Example sentences of "of [noun pl] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is therefore recommended that the inspector of taxes is fought very hard on this issue . |
| 2 | A variety of taxes is considered , although the simplified structure of the model reduces the effective range of instruments . |
| 3 | Self-government failing to arrive — how extraordinary that he should have thought it would — a campaign for the non-payment of taxes was initiated in Bardoli , near Bombay . |
| 4 | A contract is drawn up in which a specific number of sittings are requested and the details of the projected picture are set down . |
| 5 | If only those residues that are part of helices are considered , the C α r.m.s. deviation between CAP and GH5 is 1.3 . |
| 6 | Two weeks ago , President Askar Akayev , a quantum physicist by profession and a liberal of impeccable credentials , was forced to issue a statement denying that a mass deportation of Russians was planned . |
| 7 | The broadest reason is the influence of systems theory , with its view that the foreign policy behaviour of states is determined above all by the location of the state in the international system . |
| 8 | Suppose , however , that I simulate or even by coincidence pass through whatever sequence of states is taken to be sufficient for the conscious episode of feeling the prick of the needle . |
| 9 | Chandra Shekhar dismissed the government of Tamil Nadu and imposed direct rule on Jan. 30 , bringing to four the number of states being run directly by central government . |
| 10 | The former group of states was encouraged to campaign against these pacts . |
| 11 | The characters ' inconstancy and lack of values are coupled with violent or weak ethical decisions . |
| 12 | This percolation of values is governed by the unification . |
| 13 | A real deformation of values is suggested by the common use of such terms as ‘ productive scholars ' ’ and ‘ ‘ scholarly output' ’ . ' |
| 14 | Those who criticize post-revolutionary Romanians for their lack of civic virtue and their insensitivity to the problems of their fellow citizens , particularly the abandoned young , should remember what sort of society they were forced to live in and what sort of values were imposed on them . |
| 15 | For the first time the hunting of lions was treated as picturesque . |
| 16 | A variety of opinions were aired on the matter by the politicians present , and there seemed to be a definite acknowledgement that at least some of those present held shares in Anglo United , the mother company of IBM . |
| 17 | A variety of opinions was expressed in Committee , and at the end of our debates some of the opinions were slightly different from those held at the start of our Committee proceedings . |
| 18 | In Fig. 2.5 a widely spaced pair of radio-telescopes are shown receiving signals from the same source . |
| 19 | HL lists consist of three highly positive followed by three highly negative adjectives ; LH lists consist of three highly negative followed by three highly positive qualities ; GD lists consist of adjectives gradually descending from highly positive to highly negative traits ; and in GA lists the order of adjectives is reversed ; R lists are random in terms of the adjective evaluation . |
| 20 | Thirty lists of adjectives were constructed from Anderson 's ( 1968 ) list of 555 personality — ; trait words rated for their likableness and meaningfulness . |
| 21 | The second part of Acts is dominated by the mission to the Gentiles , under the leadership of Paul . |
| 22 | Chapter 7 looks at industrial applications in the energy , mining , shipbuilding , construction and computer industries , where both valuation and technical skills of experts are used to settle issues . |
| 23 | In the funding and support of science and technology it is important that careful examination should take place and the advice of experts be listened to . |
| 24 | An international committee of experts was formed this group was later reduced to three specialists to supervise the Brussels-based Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage , which conducted the actual work . |
| 25 | Following a short hearing organised by the Commission at the end of January , a meeting of a committee of experts was held 10–18 February by the World Intellectual Property Organisation ( WIPO ) . |
| 26 | A team of experts was paid handsomely by Broderick to reconstruct the accident in an attempt to find out what had happened . |
| 27 | Now that herbal usage has been revived so much in other disciplines , the definition has expanded to include plants usually grown nowadays for garden ornament , such as the Christmas rose ( Helleborus niger ) , marigold ( Calendula ) and the Florentine iris ; plants which were regarded as weeds , such as tansy , comfrey , yarrow and herb robert , but are being treated with respect as their usefulness for all sorts of reasons is realized again ; and plants which supply dyes , cosmetics , insect repellents and fragrances . |
| 28 | Significantly , this statement of reasons is given in Creole . |
| 29 | All sorts of reasons are given for the lack of enthusiasm in schools for physical science and technology , but never that which might be the fundamental one . |
| 30 | These three types of reasons are inter-related , which makes any half-hearted attempts by government to deal with specific issues in isolation ineffective . |