Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pers pn] be [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have always said that there are thousands of qualified accountants sitting out there in small companies where they are finance directors , credit controllers , company secretaries , advisers to the board , the people to whom the board looks for everything . |
| 2 | Responding to the needs of people who live on their own — and some 36 per cent of people over 65 do — could increase sales on many items , notably food items , which rarely attract single householders because the goods are currently only available in large , wasteful quantities unless they are convenience foods . |
| 3 | Great , by the way , it 's seven passengers and they 're sales executives from Gross & Swettie . |
| 4 | Yes we 've had one or two arrests but they 're disorder offences and minor disorder offences . |
| 5 | The law of confidence is concerned with the protection of secrets whether they be trade secrets , secrets of a personal nature or concerning the government of the country . |
| 6 | But these tasks are not expected of students because they are quasi-research activities . |
| 7 | Mr Fowler added that in the Government 's even-handed approach to employment , people would have the right to belong to a union and could not be excluded from a job on the grounds that they were trade unionists . |