been hospitalized or are smack and crack no longer regarded as social evils numbers one and two ? |
| 6 | The laboratory 's John Barton , speaking at a conference in London last year , described a number of occasions when decisions to invest in schemes to recycle rubbish or to burn it as fuel had been based on estimates of commercial and household waste that turned out to be much too high . |
| 7 | Then working to a computer-generated plan , he lays the tiles dry , later repositioning them after adhesive has been applied to the floor . |
| 8 | As she hung the waterproofs in the locker she remembered with vivid clarity how his gaze had met hers after Giles had been led away by the stewards . |