Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But today she walked free from the High Court in Edinburgh after being given community service . |
| 2 | At the helm : a delighted Gavin Hastings in Edinburgh yesterday after being named Lions captain |
| 3 | The fifty four year old retired five years ago after being named Champion Jockey twelve times , but was granted a new licence last week . |
| 4 | These doubts had previously compelled Gates to withdraw his name after being nominated CIA director by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 . |
| 5 | Officers of the B&I ferry Isle of Innisfree , which travels between Rosslare and Pembroke , took action after being refused mineral water with their meals . |
| 6 | Engineering workers in most east German regions went back to work after being promised pay parity with west German workers by 1996 . |
| 7 | The high specificity of IS based polymerase chain reaction tests , for the detection of M paratuberculosis and M avium subsp silvaticum permits these known chronic enteric pathogens to be identified amongst a wide variety of other environmental mycobacteria which are normal inhabitants of the alimentary tract . |
| 8 | The charity is n't a ‘ Mickey Mouse ’ outfit by any means — our constitution is being verified by the Charity Commissioners at the moment , and we 've been informed that there 's no problem with being granted trust status . |
| 9 | Tadeusz Stanski was elected chair of the Polish Independence Party ( PPN ) on March 7 in place of Romuald Szeremietiew who had resigned upon being appointed Deputy Defence Minister . |
| 10 | MIDDLESBROUGH 'S success in being chosen Environment City has won the town a prime time slot on national radio . |
| 11 | Later he held managerial posts in Alloa , Edinburgh Davidson 's Mains , Kilmarnock and Edinburgh West End Office before being appointed Area Manager for Edinburgh Branches in 1985 . |
| 12 | It was announced on Dec. 13 that British Airways , the Dutch carrier KLM , and the Belgian carrier Sabena had agreed to form a new airline , to be called Sabena World Airlines , in which each would hold a 20 per cent stake ( the Belgian government holding the remainder ) . |
| 13 | At the same meeting at which the Vial memorandum was read , on 6 September 1791 , a letter to the secretary from Messrs Kirkman and Hendy ( who were present ) was produced : ‘ Sir , In consequence of your Advertisement we beg leave to inform you , that we have contracted with Lord Camden for about 100 acres of building land , near [ Old ] St Pancras Church , abutting on the Turnpike Road leading to Kentish Town , which is intended to be called Camden Town conceiving the situation eligible for your truly valuable Institution we request you will lay this our proposal before the Society — We hold this Land under his Lordship for 99 years from Michaelmas last , the three first subject to no Ground Rent , our proposal is , that Lord Camden does and he will under our direction grant the Society a lease for 99 years from that time , the three first subject to no rent but for the remainder of the term an Annual Rent of thirty pounds per acre , should this proposal meet with approbation , the Society have only to direct their Surveyor to make out any quantity of land and in what position they conceive will best answer their purpose ’ . |
| 14 | A bill is at this moment passing through Parliament which will enable the Milk Marketing Board to change from a statutory monopoly into a milk-buying co-operative , similar to those that already exist on the Continent , to be called Milk Marque . |
| 15 | It is more likely that the Secretary of State for the Environment is preparing us for what used to be called ribbon development and pock-marked urban sprawl stretching from Stratford to Southend , with unfettered market forces destroying the flora and fauna and every living thing that gets in its way . |
| 16 | This used to be called services performance day , but we realised most of our customers were . |
| 17 | The system , thought to be called Support Advantage , was developed in C++ , uses a client/server architecture and CASE-based analysis . |
| 18 | I shall require you to salute me , to speak to me only as vous , and , when you must address me , I should prefer to be called mon colonel . ’ |
| 19 | One further important change is the replacement of place of safety orders with what are to be called emergency protection orders . |
| 20 | For example , to make methyl alcohol ( methanol , which used to be called wood alcohol ) , a 1:2 ratio is required , |
| 21 | It is to be called Gillaroo Court , an inspired choice of name since that is the species of red coloured trout unique to Lough Melvin . |
| 22 | It 's going to be called Cranham Community Church . |
| 23 | Miller poignantly captures the variety and conflict of feelings that followed the war — the mixture of relief , sorrow , dissatisfaction , and what came to be called survival guilt . |
| 24 | Mr. Secretary Heseltine , supported by The Prime Minister , Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr. Secretary Newton , Mr. Secretary Hunt , Mr. Secretary Lang , Mr. Michael Portillo and Mr. Robert Key , presented a Bill to provide for certain local authorities to levy and collect a new tax , to be called council tax ; to abolish community charges ; to make further provision with respect to local government finance ( including provision with respect to certain grants by local authorities ) ; and for connected purposes : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time and to be printed [ Bill 3 . ] |
| 25 | The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation is building a further nine film and television studios in a complex to be called Television World . |
| 26 | To be called Apple Workgroup Servers the machines are derived from the Apple Centris 600 series and Quadra 800 and 950 systems . |
| 27 | To be called Apple Workgroup Servers the machines are based on the Apple Centris 600 series and Quadra 800 and 950 platforms . |
| 28 | However , the ethyl ester of ethanoic acid used to be called ethyl acetate , whereas today it is ethyl ethanoate . |
| 29 | We 're going to go on to what used to be called club foot which is a fairly gross word word Right |
| 30 | Those three , along with the aerospace bits of AEG , an electricals company also owned by Daimler , will be run as a new Daimler subsidiary to be called Deutsche Aerospace . |