Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] be [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as if one needed reminding that there 's more to this year 's contest than Karaoke , four of the 11 acts competing were to provide their own original accompaniment . |
| 2 | A method of dealing with compound lexical forms has been developed which combines with the lexicon and allows the recognition of idiomatic phrases within the input . |
| 3 | When some idea of the framework of objectives , aspirations and activities has been obtained it may be useful to compile a questionnaire , into which answers may be inserted , either by the leader or by the researcher . |
| 4 | Once the correct order of probes has been established it is easy to fit the clones to this probe order , using an algorithm which essentially places each clone on that section of the probe order where it has the highest density of positives . |
| 5 | Once a member of the clergy has been appointed he or she will visit the home to make arrangements , if they have time , which many might not . |
| 6 | A range of books has been launched which reflects his design philosophy and style . |
| 7 | A farmer who 's admitted almost thirty cases of cruelty to animals has been warned he could be sent to prison . |
| 8 | She laughed and continued , ‘ Piers has been keeping me entertained while I waited for you . |
| 9 | Once a set of goals has been established we need to examine whether these goals are being accomplished . |
| 10 | A stall holder who 's been selling fruit and veg for the last eighteen months has been told he 's no longer allowed to sell the vegetables . |
| 11 | I should have kept my silence , for the only purpose my words served was to demonstrate my disbelief in Billingsley 's outrageous explanation . |
| 12 | Haulage companies say the French lorry drivers blockade is costing them thousands of pounds in lost business . |
| 13 | If the fans had been given their choice , Mel Machin , then at Manchester City , would have been offered the job . |
| 14 | Arising from Clem Bunker 's endorsement of the plan , new methods had been introduced which were greatly increasing earnings through higher productivity . |
| 15 | They seemed to come into focus only slowly , a silent mass of tightly packed yellow faces glistening with perspiration ; scores of dark eyes had been watching him unwaveringly all the time , but their expressions remained uniformly blank . |
| 16 | ‘ Some of the lads had been feeling it and this gave them the chance to pay some of the bills that had been piling up . |
| 17 | Indeed so high was their reputation for self-denial in this respect that in the first years of the twentieth century the brothers Paul and Jules Cambon , French ambassadors in London and Berlin respectively , entrusted their private correspondence regularly to the British diplomatic bag rather than sending it through the French ministry of foreign affairs or the French post office : if either of these channels had been used it would almost certainly have been opened and read . |
| 18 | Dmitri had been checking it for misprints and left it to get messed up like this . |
| 19 | It was certainly a surprise to Watney 's , which for the previous four months had been planning its own takeover bid for Truman 's , so that it could close the high-cost Mann 's site . |
| 20 | In Lothian draft policy guidelines have been prepared which , after comment from key professionals and service users , will form the basis for discharge agreements . |
| 21 | Lifelong Swindon Town football fans have been told they 'll miss one of the biggest games in the club 's history — because they 're disabled . |
| 22 | We 've had hundreds of cards and letters for our special Pick the Manager Competition … some fans have been giving it plenty of thought … some have taken to the drawing board … |
| 23 | Once a development and its house styles have been given their identity there 's one final area that needs addressing — naming the roads . |
| 24 | CHILDREN from Llandudno schools have been doing their bit to help soften the impact of a massive building project on the town 's promenade . |
| 25 | CHILDREN from Llandudno schools have been doing their bit to help soften the impact of a massive building project on Llandudno 's promenade . |
| 26 | However , if after all the reasonable steps have been taken your father can not be traced , a court can order that the divorce petition need not be sent to him . |
| 27 | However , if after all the reasonable steps have been taken your father can not be traced , a court can order that the divorce petition need not be sent to him . |
| 28 | The cost and efficiency of the health care system has come under increasing scrutiny and a variety of solutions have been proposed which have implications for inter-professional relations . |
| 29 | ‘ You kids have been touching my machine again , and now it 's broken ! ’ |
| 30 | Companies that use computers have been connecting them to each other for a decade , often using AT&T 's telephone lines . |