Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [be] [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be technically possible now for some Members ' offices to be given the feed . |
| 2 | Many of the changes of the 1986 and 1988 Acts are new enough for heads to be given the benefit of parents ' earlier trust . |
| 3 | By a letter dated 7 March 1983 the plaintiff formally appointed the defendants as agents to sell Caliban at a price of $3.5m. or such sum as the plaintiff might agree to accept , the defendants to be paid a commission of 5 per cent . |
| 4 | Waiting behind a stream of cars for the railway crossing barriers to be opened the countryside might seem miles away . |
| 5 | She remembers that she had been knocking on doors for years to be given a chance to act and had been practically laughed out of town . |
| 6 | This motion calls for safety reps to be given the right to be involved in all workplace environmental issues , including inspections of all plant and equipment , assessing the compliance with company policies and the regulatory requirements . |
| 7 | He supported the demand for private farmers to be allowed the use of firearms to combat rising crime against them . |
| 8 | To enable these two objectives to be achieved a Land Commission was established ( with headquarters located at Newcastle upon Tyne , in line with the dispersal of offices policy ) . |
| 9 | Suggestions in the bill for an independent panel of experts to be given the power of veto over the research were rejected . |
| 10 | I do not understand how it can be against commercial interests to be told the selling price . |
| 11 | Sean and Mandy are among 8 couples to be given a house in Clay Hill Close , a new development by the Enstone Community Housing Association . |
| 12 | They wanted the police to be seen a lot more . |
| 13 | He got together with Clyde Walcott , a happy refereeing choice for three Tests in England this summer between England and Pakistan , and they ruled that the rule called for 90 overs to be bowled every day , and the allowance for wickets would only be taken into account for fining purposes when each side 's overall rate was calculated at the end of the game . |
| 14 | One of the very first actors to be labelled a hellraiser was Peter Finch . |
| 15 | Acer will introduce a line of the PICA boxes to be called the Formula 64-bit PCs at Comdex Spring and will sell the blueprints and OEM motherboards to other vendors . |
| 16 | One of the first women to be awarded a master 's degree in business administration from Harvard University , Franklin had served in the White House under President Richard Nixon . |
| 17 | Some schools do provide for students to be granted a scholarship towards the cost of tuition , but there are not many endowments of this kind . |
| 18 | The benefits from the completion of the road are great but in order for these benefits to be enjoyed the roadmaker has to invest effort in filling the hole . |