Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clubs are planning a big official opening on Monday , May 4th . |
| 2 | Accordingly , terms of reference should be agreed formally in writing and MAS should ensure that the investigations is given a tight , commercial focus so that for its cost it is of maximum use to the client . |
| 3 | Said manager John Bell : ‘ The Canadians are building a huge power plant in Ontario and already they have been in touch for guidance on how we operate our laundry system . ’ |
| 4 | Suddenly , in 1926 , they were baffled , and they realised that the Germans were using a mechanical cypher . |
| 5 | The proposals were given a cautious welcome by politicians on the left , but the right-wing parties decried them as an attempt to distract from the President 's and the government 's current unpopularity . |
| 6 | The only way that can be ensured , as the Minister recognised in our debate on pension schemes , is if the buy-outs are given a real opportunity to succeed . |
| 7 | The Argentinians are buying a new fleet that will rival any other . |
| 8 | The weekend announcement that the Saudis are providing a further £1½ billion for orders tied to the vast Al Yamamah programme provided welcome relief for the company and the Government . |
| 9 | The attendees were given a large package of data , including a precis of interests about themselves and a questionnaire which was completed by 75% of the audience . |
| 10 | In practice , however , they are contradictory , because the purpose of the rules is to produce a single solution to any accounting problem while economic reality , with which accounting purports to be concerned , is far too complex for unique solutions . |
| 11 | They should make certain that the authorities are spending a suitable amount on adult education , and that it is available locally as well as centrally . |
| 12 | The authorities were taking a proactive role , acting as the mainspring of change not only in fundholding but in other areas such as consumer surveys and information systems . |
| 13 | The food-sellers were doing a roaring trade in spiced sausages and , beside them , water-sellers with great buckets slung round their necks sold cooling drinks to soothe the mouths of those who chewed the hot , spicy meat . |
| 14 | The goals were to establish a New World Order which would prepare the way for the New World ‘ messiah ’ , the Lord Maitreya . |
| 15 | The animals were allowed a two week recovery period after surgery before experiments began . |
| 16 | While the readers are reading a weak , Tolkien-influenced story , or a weak abridgement of a book , they could be tackling the original . |
| 17 | They have a record going well back into the Cambrian , when it might be supposed that the chordates were undergoing a major diversification . |
| 18 | This may imply that in cremating areas the vessels were made a certain size for the specific function of containing the ashes , whereas in areas practising inhumation there may not have been such specialised production , the vessels being drawn from the domestic stock . |
| 19 | The subjects were fed a controlled low sulphate diet for 34 consecutive days . |
| 20 | The Jordanians are doing a magnificent job , keeping , keeping the show going erm people in those camps in many cases have been there for 4,5 or 7 days . |
| 21 | The Scots are grooming a dashing 20-year-old wing-cum-fullback , Ken Logan of Stirling County , as a future last line . |
| 22 | One way out for the Scots was to contemplate a different marriage for their queen . |
| 23 | The electricians are holding a postal ballot with the results announced after Christmas . |
| 24 | ( Indeed , the anti-vivisectionists were allowed a small but notable coup on this score : Sue Crowshaw , badly disabled by rheumatoid arthritis , made a moving speech denying scientists the right to claim they were experimenting on her behalf . ) |
| 25 | The contras are seeking a new ceasefire , a general amnesty and guarantees of safe conduct if they return to Nicaragua . |
| 26 | The Eagles are expecting a 10,000 crowd for the visit of the champions . |
| 27 | In return , the Belgians were given a framed picture of Pride of Burgundy arriving in Dover in April . |
| 28 | This cat-and-mouse game between engineers and the elements was to become a major theme in the next great age of wetland reclamation , which began under the Tudors and reached its climax in the middle of the seventeenth century . |
| 29 | The upper wings of the gulls were painted a deeper shade of the cloud grey |
| 30 | ( It 's just possible that the youngsters were expressing a scientific talent rather than a dislike of the press , for their is no denying that McGinty 's ample form would produce an immediate uplift in the balloon . ) |