Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [pron] be [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I present a petition on behalf of 332 of my constituents who are residents of Stockton-on-Tees and who protest : |
| 2 | Those of my constituents who are members of the police force — both uniformed and civilian — and those in the constituencies of my hon. Friends are absolute saints to continue to work in such circumstances with bravery , courage , commitment and cheerfulness . |
| 3 | If Warner Bros felt some duty to argue for justice in their films there were people in other studios who thought that the vogue for realistic films could be used to condemn radicalism and militancy . |
| 4 | Such a debate would give right hon. and hon. Members — particularly those whose constituents , like mine in the north-west , are suffering from the loss of their MGN pensions — an opportunity to ask the Opposition to account for the way in which some of their members who were trustees of the MGN fund behaved in a wholly negligent way . |
| 5 | Their four sons , Abraham , John , Thomas and George , were prosperous nailer-farmers and so were those of their children who were middlemen in the trade . |
| 6 | Individual members gain influence by becoming acknowledged experts in a particular sphere of government and on other issues will tend to accept the cues provided by their colleagues who are experts in that particular policy area . |
| 7 | He owed the rise of his fortunes in the 1620s to the patronage of George Villiers , first Duke of Buckingham [ q.v. ] , of whose accounts he was treasurer from 1624 to 1628 . |
| 8 | In the corners of his eyes there were grains of sand . |
| 9 | Where you have a persistent problem with perennial weeds , label them and tell your friends they are part of your bid to conserve our natural flora . |
| 10 | Erm a lot of our members who were students in York stay on and and become you know active or in other parts of the country when they move on . |
| 11 | They paid me expenses which was expenses to hospital and I think gave me about thirty pound for maternity clothing and that was it . |