Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poindexter 's conviction was quashed in a split two-to-one judgement on the grounds that the recollection of trial witnesses had been tainted by testimony which he had given before Congress under immunity in 1987 . |
| 2 | I resisted the temptation to analyse the results until all information had been gathered in case I sub-consciously distorted the data-gathering process . |
| 3 | The mystique of the rapid has been building since day one , and now , at cocktail hour , Crystal assumes demonic proportions . |
| 4 | The bomb on board the Boeing 747 Pan American World Airways ( Pan Am ) passenger aircraft flight PA 103 on Dec. 21 , 1988 , which had killed all 259 people on board and 11 people in the village of Lockerbie [ see pp. 36409-10 ] was believed to have been placed in luggage which joined the flight at Frankfurt . |
| 5 | For example , schools can ask Compact companies to provide Work Experience placements and classroom resources which will challenge gender stereotyping with relation to vocational opportunities ; young women have often been placed in engineering or construction companies , while young men have been placed in work which has traditionally been associated with young women . |
| 6 | If we are to go beyond nihilism we shall have to devise a strategy to examine this . |
| 7 | So if you are pressed for time it is better during your first year in a language area to give more time to direct contact with people than to spend hours at your desk typing . |
| 8 | If the price paid for the business has been calculated on turnover it is important to the purchaser that he benefits from all existing contracts . |
| 9 | Furthermore , gradation could equally lead to heavier sentences than might otherwise have been given for conduct which comes within the higher categories , although this could be regulated by appeal courts and sentencing guidelines . |
| 10 | But I 've been taught to mind my own business , so I wo n't need an answer to that . ’ |
| 11 | I left Mark in crucifix position , spreadeagled across the boot and the back seat , attempting to push down the doorlocks from inside ( the car had been broken into while we were climbing , and the locks broken ) . |
| 12 | He made her feel shockingly vulnerable when she should have been consumed with annoyance herself . |
| 13 | Contrastingly , it is not a defence to a civil claim where legislative standards are regarded as minimum which should , in some circumstances , be exceeded by the reasonably prudent producer . |
| 14 | The gilts are reared on land which is dry and exposed to the sun . |
| 15 | THE band Disraeli Gears are to appear on Radio One when the show comes to the North-East this week . |
| 16 | Of those recommendations , about half are addressed to the Government ; the other half are addressed to industry itself . |
| 17 | These people will be highly attractive to would-be new entrants , who are expected to head-hunt them . |
| 18 | And they come from diverse backgrounds : not only physiologists but also physicists , molecular biologists and mathematicians are attracted into neuroscience which threatens to displace physics and even molecular biology as the queen of the sciences . |
| 19 | Angry too that she had not been trusted with knowledge which concerned her so much . |
| 20 | Some industrial markets are dominated by trade which takes place under contract . |
| 21 | It was agreed that DHSS staff are constrained by legislation which is intrinsically unjust , and as such continual conflict between staff and claimants will result . |
| 22 | Puzzling — since it seemed that Yorke had been listening to information he 'd specifically asked for . |
| 23 | So he put it in shed , left it in shed for a while and then it were not last year the year before , he took it down , I 'm putting this in dustbin duck he says it 's no damn good , we went on holiday and me daughter 's boyfriend came down while we were away and er , he must of been looking in dustbin he says what 's this telly doing , our Mandy said it 's no good , me dad 's slinging it out , so he took it home and fixed it , it 's been going ever since |
| 24 | Once that subject has been done to death I daresay they will bring up the subject of his large family . |
| 25 | If Cramlington had been a designated New Town then all their housing would have been built on land which was designated as housing land before it was sold to them . |
| 26 | When the war brought an end to Joe 's Palace career he had played 276 Southern League games for us — the highest in the club 's history , but when they are seen in context they assume even greater value , for not only were the maximum possible appearances lower than in our present day ( only one of Johnson 's seasons with us included a 42 match programme ) but goalkeepers were subject to much more physical attention than is permitted today . |
| 27 | I am writing to second her proposal ! ! |
| 28 | Where conditions are incorporated by reference it is also prudent and , according to some authorities , necessary , to offer to the party whom it is sought to bind by them a reasonable opportunity for inspection ( see Parker v South Eastern Railway , above ) . |
| 29 | Since the main Which ? magazine appeared more than 35 years ago a whole new breed of special interest publications have been spawned including Holiday Which ? , |
| 30 | The national broadcasting organisations have been threatened by deregulation which has encouraged the growth of private satellite and cable channels . |