Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The war having started in September , the RAF were accepting a few Americans but they did n't like his record . |
| 2 | ‘ I think the Vatican is doing a fine job , ’ Mr Fitzwater told reporters in Texas , where President Bush is taking a quail-hunting holiday . |
| 3 | The SCS was to play a crucial role in this and future strike action . |
| 4 | The CAA is making a major contribution to the development of JARs and the way JAA is organised … |
| 5 | Until 17 May , the Kunsthalle is hosting a major retrospective of the work of Georg Baselitz comprising 120 works ( mainly paintings and drawings , but also some sculptures in wood ) from public and private collections in Europe and America . |
| 6 | Others relate to its receipt of government and local authority funds , which are granted in the expectation that the WEA is providing a public educational service in the liberal studies : that courses will be run not merely for the benefit of existing members but will be widely canvassed and advertised to attract as many of the adult population as wish to take part . |
| 7 | A child of Seventies architecture , the Strand was given a Nineties makeover and its tiled floors are now amenable to small feet . |
| 8 | By the end of the nineteenth century the Devon was finding a warm welcome in the American West ; there cattlemen associated red coats with good , profitable beef and the Devon bulls proved invaluable on ranches where endurance and the ability to travel in search of water and grazing were essential . |
| 9 | Increasingly , the Ashleys were hiring a new breed of staff ; qualified and experienced . |
| 10 | John Shaw , who entered on his new farm on the Oa was given a complimentary day 's ploughing and James Hutson his annual day . |
| 11 | Mr. Blacker reported that the Dial-a-Ride was proving a successful venture and they would appreciate feedback from residents . |
| 12 | Yet the Cpp was becoming a political monolith , a ‘ Tammany-type machine ’ as an American observer wrote : no longer the party of the masses . |
| 13 | The conservation corps of the YTS were clearing a nearby churchyard , and every lunchtime , the foreman pulled out an armchair which he kept in the church specially for the purpose , and had an hour 's sleep in the churchyard . |
| 14 | On the other hand the aim of the LCC was to secure a reserve supply of recreational land within easy access of the urbanized area of London . |
| 15 | To mark the 40th anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen 's accession to the throne , the BBC is to screen a unique TV portrait . |
| 16 | In effect , the BBC is organising a near monopoly on software provided through television sets , and Acorn is the only supplier of adaptors to make the service possible . |
| 17 | The BBC is launching a new , youth-oriented arts programme to challenge the high-falutin' style of its own Late Show . |
| 18 | ‘ The BBC is doing a ten part documentary on my life , Ruby , Woman of the Pliocene . |
| 19 | Now even the BBC is planning a Virtual Reality gameshow for next year . |
| 20 | In 1963 , the BBC was allocated a second TV channel ( BBC 2 ) and by the end of the decade there were also a large number of local , commercial , and non-commercial , radio stations . |
| 21 | On November 17 , the TUC is organising a regional day of action , and on November 25 a torchlight procession will be held through Bootle to the expanding coal terminal at Gladstone Dock . |
| 22 | On November 17 , the TUC is organising a regional day of action and on November 25 a torchlight procession is being held through Bootle to the expanding coal terminal at Gladstone Dock . |
| 23 | He stated that the proposals made by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer , John Major , on June 20 for a gradualist approach to EMU via the introduction of a parallel currency , the " hard ecu " , contained some very practical elements and that these might be taken more seriously if the UK were to demonstrate a full commitment to EMU . |
| 24 | However the UK was given a larger share of the regional and social funds . |
| 25 | To secure continuity , there must be a clear case that the LEA is making a valuable contribution to the local economy . |
| 26 | TO CO-INCIDE with the AGM of the Bulleid Society , the GCR is to stage a Southern Weekend on October 12–13th . |
| 27 | In publishing the Hepplewhite Guide the Taylors were filling a yawning gap . |
| 28 | The RSPB are preparing a conservation plan for the relevant areas which include the Forest of Bowland , the North York Moors and parts of Northumberland . |
| 29 | Since all the speculators , mainly companies , have left the market and real collectors are waiting to buy until the market bottoms out , galleries in the Ginza are having a difficult time selling any painting which costs more than $80,000 . |
| 30 | UNIVERSITIES and biotechnology companies in the US are considering a new plan to speed the transfer to industry of genetic engineering techniques developed in university laboratories . |