Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The budget debate had been delayed by opposition demands for an investigation into the government 's role in the various scandals . |
| 2 | On the CDC 6600 computer certain values of the floating-point exponent are set aside to represent zero , infinite , and " indefinite " operand values , and rules are given for arithmetic operations on these quantities ( for example , the difference of two infinite operands is indefinite ) . |
| 3 | ( The conference had been lobbied by gypsy delegations for their recognition as an ethnic minority . ) |
| 4 | It could have been intended to foment differences between the Western powers over the American intention to set up Rapid Deployment Forces in the Middle East , and over the suggestion that the area of responsibility for NATO be extended outside Europe . |
| 5 | Around a third of haemophiliacs are treated by health specialists in the Oxford Region . |
| 6 | Such tasks are undertaken by research workers in many fields of industry . |
| 7 | Its glowing looks have been favoured by country lovers for generations . |
| 8 | On Wednesdays , firms advertising vacancies in the Financial Times have been inundated with phone calls from licensed dealers . |
| 9 | My right hon. Friend will be aware that the lion 's share of the contracts that he has just announced has been placed with defence factories in the north-west of England , including Lancashire . |
| 10 | These investments have therefore been treated as cash equivalents in preparing the cash flow statement reflecting the liquid nature of the investments . |
| 11 | Now a shocking report has revealed that most of these dogs are mass produced in hundreds of rural puppy factories , conditions have been likened to concentration camps for animals . |
| 12 | Most commonly this occurs when donkeys are grazed as companion animals with horses . |
| 13 | On the other hand , indirect taxes have also been criticized on welfare grounds for being regressive , the element of indirect tax embodied in commodity prices taking a higher proportion of the income from lower-paid groups . |
| 14 | Houck had personally followed the histories of two reactors in Missouri ( Callaway ) and Kansas ( Wolf Creek ) which were prototypes for Hinkley C. Both had cost three times their original budget — $3 billion apiece — and had been plagued with teething problems in their first few years of operation . |
| 15 | The 60-year-old actress , who plays ‘ Poison ’ Ivy Brennan in the top-rated TV soap , has been plagued with health worries for years . |
| 16 | However , only a few large companies — 25 of them — have been registered as software exporters with branch offices abroad . |
| 17 | The overwhelming priority has been given to teacher placements in industry whilst there have been excellent examples of reciprocal placement programmes placing business people into schools . |
| 18 | Mr Hamnett , of Hassocks , Sussex , said chocolate penises had been given as Christmas gifts by departmental secretaries during the lunch . |
| 19 | ‘ We have been punished for schoolboy errors in defence and we can not afford similar slips against Hartlepool . |
| 20 | They can also assist when staff are referred by line managers in the event of known or suspected personal problems which may be affecting work performance , time-keeping , attendance , and morale issues . |
| 21 | The split followed a particularly fractious session of the national congress , where the gulf between fundis and realos had been emphasized by policy differences on a wide variety of issues . |
| 22 | While FoE is not arguing that children are exposed to radiation levels above legal limits , it is criticizing BNFL for not doing enough to fulfil its legal obligation to reduce the radioactivity of its discharges to the minimum . |
| 23 | In bookkeeping terms the depreciation amounts are regarded as debit entries in an intermediate account which is then transferred to the profit and loss account at the end of the accounting period . |
| 24 | In bookkeeping terms the depreciation amounts are regarded as debit entries in an intermediate account which is then transferred to the profit and loss account at the end of the accounting period . |
| 25 | It allowed coal and steel production on the Continent to be managed more effectively without the need for a restrictive ‘ cartel ’ of businessmen , such as had been formed by steel producers in the inter-war years . |
| 26 | The search for training which fits this description in the management of education is hindered in two ways : it has long been an area for tension between theorists and practitioners and it has from time to time been exposed to management models from fields where practice and purpose are very different from those of education . |
| 27 | The producers of all these programmes are inundated with cassette tapes from bands , so they may take some time before listening to them all . |
| 28 | For plastic tray washing the standard continuous flow system has been modified to route items into the wash tank in which there is a high power ultrasonic generator . |
| 29 | The Mount Kenya routes are the most important in terms of their quality and popularity , and the detailed descriptions are supplemented by topo diagrams for the most significant of them . |
| 30 | By agreement between Mr Lyle and the Trust , extra opening hours and free admission to the gardens have been enjoyed by Trust members for some years . |