Example sentences of "[noun] and [pron] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 There were two key components to this , there were things that er were labelled feature demons and there were things which were labelled cognitive demons .
2 In the heat of a sultry evening , Britain had the fitness and the heart to outlast the clever Koreans and it was Sixsmith who got the winner , poaching in the area after the ball had pinballed around from a short corner .
3 Ironically Leicester are heading for the top using Brian Clough 's style of passing football and it 's Forest who are reverting to more of the long ball game .
4 There are addicts and there are people who just use the stuff occasionally . ’
5 The fans had come for goals and it was Pompey who nearly supplied the first .
6 Charlie made no reply and it was Jack who said , ‘ Why , have you ? ’
7 Morland said today : ’ The city fully expects us to survive the bid and we are confidant we will still be drinking Old Speckled Hen Beer on Friday . ’
8 If Niki had sought to impress Prost with a victory at the very start of the season , the ploy did n't work : an improperly soldered battery cable put him out of action and it was Prost who impressed .
9 " There are teachers who do whole group work and there are others who do small group work , and their approach is very different . "
10 But it was only when Susato began to publish at Antwerp in 1543 that their songs appeared in quantity and it was Susato who really launched Crecquillon with a book of 36 chansons à 4 parties in 1543 , though he had published Crecquillon 's greatest hit , ‘ Ung gay bergier ’ , in a miscellaneous collection the year before .
11 He lost the leadership of Leeds to Ellery Hanley and it was Hanley who was made skipper of Great Britain in Australia this summer .
12 Let's face it , she 's a very attractive girl and it 's time she was married . ’
13 Cambridge United and Middlesbrough were unable to break the deadlock in the first half of their match , but Taylor gave Cambridge the lead after sixty seven minutes and it was Taylor who made it two nil fifteen minutes from time to give Cambridge a memorable victory .
14 They were tactful in avoiding any reference to the case and it was Wycliffe who , mellowed by good food and a couple of glasses of Burgundy , brought it up .
15 Mr Pincher , though , is only the ghost writer and it 's Dido who 's grabbing the headlines .
16 ‘ People look for new ways to supplement their income and it is employers who feel the pinch . ’
17 Felipe took no notice whatever of his sister and it was Maggie who had to comfort her and assure her that no harm had been done .
18 We had got to a size where we needed an injection of institutional money and there were people who wanted to retire .
19 But , wrote Michael Ramsey in retrospect — it is his own but — ‘ he had wit and generosity and there were pupils who had deep affection for him .
20 Today , one hundred women discuss some of these decisions and try to identify who 's body and who 's baby we 're talking about in different situations .
21 He began , ‘ You have been in the House fifteen years and it 's time you were promoted … and I now want you to go to the Board of Education .
22 Glenys and Neil Kinnock have been regular customers for several years and it was Glenys who had the honour of cutting the ribbon .
23 Typography is a skilled art and there are specialists who deal with nothing else .
24 In his view , Baker and the LSG loyally pursued the president 's agenda and it was Reagan himself who decided whether to compromise , and when : ‘ It was Reagan , and Reagan alone , who decided that four fifths of a loaf , especially a loaf that was perhaps too large to begin with , was better than no loaf . ’
25 erm in general we must remember that Iran was erm stating very clearly that it was exporting it 's revolution and there were statements which came out from the Iraqui from the Irani revolutionary committee that they were against the Arab states at the time and that they were very committed towards liberating Israel through Baghdad and such statements was coming , so obviously erm the Arabs had to stick together according to charter of the league of Arab states , which everybody was a member of , and Iraq being subjected to war it was natural for the Arabs to give Iraq support .
26 Nobody spoke for a while and it was Sarah who eventually broke the silence .
27 But the visitors were unable to take advantage of the strong tailwind and it was Alton who scored a vital goal to lead 1–0 at half-time .
28 The narrator ( of the Morgans ) is called Arthur and it is Arthur who survives the death of Philip and goes on to become a writer of some undefined kind on the model of David Copperfield and Great Expectations .
29 Throughout it is held that professionals and managers are people and it is people who should be brought to mind whenever such terms as professionalism and professionality or management and managerialism are encountered .
30 There are also a number of inter-departmental committees based in the Cabinet and there is Cabinet itself to co-ordinate government policy .
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