Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gillian paused , changed gear , pursed those lips which were and yet were n't at all like her mother 's lips , and said , ‘ She waits . ’ |
| 2 | Others wrote about what Walter Machin 's books had meant to them at the time of their publication , and to these Viola wrote faintly magisterial replies of thanks and interest which usually also contained subtle plugs for the two books which were as yet unpublished . |
| 3 | My understanding is what we 're trying to achieve is , to have a a a double-sided A four sheet , which is intended to demonstrate to our clients , what good lads we are and what good work we do for each in each function . |
| 4 | When you have decided who is speaking , tell them all how many speakers there are and in which order they are speaking . |
| 5 | Big lads they were and all . |
| 6 | It 's just the words they 're after you see . |
| 7 | Lovely bedrooms they were but she 'd keep saying she wanted to go out like , you know . |
| 8 | no need for painkillers he was that surprised , he was that surprised the way , of the way he did it , he got brutally treated with |
| 9 | Er , it is n't just Alton Towers , it 's whether you should get discounts on Penguin Books it was whether you got , er , bottles of Chateau le Tour erm it , it requests for many different things and , er , you know , alright er , it we could , we could , if Alton Towers seemed to be what , er , all shareholders wanted er , perhaps we , we could consider that but , but , but we do have a number of a attractive products . |
| 10 | So we say therefore that the contemplative life , taken in itself , is sweeter , nobler , worthier , and more meritorious in respect of its fundamental principle , which is delight in uncreated good ; in other words it is because this is the life which loves God more ardently . |
| 11 | John came to the Palace in March 1988 from Crewe Alexandra for a £60,000 fee and , while capable of filling several defensive roles it was as our right- or left-back that he featured regularly , although always wearing number two , so that he was undoubtedly among manager Steve Coppell 's most astute signings . |
| 12 | The dollars that could be spent equal the amounts held in NOSTRO accounts which are but a small fraction of total Eurodollars . |
| 13 | Financial institutions provide finance and specialist services to companies which are as yet unproven but have potential . |
| 14 | It also remains to be seen whether better preretirement and health education programmes will play a part in helping people prepare constructively for old age and to make a realistic appraisal of the matters which are and will be of greater importance to them than sea air . |
| 15 | Outside these areas there is but very patchy support . |
| 16 | Therefore , they are probably not eddies , but though there are several non-eddy models there is as yet no consensus on their nature . |
| 17 | Yes , I 've got my cat , it 's just gone out , yeah I 've got a cat , yes he 's a lovely little cat I 've got and he 's just gone out a little ginger and but I did have a dog but I , cos he , I had him several years here a beautiful little corgi he was and then I had to have him put to sleep because he had er water trouble , but then my doctor advised me that I , he said do n't have another dog have a cat , so I had a cat , I 've always had a cat though |
| 18 | Methodological objections could be made to comparing the two groups because of the different periods of time monitored , that is , for prisoners the period of time refers to after the sentence has been served whereas for probationers it is after the sentence has been imposed . |
| 19 | Once the state arrogates to itself the power to decide on all economic matters it is but a short step to the physical direction of labour . |
| 20 | For many parents it is as though the child they were expecting is dead . |
| 21 | What intrigues me is that Mailer has spent years on it , has published almost 1,200 pages , is at work on part two and must have been doing all this while the Reagan/Bush/Casey/North epoch went rolling past a society and a mass media obsessed with Nancy 's wardrobe and the cultivation of the perfect junk-bond . |
| 22 | No hard and fast line can be drawn between the workers who are and those who are not to be counted amongst ‘ the poor ’ ; there is a constant flux , and besides those who suffer from chronic underpayment , artisans , as well as tradesmen and rustics , are constantly sinking , with or without their own fault , into the depth of misery . |
| 23 | Add up how many adult workers there are and how many people they have to support . |
| 24 | Yes in those days there were and they was mostly young girls , they were waylaid going across the heath or it 's their stepfather and |
| 25 | But field staff fear that this might not be appreciated in head-quarters where senior officials might be unfamiliar with their routine strategies : ‘ One can say that because you have n't taken any stats in the last two years it 's because you 're a good lad , and people who you may have to take stats upon know that you 're around a lot , and they know that if they 're naughty it 's a two-edged thing , you can look at it two ways . ’ |
| 26 | Erm not really you know maybe in an out of the way way they might but you know the type of musicians we are or whatever , you know we can do say I can do all the Irish stuff the up tempo rousing songs I can play Irish and Scottish dances and that kind of stuff , then Tony can do right across the board with easy listening stuff and country stuff and even one of the tracks on our new C D is er is er well what I would term a pop song . |
| 27 | Does it pay wages and provide working conditions which are or above the average of its locality ? |
| 28 | ( b ) There is no fact or matter concerning the proposed business or affairs of the Company nor any fact or matter relating to the financial forecasts which is or may be material for disclosure to any intending subscriber for shares in the Company which has not been disclosed to the Investors and any such fact or matter arising prior to Completion of this agreement will forthwith be disclosed to the Investors . |
| 29 | The expression emphasises that the offence is not a ‘ victimless ’ one , but requires the actual presence of persons who are or are likely to be threatened , abused or insulted . |
| 30 | ( s ) To support and subscribe to any charitable or public object and to support and subscribe to any institution , society , or club which may be for the benefit of the Company or its Directors or employees , or may be connected with any town or place where the Company carried on business ; to give or award pensions , annuities , gratuities , and superannuation or other allowances or benefits or charitable aid and generally to provide advantages , facilities and services for any persons who are or have been Directors of , or who are or have been employed by , or who are serving or have served the Company , or any company which is a subsidiary of the Company or the holding company of the Company or a fellow subsidiary of the Company or the predecessors in business of the Company or of any such subsidiary , holding or fellow subsidiary company and to the wives , widows , children and other relatives and dependants of such persons ; to make payments towards insurance ; and to set up , establish , support and maintain superannuation and other fund or schemes ( whether contributory or non-contributory ) for the benefit of any such persons and of their wives , widows , children and their relatives and dependants ; and to set up , establish , support and maintain profit sharing schemes for the benefit of any of the employees of the Company or share purchase schemes for the benefit of any of the solicitor or registered foreign lawyer employees of the Company and to lend money to any such employees or to trustees on their behalf to enable any such purchase schemes to be established or maintained . |