Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major institutions are life assurance and pension funds , unit trusts and investment trusts . |
| 2 | These copies are staple check and you are the one which you 've gone back for apply erm I , I 'll with that one . |
| 3 | Database 's other shareholders are Assitalia SpA , an insurance company , Fime SpA , a leasing and finance company based in Naples , and private investors . |
| 4 | READING TOILETS ARE SHIT SHOCKER … |
| 5 | The principles of the common law invoked in such cases are nemo judex in causa sua ( no man can be a judge in this own cause ) ; or auctor in rem suam ( no man should act in his own interest ) . |
| 6 | Regulation of pH i is of major importance to cell homeostasis because many physiological phenomena are pH dependent ; diverse examples include the rate of glycolysis , the level of intracellular calcium , and plasma membrane K + permeability which may regulate intracellular electrical potential . |
| 7 | The four cell activities are cell multiplication , cell movement , change in character , and cell signalling . |
| 8 | Intersparsed with these activities are steamer trip on Lake Ullswater and visits to the Keswick Pencil Factory , The Steamboat Museum , Dove Cottage , The ‘ Ratty ’ Railway , a local farm , the swimming pool at Troutbeck and the Brockhole Centre where pupils enjoy an afternoon of Environmental Studies . |
| 9 | Coded road signs are Disney policy to help Japanese , German and Swedish tourists |
| 10 | Its most famous eating houses are Simpsons Tavern and The Jamaica Wine House in the City of London . |
| 11 | Among the historic houses are Broughton Castle , originally a 14th-century castle , later changed into a country house , Wroxham Abbey , a 17th-century gabled house ; and Hidcote Manor , famous for its unusual garden . |
| 12 | Among some fine town houses are Moray House , built after James VI had abandoned his capital for the greater adulation of London but when a Scottish parliament still endeavoured to preserve its autonomy in Edinburgh ; and relics of ancient inns more accessible to coaching traffic than those in the congested upper reaches . |
| 13 | The most important taxes are income tax and expenditure taxes such as value added tax ( VAT ) . |
| 14 | , The House of Commons environment committee has proposed introducing tighter laws to prevent manufacturers from falsely claiming their products are environment friendly . |
| 15 | Examples of special interest groups are Victim Support ( formerly known as the National Association for Victim Support Schemes ) , Parents of Murdered Children , the National Association of Prison Visitors , the National Association of Probation Officers , the National Association of Senior Probation Officers , the Association of Chief Officers of Probation , the Association of Chief Police Officers , the Superintendents ' Association , the Police Federation , the Prison Governors ' Association , and Prison Officers ' Association . |
| 16 | Similar characteristics are piece mobility ( the number of squares open to attack by one side 's pieces ) and the control or occupation of the centre four squares . |
| 17 | The US Federal Communications Commission is urging the four rival teams bidding digital systems to set the US high definition television standard to merge their rival systems into a grand alliance : the remaining contenders are AT&T Co with Zenith Electronics Corp , General Electric Co Inc 's National Broadcasting Corp unit with Philips Electronics NV , Thomson SA and the David Sarnoff Research Center , and two alternate bids led by General Instrument Corp and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; if the rival contenders fail to strike an alliance , final testing on the four improved systems will begin in April and conclude in late summer . |
| 18 | The other contenders are Llanfairfechan Town and Porthmadog , third and fourth placed in Gwynedd , and Prestatyn Town , runners-up in Clwyd . |
| 19 | Successful management policies have been employed in the centre of Australia , for example , where the major attractions are Ayres Rock and the Olgas . |
| 20 | Top funds are Fidelity Cash Account , Pru Cash Haven and Mercury Cash Trust . |
| 21 | Three patients , however , were followed serially and showed that serum carnitine concentrations are gluten dependent in coeliac disease patients . |
| 22 | Indy Cars are Formula One-type cars with engine capacities of up to 3430 cc turbocharged and 5878 cc non-turbocharged . |
| 23 | Even if they are British citizens , they simply do not qualify to settle in Britain if their husbands are non-UK passport holders . |
| 24 | Capsicums are frost tender . |
| 25 | The most important aspects are water quality , temperature and space . |
| 26 | Among the speakers are film writer Richard Dyers , writer and cultural commentator Andy Medhurst , writer and lecturer Angela McRobbie and documentary film-maker Mark Cousins . |
| 27 | Favoured subjects are court portraiture , and allegorical images of death , decay and the transience of life , usually handled with the blackest of black humour . |
| 28 | Our pictures are courtesy Tenant Brown Photography . |
| 29 | The two variables are infant mortality per 1000 live births and gross national product per head . |
| 30 | Central to the manifestation of these opportunities are boundary creation and enclosure . |