Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [conj] it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Badger-baiting is at an all-time high in East and North Yorkshire and it is estimated that each year in Great Britain as many as 9,000 badgers meet a premature death . |
| 2 | This road , known as the Coal Road because it was used for the transport of coal from long-abandoned pits , discloses an aerial view of the hidden valley of Grisedale across the gulf of Garsdale . |
| 3 | The row comes less than a year after Lovell had to rehouse 17 families in nearby Kites Close after it was discovered THEIR homes were crumbling . |
| 4 | This approach was specifically rejected in Gledhow by Sellers LJ and it is submitted that he was right to do so . |
| 5 | I recall reading that I think it possibly was Skerrymor or Cape Wrath but it was stated that the pendulum clock actually stopped . |
| 6 | Although he had helped to set up British Aerospace as a nationalised company , he was convinced it could not take on the huge rival plane-makers in the United States unless it was unfettered from government control . |
| 7 | EUROPEAN Community officials were stoking fears last night of an all-out trade war with the United States after it was disclosed that British and other European steelmakers could face crippling new duties on exports to America . |
| 8 | It failed because the French and the British were unhappy about supporting such a move and indeed the United Nations looked very likely er er to be more erm willing to condemn the United States than it was to condemn North Vietnam but the view of most countries in the world at that time was that North Viet that North and South Vietnam were part of the same country , that the Geneva accords in nineteen fifty four which called for unification should be upheld , and that the United States was interfering in , in a south east Asian country for no good reason . |
| 9 | It failed because the French and the British were unhappy about supporting such a move and indeed the United Nations looked very likely er er to be more erm willing to condemn the United States than it was to condemn North Vietnam but the view of most countries in the world at that time was that North Viet that North and South Vietnam were part of the same country , that the Geneva accords in nineteen fifty four which called for unification should be upheld , and that the United States was interfering in , in a south east Asian country for no good reason . |
| 10 | This would protect the holdings against a future decline of the dollar , but at the cost of pushing the risk on to the United States if it were required to compensate the IMF ( which would take over these dollar holdings ) for any losses . |
| 11 | I wanted to go to Scotland and I remember I came to say goodbye to my parents and that was in the evening and I went by train to Liverpool Street and it was pouring with rain and I had to make my way , I had a taxi across to Euston , you see , and er and I went up th the left side of the country , see , past Carlisle and and then across and across and then and to Greenock er er to Dunoon , you see . |
| 12 | What happens if the income is paid to a person resident in the United Kingdom and it is paid so that it is received as taxable income in the hands of that beneficiary ? |
| 13 | Its leader was Victor Fisher and it was dedicated to providing a point around which " patriotic labour " could rally . |
| 14 | Whilst there is so much contrary scientific opinion with regard to the dangers arising from asbestos dust , it is difficult to understands the IDA 's reliance upon the opinions of Professor McDonald when it is known that he derives a large share of his research funds from the asbestos industry itself . |
| 15 | Corals cut Cacoethes from 6-1 to 5-1 co-favourite with Aliysa and Young Mother for Sunday 's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe after it was confirmed that Steve Cauthen will ride Guy Harwood 's colt . |
| 16 | Glass making prospered in St Helens when it was found that there were suitable local sands which are the main raw material . |
| 17 | ‘ We say that the letter was written by Paula Gilfoyle but it was written at the defendant 's request and dictation and no such person as Nigel existed . |
| 18 | ‘ We are also due to have talks with Colwyn Borough Council about a possible ground sharing deal with Colwyn Bay FC at Llanelian Road so it 's going to be a crucial week for the club , ’ added Daley . |
| 19 | Neighbourhood Watch The first step has been taken to form a neighbourhood watch in Foulis Crescent and it is hoped that Woodhall Avenue and Drive will set one in motion in the near future . |
| 20 | Neighbourhood Watch The first step has been taken to form a neighbourhood watch in Foulis Crescent and it is hoped that Woodhall Avenue and Drive will set one in motion in the near future . |
| 21 | Willie Baxter was gripped by fear , he did n't understand it , he hated the dark tunnels , he stopped walking and the noise stopped ; by now Willie was probably near the point where the tunnels passed under the River Clyde and it was said that it was possible to hear the sound of a ship 's propeller whenever a vessel passed overhead . |
| 22 | Martin Lee , an outspoken campaigner for democracy in Hong Kong before it is handed over , said : ‘ China has declared war on the people of Hong Kong . |
| 23 | Is you 've got ta be like that show in the West End where it 's gon na feel like the first time . |
| 24 | Ghana symbolised West Africa before it was carved up by the Europeans ; it symbolised the African federation Nkrumah longed to assemble . |
| 25 | The tune is called Zig Zag and it was written more than than 60 years ago . |
| 26 | It was not however accepted by the Court of Appeal in Peter Andrew Russell where it was held that the conversion of the salt ( cocaine hydrochloride ) into the base form amounted to production . |
| 27 | The outstanding feature of these Roman operas was the splendour of the scenery and ingenuity of the scenic effects , which were devised by Bernini himself for Erminia and for Sant' Alessio when it was revived in 1634 for the entertainment of Wladyslaw IV 's brother . |
| 28 | THE Evening News was inundated with entries for a Thunderbirds competition to build the best Tracy Island after it was shown on Blue Peter . |
| 29 | Among her other political activities , she sympathised with the Boers and visited St. Helena when it was used to house prisoners from the South African War . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , Intel vociferously denied to Unigram last week suggestions circulated on the InterNet by GE 's research and development Center in New York that it 's hit a brick wall with its P5 design , is not getting the yields and is on a crash redesign course that would delay the parts until the end of next year . |