Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seems that Louis Gerstner has decided that the IBM Corp culture has to be changed from the top down as a priority , and he has again gone outside the company — and the computer industry — for a senior appointment , hiring Gerald Czarnecki , chairman and chief executive of the Bank of America Hawaii unit of BankAmerica Corp to be the new senior vice-president in charge of human resources and administration . |
| 2 | Weights for The Ladbroke Hurdle to be run at Leopardstown on January 13 were announced yesterday . |
| 3 | Arguing that " developing information skills in isolation is nonsense " , the proposal goes on to predict the development of an information skills course to be related directly to such courses as environmental studies and social education . |
| 4 | Next year , before privatisation receipts , the Red Book expects the Budget deficit to be £38 billion . |
| 5 | Similarly , a government 's decision about the proportion of its budget deficit to be financed by borrowing is affected by interest movements . |
| 6 | It enabled a rail link to be completed between Newcastle and Edinburgh , part of the North-Eastern Railway promoted by George Hudson , the ‘ Railway King ’ . |
| 7 | It wants the rail link to be built ( if nothing else , as a demonstration of the feasibility of privatising British Rail ) but Mrs Thatcher has stated quite clearly that ‘ users of the new line should pay for the full costs , including environmental costs ’ . |
| 8 | Under the new Extra Statutory Concession , the conditions for a blanket election to be accepted are that the firm must have at least 50 partners ( or fewer if at least 20 partners are not resident in the UK ) , and new partners must add their names to the election . |
| 9 | The possibility of ending of National Service was not mentioned in these guidelines , but it was the first item on the agenda of subjects to be discussed , and it was seen in the Whitehall market-place to be the political ‘ Blue Chip' stock of the year . |
| 10 | The great community spirit has enabled a children 's play park to be established close by the village hall , and more recently a sports field which has a beautiful pavilion and caters for football , cricket , tennis , bowls , and a floodlit area for football training and five-a-side tournaments throughout the winter . |
| 11 | In January of 1825 Barratt had decided upon an ambitious and costly project ; a deep adit level to be driven as a cross-cut , some 230 yds. downstream from Taylor 's Level into the eastern bank of Red Dell Beck and in a northerly direction , to come in below the old workings and to explore the vein , especially below that section expected to be opened up by Taylor 's . |
| 12 | I think it should go to the D S O board to be able to look into , and then come back to policy and resources . |
| 13 | If you do not hold such a licence you may apply for Provisional LCG/PCV entitlement to be added to your ordinary licence provided it contains full car entitlement . |
| 14 | In our network 's submission on the consultation document we welcomed the opportunity for user expertise to be used in this way if properly supported and paid for . |
| 15 | Are there significant differences in transfer systems which encourage work and income support to be combined ? |
| 16 | But how is the income reduction to be achieved ? |
| 17 | You must have DC Operations privilege to be able to submit a Design Change using option 2.1.3 . |
| 18 | You must have Process Model Operations privilege to be able to Install/Deinstall a Process Model using option 7.3.1 . |
| 19 | In August , 1944 I was flying Mustangs from Grimbergen , through to the Arnhem campaign , and my memories are that we were the first RAF Squadron to be based near Brussels , and only a matter of a few days after our armies had liberated that City . |
| 20 | An alternative method for dealing with vector elements of different lengths is for an increment value of one always to be used , but for the modifier field to be suitably manipulated when an element is accessed . |
| 21 | Irvine , California-based Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology . |
| 22 | Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology . |
| 23 | I understand the hon. Gentleman 's concern , which is shared by my Department , but I do not think that on reflection he would want the defence industry to be singled out for particular treatment from our other manufacturing industries . |
| 24 | The debate on the Bill to bring back whipping was a thoroughly undignified affair in which the principles of the matter seemed to count less than considerations such as the size and weight of the flogging instrument to be used : calculations made necessary no less by the desire to limit the discretion of ‘ judges infected by maudlin sentimentality ’ , than by the requirement that it should measure up to the brutes who were ‘ so degraded , that they could only be deterred by forcible appeals to their fear of physical pain ’ . |
| 25 | Consideration of the Commission 's proposal for the telematics programme by both the European Parliament and the advisory bodies to the Research Council is going on apace and it is hoped that this programme will be one of the first from the third Framework programme to be adopted in 1991 . |
| 26 | Further to Brian Porteous ' letter of 24 August 1990 I am pleased to be able to enclose the guidance notes and application forms produced by the Sports Council in respect of grant aid to be given to elected representatives on international sports bodies . |
| 27 | Staring straight ahead at the road before him , the driver went on talking , telling me of his boyhood ambition to be a footballer and of the Mafia-like behaviour of the modern IRA . |
| 28 | Your colleague , Mr L K Engels , has written to Simon Murison-Bowie requesting a copy of the OALDCE 3/e Electronic computer tape to be prepared for you on VM/CMS at 1600 bpi . |
| 29 | ‘ There 's no need for hair styling to be fiddly , especially with the right tools ’ . |
| 30 | So it might be possible for a 50-year-old with a heart condition to be acting reasonably if he turned down a job involving more stress and daily travel , whereas a 30-year-old executive with no personal problems who rejected the same offer might forfeit his claim to statutory redundancy pay . |