Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] [coord] [pron] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Workfare was on the committee 's agenda but the committee has now been wound up and it is thought workfare has been pushed back as an idea requiring long-term consideration rather than implementation in the near future . |
| 2 | It does seem that since the last investigation certain development work , " Minerall Adventures , " had been carried out and it is possible that this was in progress at that time . |
| 3 | No prices are written down and there is no competitive bidding . |
| 4 | That , as I see it , is a very common situation especially where there is some pressure to get contracts exchanged , as there frequently is , and one often finds that at exchange not all the loose ends are tidied up and it is necessary to have some last minute adjustment of the contract which takes the form of side letters … |
| 5 | In addition to the crime of conspiracy , there is the civil wrong ( or tort ) of conspiracy , consisting of an agreement which has been acted on and which is made in order to attain either an unlawful object or a lawful object by unlawful means . |
| 6 | A landlord should be responsible for the manner in which work at its instigation should be carried out and there is no reason why a tenant should suffer as a result of defects appearing within a reasonable time thereafter . |
| 7 | TCG is biased against the taxpayer and in favour of the Revenue , because losses can not be carried back and there is no provision for carrying forward unused annual exemptions nor for top-slicing ( spreading the gains over the years during which they have occurred ) . |
| 8 | Various other procedures have to be gone through but it is expected that the title will be completed within the next six months . |
| 9 | Various other procedures have to be gone through but it is expected that the title will be completed within the next six months . |
| 10 | Your employer has been taken over and there is talk of redundancy . |
| 11 | Many application forms for membership were handed out and it is hoped that our numbers will grow as a result . |
| 12 | Courses in Accountancy and European and Human Rights Law are being set up and it is hoped that as many pupils as possible will attend them , but for economic reasons it has been decided not to make them compulsory this year . |
| 13 | ‘ If income was rising sharply it would not matter that credit was being paid off but there is every indication that real income is flat , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Finally , the Advocate-General 's view is that the Barber judgment applies to schemes whether or not they are contracted out and it is irrelevant whether a scheme is funded exclusively by the employer or also by compulsory or voluntary employees ' contributions . |
| 15 | It is as if Sukenick were putting into practice the principles of what he has called the ‘ architectonic novel ’ which ( and he cites Raymond Federman 's Double or Nothing as a prime example ) works like a jigsaw puzzle : ‘ the picture is filled out but there is no sense of development involved ’ ( Federman 1975 : 38 ) . |
| 16 | and be counted , but I think we 've tended to stand back and just say well we know it 's going on but what is actually being done to these |
| 17 | In general , the most readily practicable experiments are ones in which an initial density distribution is set up and there is then some evolution of the configuration during the course of the experiment . |
| 18 | All 32 of the low-cost , semi-detached and terraced homes at The Elms , in Marton Grove , have been snapped up and there is a lengthy waiting list should any of the prospective buyers pull out . |
| 19 | ‘ Tenby 's tongue was hanging out and there is a possibility that it may have got over his bit , ’ said the Newmarket trainer . |
| 20 | The motion was in order when it was put down and it is open to any hon. Member to support it — or amend it — if he or she wishes . |