Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun] [vb mod] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such developments would necessarily affect both the structure of arts-based courses , but more significantly in the context of this article , would require the methods of assessment used to be tailored to the short term aims of each module . |
| 2 | Waddesdon 's 165 acres of gardens used to be tended by 120 gardeners bound to silence in daylight . |
| 3 | Whereas the test designers suggest that a teacher without specialist knowledge might give the test as a screening device to identify the existence of articulation problems , the analysis of the nature of the errors and the appropriate forms of intervention ought to be left for an expert in phonological analysis . |
| 4 | At a rough guess , Pierremont Gardens today stands where the real gardens of Pierremont used to be . |
| 5 | The concerns of administration used to be the maintenance of law and regulation , the sustaining of working relationships with voluntary organizations and denominational bodies and the planning and maintenance of programmes across a range of responsibilities . |
| 6 | It is smaller than Sardinia ( just 22 acres , or roughly 13 football pitches , against Sardinia 's 16,000 square miles , or six million pitches ) which for purposes of containment ought to be counted pure gain . |
| 7 | The cattle of Scotland used to be of many colours but predominantly black and of the Highland or Galloway type . |
| 8 | Incidentally , the cattle of Landes used to be treated with great care as draught oxen ( they were never overworked and were given special headgear to ward off flies ) but were also used in amateur ‘ bull races ’ in which bad-tempered oxen and cows were teased into charging at people . |
| 9 | That Elections of Members of Parliament ought to be free . |
| 10 | It seems to me that formulation of the precise grounds upon which overpayments of tax ought to be recoverable and of any exceptions to the right of recovery , may involve nice considerations of policy which are properly the province of Parliament and are not suitable for consideration by the courts . |
| 11 | Oh yes , oh yes , oh mum went there for years and years every Saturday yeah , and as I say the wagonettes used to erm be stationed up by Albion Street , to take er shopping and , and er and Rushbrooks used to be the big confectioners then , that 's on the , it used to be on the corner of erm Albion , well there 's a market there , an indoor market now is n't there yeah they were the er the big confectioners Rushbrooks , and er bakers and confectioners and er all the barrels of flour used to be , you could see all that going in you know but er I do n't know whether it is , am I making it interesting , is it interesting for you ? |
| 12 | Whether these types of initiative ought to be included within the development theme is arguable , but labour-supply considerations may be seen as constraining urban output . |