Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [vb mod] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the first time Charlie had thought that 112 Whitechapel Road might be considered luxurious . |
| 2 | Widnes ............ 30 Canberra Raiders .. 18 FOR 20 minutes at Old Trafford last night , it looked as if Graham Lowe might be proved right . |
| 3 | Marshal Terauchi , Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Region , dismissed this claim ( 17 July ) though he agreed that the former Netherlands Indies would be given Japanese-style independence . |
| 4 | The match will be shown live on BSkyB on Sunday , December 6 , while Reading 's game against Leyton Orient will be screened live on the Saturday evening . |
| 5 | They also discussed a proposal by Jacques Delors , the President of the EC Commission , that East Germany should be given preferential status as a potential EC member . |
| 6 | To prevent further cases the Indian community in the United Kingdom should be made aware of the risks associated with the use of ethnic remedies , and their distribution and sale should be monitored . |
| 7 | Raymond Burns and the vastly experienced Garth McGimpsey must be considered virtual certainties . |
| 8 | Young Richard would be kept busy with his learning for some considerable time yet , Cissie would not be ready to come home until tea-time , and David had warned her that it would be late when he and his ‘ father ’ returned , especially as Luther had expressed a desire to ‘ celebrate afterwards ’ . |
| 9 | Peking had warned that ‘ Hong Kong would be held responsible for all consequences of the ( Yang Yang ) affair ’ by allowing the swimmer , a supporter of the student-led democracy movement , to seek asylum in America . |
| 10 | In addition , the Palacio de Velazquez would be made available to the Prado on a temporary basis . |
| 11 | In view of what you , Mr. Speaker , have had to say about the Consolidated Fund Bill , can you give some assurance that , if this matter about Maxwell and him laundering money is raised , you will ensure that people such as Arthur Scargill and Peter Heathfield will be given special tickets to sit in the Gallery so that they can hear the debate and so that they can draw the attention of various channels to the fact that perhaps Mr. Lightman should investigate the missing Maxwell millions , and perhaps we can find out whether Roger Windsor , Mr. Maxwell 's nark , was paid £50,000 out of the Daily Mirror 's missing millions . |
| 12 | President George Bush announced immediately that using prisoners as shields was a war crime , for which Saddam Hussein would be held accountable . |
| 13 | Asked if Saddam Hussein would be held accountable for the treatment of the men , Bush replied : " You can count on it . " |
| 14 | The onshore surveys core programme , which began in 1990/91 , consists primarily of a 15-year mapping programme in which 1:50 000 geological map sheets for the whole of Great Britain will be made available to the public by 2005 . |
| 15 | The manager of the store decided that Ms Porter should be made redundant . |