Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun pl] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said that when received the wrappers are of no value to Nestle 's . |
| 2 | ( 8 ) ) , and unreasonable delay in completing the premises is to be a ground for refusing to renew such a grant ( subs . |
| 3 | Crosby , battling on with only a one-year-contract and persistent speculation about his future , reckons the only way to silence the gossips is by climbing into the promotion frame . |
| 4 | The best time to plant the trees is between November and March . |
| 5 | Legislation to implement the reforms was to be presented to Legco in early 1993 . |
| 6 | You mean the builders are in there … ? |
| 7 | No we 're not all rushing off all over the place although the men and s some of the women you know we have gone off and they still I mean the men were in South Wales last week . |
| 8 | Why do you think it is that that you get erm that you have got quite a few girls that become prostitutes , what do you think the reasons are for it ? |
| 9 | Erm in your opinion er how how suitable do you think the flats are for actually bringing up s a family . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't think the Turks were like that , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 11 | He wrote girls ' phone numbers in the back of the book so that she would think the stars were for something else if she snooped around . |
| 12 | So what makes you think the phone-calls are from him ? ’ |
| 13 | Murr escaped an assassination attempt on his way to the March 20 Cabinet meeting where the plan to disband the militias was to be approved . |
| 14 | Yes in the vicin I I did n't know the cupboards were near the bed , but yes , in relation to the bed those two places would it have taken a fraction of a second to strip off the duvet to check what was under it . |
| 15 | A character with Metallurgy will know of the adulteration , one with Numismatics will know the coins are worth less than face value . |
| 16 | It is difficult to establish an exact incubation period for genital louse infection but various authorities agree that the average time between acquiring and noticing the lice is about one month . |
| 17 | The best way of disguising the gaps is with lengths of slim quadrant beading , pinned to the skirting and painted or stained to match . |
| 18 | Trading standards officers say the manufacturers are under no obligation to give warnings on the labels … |
| 19 | Now say for instance that because of the minimum solvency er agreement the employers have got to pay whatever their loss is , and if and I asked this question of the T U C that if there was a situation of where the employees were in the majority and forget the pension regulator , because there was a regulator anyway , so you can add whatever name that y you liked to have , but the fraud still went on , but say the employees were in the majority as far as the trustees is concerned and they were in full control and the control was taken away from the employers and there was a a federation of the hundred and twenty eight thousand with a central fund paying off heavy loss of any minimum solvencies , then surely that would be the ideal situation in order to safeguard , because when I asked Goodey himself when he submitted his report , he said they could not give any categ categorical assurance that nobody could defraud in any scheme under the proposals he 's made . |
| 20 | Given this premise , we should not be surprised to find the police are in the forefront of support for proposals such as the introduction of identity cards ; it was not surprising to find the 1988 Superintendents ' Association conference not only supporting this motion , but arguing for the creation of twenty-four hour armed patrols throughout the country and making a plea for a national motorway squad . |
| 21 | In the rubber-like state or in the melt the chains are in relatively rapid motion , but as the temperature is lowered the movement becomes progressively slower until eventually the available thermal energy is insufficient to overcome the rotational energy barriers in the chain . |
| 22 | The recommended way to tackle the Sisters is from south-east to north-west , starting near the site of the Battle of the Bridge of Shiel , a Jacobite defeat in the ill-fated rising of 1719 . |
| 23 | The best way of establishing the facts is for project managers to keep a detailed log of their daily activities on , say , a half-hourly basis , for a week . |
| 24 | Signs detailing the changes were in place around the route this week and county and borough councillors plan a formal opening of the scheme on Monday morning when a special bollard is locked into place in Duke Street . |
| 25 | In industries like coal , railways , and power the unions were in a very strong bargaining position . |
| 26 | She-who-Pulls-the-Strings said the bars were to far apart and the dogs would get stuck in them . |
| 27 | British Nuclear Fuels Limited , operators of Chapelcross nuclear power station , says the particles were of no radiological significance . |
| 28 | But the charity behind the clinic says the parents were over reacting . |
| 29 | The RAF says the Russians are in one of the worst possible places in the world for a rescue but they have to give it a try . |
| 30 | The RAF says the Russians are in one of the worst possible places in the world for a rescue but they have to give it a try . |