Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I just say then we seem to have agreed that that standard Andrew points been taken on board and dismissed out of hand |
| 2 | But the characteristic of this puss forming organism is that the legions it produces are wooled off , that is they 're relatively localized . |
| 3 | The ‘ bad copies ’ the main character produces are made possible by the fact that a number of comparable codes are juxtaposed simultaneously in her mind . |
| 4 | Unusually for a city hotel , it is set around a lovely , lush private garden where sun-loungers are set out around the wonderfully secluded swimming pool . |
| 5 | There is a large sun terrace and pool ( with hydro-massage ) where complimentary towels and sun-loungers are provided . |
| 6 | The Campaign is lobbying for reforms that it thinks are needed to end what it sees as largescale use of misleading sales techniques used by the photocopier industry . |
| 7 | An all dat yu stand fa as been demonstrated . |
| 8 | The candidate who brings his whole library to such an examination often fails : the facts that he needs are lost in a multitude of pages . |
| 9 | Some of the barbarian federates are known to have understood their loyalty as being to Valentinian ; his death , therefore , absolved them from any treaty with the Empire . |
| 10 | John Dellow , deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police , has been elected the new president of the Association of Chief Police Officers . |
| 11 | South Africa has said it expects the UN to reduce its 4,000-strong military presence once the poll is over and a Constituent Assembly has been elected to draft a new constitution . |
| 12 | When the dust settled yesterday Michael Knighton , a thwarted professional footballer who has been elected to the Manchester United board , spoke bitterly of the vilification he claims to have endured since moving in on the club and Martin Edwards , the chief executive . |
| 13 | At least one RAFALO has been elected to an Area Council . |
| 14 | Air Vice-Marshal D G Bailey has been elected Chairman to succeed Sir Charles . |
| 15 | If he wins , it will be the first time a black person has been elected to a US state governorship . |
| 16 | If confirmed , it will be the first time a black person has been elected to a US state governorship . |
| 17 | Only Havel has been elected , the rest are appointees . |
| 18 | Many of our best supporters increased their majorities , and a new team of MPs committed to country sports has been elected . |
| 19 | S. M. Qaim , CChem , FRSC , has been elected a foreign member of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences . |
| 20 | Those who do not believe in delegation to committees argue that each of them has been elected by the public to watch their interests and therefore they should each have a voice in the decisions of every committee . |
| 21 | The vicar calls for silence for the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ , who makes a short speech declaring he has been elected for a year and a day . |
| 22 | I could have told him that he has been elected an honorary member of the Academy Club drinking school run by Oofy Prosser and Stephen Hargrave , in recognition of his services to literature . |
| 23 | CHARLIE BISSET , a member of the elite club of players who have turned out for three Scottish districts , has been elected as an Edinburgh representative on the Scottish Rugby Union committee . |
| 24 | Dr Keith Suter of Australia has been elected to the Club of Rome , the prestigious international group of some 100 leading scientists , educators , philosophers and activists from 35 countries . |
| 25 | Alain Gourd , Canada 's Deputy Minister of Communications , has been elected President of the International Institute of Communications , a UK-based organisation which undertakes communication research and policy analysis … |
| 26 | Bishop Fortunatus Lukanima of Arusha , Tanzania , has been elected Bishop responsible for AMECEA ( the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa ) as well as Chairman of the Tanzania Episcopal Conference 's Social Communication Department . |
| 27 | Rev Dick Avi has been elected Chairperson of WACC 's Pacific Regional Association . |
| 28 | No British government in the past forty years and more has been elected with even a bare majority of the votes cast . |
| 29 | They take this view because they are alive to the fact that since 1935 no government has been elected by a majority of the electorate and secured 50 per cent of the popular vote . |
| 30 | Christopher Laing , Immediate Past President of the CIOB , has been elected as Chairman of the National Playing Fields Association [ NPFA ] , the charity of recreational space . |