Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [conj] the [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The award guarantees that the candidate is competent in a significant range of work activities . |
| 2 | ‘ The story goes that the king was caught kissing one of the ladies-in-waiting of his English queen , Philippa of Lancaster . |
| 3 | In addition , there may be statements from engineers or surveyors suggesting that the building is physically unsound . |
| 4 | However , the defence argued that the case was one of mistaken identity and that Rashid was in fact Mohammed Hamdan , an officer in the PLO 's Revolutionary Army . |
| 5 | LIFESPAN ABLE will ask the user to confirm that the facility is to be terminated and , if confirmed , will terminate with an appropriate message . |
| 6 | During this time , the marriage could be saved or the custody of the children resolved before the courts agreed that the marriage was irretrievably broken down . |
| 7 | Everyone in our sample cases agreed that the law is the law and must be enforced ; they disagree only about what the law in fact was . |
| 8 | But beleaguered boss Graham Taylor asked if the pressure was off replied with a wry smile : ‘ Not really . ’ |
| 9 | Within seconds , the vet announced that the lump was a large umbilical hernia which would need to be operated on , and that he should be castrated as these hernias are hereditary . |
| 10 | Except for cases of incurably ill pets , where owner and vet agree that euthanasia is best , the reasons given are as follows , in order of frequency : a ) The client wants the vet to agree that the animal is terminally ill/suffering/too old to treat . |
| 11 | Despite the referendum result , opponents of the change argued that the vote was only an opinion poll and had no legal force ; the original decision to name the city after Lenin having been taken by the USSR Supreme Soviet , they claimed , it could only be rescinded by its modern equivalent — the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 12 | The Scotsman understands that the deal is now unlikely to go ahead and a minority shareholder in Bank of Edinburgh , the Brighton-based Family Assurance Society , confirmed that there were difficulties . |
| 13 | Whichever bell was tolling , the question-and-answer on the specific issue of the FBR revealed that the committee was dealing with a legendary creature indifferent to the usual processes of judgement , time and fate . |
| 14 | The tribunal chairman ruled that the dismissal was because of ‘ a personality clash ’ between the two women and Mrs Taylor 's alleged misconduct . |
| 15 | Hugh Rance says his father , who 's the author of many best-selling books about cheese , would be heart broken if the shop were to close . |
| 16 | Privately , MPs with divided views on Mr Lawson 's chosen course agreed that the Government was effectively boxed-in to its position , and now had to tough it out . |
| 17 | Where a teacher feels this is likely to happen it becomes her responsibility to see that the danger is avoided . |
| 18 | All peers of Great Britain have retained entitlement to sit since the peerage was instituted in 1707 as have peers of the United Kingdom since 1801 . |
| 19 | Far from being able to produce enough plutonium to make atomic weapons , however , IAEA experts agreed that the plant was " extremely primitive " and remained a long way from completion . |
| 20 | Sometimes the volume quoted by the manufacturer is wrong by as much as 25 per cent , so press the salesman to confirm that the volume is at least 200 litres . |
| 21 | In Belgrade ( the Serbian as well as the federal capital ) tens of thousands of Serbs and Montenegrins held a vigil on Jan. 30-31 outside the Federal Assembly building to demand that the Army be sent into Kosovo and to protest against the stance of the Slovene and Croatian leaderships . |
| 22 | ‘ Not your day , is it , Duvall ? ’ said Jimmy , and Duvall glared hard at him again with a look that spoke again of reckonings to come after the nightmare was over . |
| 23 | I lose the damn thing and crash blindly against him , but he skips backwards , and as the mist clears I see his eyes blazing and his teeth bared and the gun is comfortable in his hand and pointing at my chest . |
| 24 | The columns of The Lancet suggest that the operation was performed , though it aroused fierce opposition , and was soon abandoned . |
| 25 | I was less impressed by a news story in the Sunday Times announcing that the Pope is cracking down on sinners for Easter week : ‘ The Pope has ordered priests in the confessional box to clamp down on sin as churches prepare for the traditional Easter rush of sinners seeking forgiveness this week , ’ it announced knowingly . |
| 26 | He was not a happy man , and the stern set of his jaw , and the way he hardly ever looked at his two operatives , made Ray Doyle realise that the fat was really in the fire this time . |
| 27 | The vaginal scent also lets the male know whether the female is on heat , as does her urine . |
| 28 | Mr. Page began proceedings in the Queen 's Bench Division to establish that the university was not entitled to dismiss him . |
| 29 | If the letterhead was faked , surely , as he says , not only was the story fabricated but the application was fraudulent . |
| 30 | As we have mentioned , the efficient market hypothesis holds that the market is efficient , in the sense that share prices are determined in the light of all relevant publicly available information . |