Example sentences of "and the [noun sg] [noun] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last year was n't because the way things were running and the way drivers were being brought in . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , as was already thought , previous work on MVS Repository has been scrapped and the mainframe software is being rewritten from scratch so it can integrate with the networked repository . |
| 3 | Dumping will be prohibited from mid-1993 and the MMA plant is being doubled in capacity to 200 000 tonne pa producing some 600,000 tonnes of waste , all of which will be handled by the new plant . |
| 4 | By the fourth century buildings were neglected and the marble facings were being taken for building elsewhere . |
| 5 | Simply to observe that a job is running late and the profit margin is being squeezed will achieve nothing . |
| 6 | National Trust regional director , Merlin Waterson , said ‘ protected ’ species of birds were being shot by trespassers and the shingle banks were being used by off-road vehicle enthusiasts . |
| 7 | ‘ The preferential creditors are now in the process of being cleared and the leasing agreements are being picked up , so those are no longer liabilities of the old partnership . |
| 8 | Within minutes money was changing hands and the baby antelope was being placed on blankets on the back seat of the car . |
| 9 | He said there was a great deal of consultation and investigation to be undertaken and the bus managers were being premature in their reaction . |
| 10 | Party members themselves were now avoiding the ‘ Heil Hitler ’ greeting , and the Party badge was being worn less and less frequently . |
| 11 | Scotland 's two government-backed countryside bodies , the Nature Conservancy Council and the Countryside Commission are being amalgamated under the chairmanship of Sir Magnus Magnusson . |
| 12 | He had been moving his body slightly as he came into the shot , and the club head was being thrown slightly off line . |