Example sentences of "be [verb] [adj] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most conscientious objectors are given four-year sentences which they reduce to about two and a half years by working . |
| 2 | Instead they are given single rooms which are attached to one of four self contained units Neasham , Hurworth , Croft and Dalton . |
| 3 | For the fifth year Wedgwood are producing commemorative plates which will be presented to all finishers . |
| 4 | Indeed , given that these cowboys are under-cutting decent employers it would be in your own interest to tackle this problem ’ . |
| 5 | Women are gaining new experiences which will help the national organization of women we all want to see formed , when we have a popular democratic government . |
| 6 | And now street pushers are peddling impure tablets which could be even MORE deadly than Ecstasy alone . |
| 7 | In late August González had been granted extraordinary powers which gave him total control over central government , federal agency and state company finances and the administration of enterprises operating under the Public Works and Defence ministries . |
| 8 | If you 're using delicate stems you may first have to make holes in the Oasis with a knitting needle . |
| 9 | Meetings once again I have to say the old , old chestnut please can we start at eight o' clock er we 're getting new members who get a bit discouraged when we have a late start . |
| 10 | UP AND down the country , in the backwaters of telephone directories and local papers and whatnot , to stars are leading secret lives which on the most eagle-eyed of NME readers can spot . |
| 11 | Having just purchased a lovely thoroughbred mare , I have been considering various events I could take up . |
| 12 | In our consideration of technology and the production of particular artefacts we have been considering portable items which would have been of assistance to everyday life , some more so than others . |
| 13 | Because the merchant bank or sub-underwriters are buying existing shares there will normally be a charge to stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax ( SDRT ) on the sale . |
| 14 | Rather than buying in cheap services ( no longer on offer because there are no longer very large numbers of an underclass prepared to offer extremely cheap labour ) the newly affluent are buying manufactured goods which perform very similar services mechanically . |
| 15 | Then he went erm into the Navy for a short time and for some unknown reason he managed to get out of the Navy and came as Mr 's Personal Assistant and erm one of his jobs was to erm get these pe children sorted out and I used to write no end of letters for him to erm places like erm Ilford and Wanstead and mainly the northern suburbs of London erm about certain children who had been attending central schools which were something , which were something that erm East Suffolk could n't offer and erm trying to decide whether they ought to go to grammar school or one of the area schools as they we then were |
| 16 | The plants had for the past three years been emitting toxic fumes which had caused skin diseases among the villagers , killed fish in local fishponds and contaminated farmlands . |
| 17 | Often when concerned people think they are rescuing abandoned babies they are actually intefering with the course of nature |
| 18 | How do you bring a group of people together to work on an equal basis when half the members of the group are experienced non-disabled professionals who are used to taking control ? |
| 19 | PHCNs are State Registered Nurses/Midwives who undertake a 1-year post-basic PHC training course after a minimum of eighteen months experience in community health . |
| 20 | Instead of carrying the miserable burden of mass unemployment , we could be investing in new technology and in new skills , training and retraining our talented people to face a fiercely competitive world : instead of our education system declining and our health service fracturing , we could be building high-quality public services which extend security and opportunity to every family in the land ; instead of a society diminished by the violence and dishonesty of crime , we could be building strong communities which provided opportunity as well as protection for every citizen . |
| 21 | Certain children , whose names were on a list , were called up once a day to be given yellow capsules which had to be swallowed in front of the teacher . |
| 22 | Mentally handicapped children , especially those with severe handicaps , need to be taught social skills which may be naturally acquired in a comparatively short time by children of higher intelligence . |
| 23 | I have so far dealt only with what might be considered extraneous matters which are of little concern to the non-collector , who can read and enjoy a book without worrying about endpapers , half-titles , advertisements and the rest ; though even the ordinary reader must reach a point where bibliographical matters begin to impinge . |
| 24 | We will however also be addressing certain cases which are concerned with the X level . |
| 25 | By the time your young dog is about six months old you should be developing other commands which will form part of its outdoor training requirements , in preparation for allowing the dog off its leash . |
| 26 | Well I would have expected those premises not to be selling intoxicating liquors you 've obviously not had a licence for a month . |
| 27 | First , there are what may be termed contractual techniques which are arrived at by agreement between the parties . |
| 28 | They will be showing fledgling superstars what it takes to be successful in the business and give an insight into studio sampling and computer techniques . |
| 29 | And yes it erm I mean and therefore we would be reviewing current practices which is that erm you know the film is in the building , the cinema is open , the staff are there and we therefore show a film at four o'clock because there 's no extra charge for us doing so and we hope thereby to attract however many er patrons to see it . |
| 30 | It laid great emphasis on value for money auditing and recommended that all health authorities establish value for money teams whose role would be to effect annual savings which could be used for improving services . |