Example sentences of "[be] [noun] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Each of these are arthropod vectored microorganisms that cause mammalian diseases .
2 The most important expectations surrounding social roles are not just statements about what actually happens — about what a person will do , out of habit and so on — but are norms outlining things which a person occupying his or her status is obliged to do .
3 For example , in all societies , there are norms governing dress .
4 Now the Standing Conference of Principals , the national body which represents colleges like Chester , is to meet to discuss the next move and there are calls to ignore Mr Boswell 's rejection of their case .
5 There are calls to retain members , they wan na keep you , they want your money but if you 're unemployed you take , ca n't take an active part in the G M B.
6 Depending on the software , further overflow records may take no additional time — if it is not necessary to follow all chains — or the average time per overflow record may be nR/2 , where there are n overflow records per track and every overflow chain has to be followed during a record search .
7 How well qualified are employers to evaluate education , or the extent to which young people differ from their elders ?
8 There have even been attempts to stage biographies , one of the first being Loring 's Billy the Kid ( see page 30 ) .
9 There have even been attempts to pressurise Desmond Haynes , the island 's sole representative , into joining the boycott .
10 Although there have been attempts to assess penetrance in the two phenotypes of Gardner and simple polyposis that have shown low penetrance , these have relied on the expression of cancer or the extraintestinal features .
11 There have been attempts to explore similarities in terms of historical links .
12 The stories of Sigurd and Wayland seem to have been particularly popular , and while , as R.N. Bailey has argued , such carvings could have been attempts to link pagan with Christian belief , one is still driven to the conclusion that they " may have appealed to tastes and interpretations which were based more on the traditions of Scandinavia than the Christian Fathers " .
13 There have also been attempts to produce parse trees for input using probabilistic techniques .
14 It seems likely that our dreams are attempts to make sense of experiences which are vivid but inconsequential ( as suggested by John Hughlings Jackson in his Perceptual Release Theory ) and this will be dealt with later in the chapter .
15 Reframing procedures are attempts to place family problems in another , more manageable , context .
16 Since there is evidence that at least some quarrels are attempts to attract attention or are bids for the parents ' favour , make it clear from the outset that while you are not interested in hearing the details of arguments , or the telling of tales , you will not tolerate any hitting .
17 Superstitious attachment good luck symbols and mascots are attempts to keep fear at bay .
18 Are hatch 'd i'th Morning and at Ev'ning die .
19 There are titles to improve vocabulary , to teach easy arithmetic , counting , writing — as well as three classic children 's stories .
20 The headlines should have been KELLY KEEPS GIGGS IN HIS POCKET .
21 However , there are times to leave practice ground ideas where they belong and play golf with your present swing , plus one simple key thought for the day .
22 I would be horrified if we did n't work towards an understanding with most practitioners whether they are artists using photography or photographers documenting or doing other things .
23 In the first programme , we visited Egypt , Pompeii , the Tivoli , glimpsed Central Park ( are muggers seeking Adam ? ) , and our own Kew en route to establishing that gardens were and are a universal obsession .
24 There are proposals to link Valmorel 's skiing area to the Three Valleys , although we were n't given a definite timescale .
25 First there are proposals to give patients a " better deal " .
26 The thinking behind EC competition law has particular significance currently for the UK where there are proposals to reform UK competition law to bring it into line with Articles 85 and 86 ( see the article by Williams in this issue ) .
27 These are maps showing lines of equal rates of subsidence , though one has to make the assumption that depth of subsidence equals thickness of sediment multiplied by a constant for the type of sediment involved ( to allow for differential compaction ) .
28 There are plans to enlist students who can already handle computers — about 50 per cent of California 's high schools and 20 per cent of its elementary schools already have computers .
29 A theatre , leisure pool and arts and leisure complex are all part of the project , as are plans to tackle unemployment , health and housing problems .
30 There are plans to form Kidlington support group for detainees .
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