Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends of Professor Leopold Cor , who 's also deaf , say the burglaries are affecting his health . |
| 2 | I had heard about the new economic empires of the East : Japan , Korea , Taiwan , Singapore , Malaysia … yet it was a surprise to realise how fast these giants are probing their tentacles deep into Sarawak 's ‘ Heart of Darkness ’ . |
| 3 | ALTON Lions are to play their part in a worldwide campaign to help diabetics — they are offering a screening test at this year 's Alton Carnival . |
| 4 | In such cases the employer is not liable in general for any wrong which consists in the improper carrying out of such work , though he will , of course , be liable if unlawful acts are done which he has actually authorized . |
| 5 | Anyway , TWA is not an attractive partner because big debts are forcing it to sell assets too . |
| 6 | When initial policy discussions are held it is rare for housing to be represented . |
| 7 | Some states are imposing their own more restrictive caps . |
| 8 | Now Sir Peter chairs Midland Bank and the same managers of the Kuwait state investments are doing their utmost to dump Midland shares on to the market just as Hongkong & Shanghai makes its bid . |
| 9 | Thoughts of hell flames are blighting your young life . |
| 10 | Her knickers are hobbling her skinny legs where I abandoned them . |
| 11 | In yet other areas , whilst their skills are recognised they are not always acknowledged . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman 's mathematical skills are letting him down today — perhaps I should not go too deeply into that in case we get into a tangle . |
| 13 | Obviously if you did a course in engineering or modern languages and you are going for a job where these skills are required it should not be difficult to explain that this is what positively interests you and you chose the subject because you wanted to go on to employment in the same field . |
| 14 | Now East Germans are shipping their own people in sealed trains through their own country to the West , and police fight back thousands who block the tracks and want to jump on board . |
| 15 | Yet the central district of east Berlin is the heart of the old imperial capital , and all Germans are re-discovering its history . |
| 16 | The Germans are asking their ‘ sickness funds ’ ( which collect payroll taxes and arrange for care ) to cancel contracts with inefficient hospitals and are obliging hospitals to publish details of their costs . |
| 17 | the Russians are accepting our beef . |
| 18 | ‘ Not unless the Russians are holding something back . |
| 19 | THE Russians are to build their first Western-style theme park — and the inspiration behind it is British cartoon dog Digswell . |
| 20 | The result is that systems at every level from the state to the small company are evaluated and policies are developed which are not sufficiently orientated to the needs and aspirations of the people within the system . |
| 21 | That and the Building Society 's own policies are making them increasingly frequent targets . |
| 22 | Investment is falling back rapidly and all forecasts show that unless the Government 's policies are changed there will be 4 million unemployed by the year 2000 . |
| 23 | President , congress I ask this congress to do all in their power to campaign on behalf of all sick members and pregnant women regarding the breakdown in the control over sickness and maternity benefits employers are depriving their employees of millions of pounds since the privas privatization of the benefits . |
| 24 | Similarly , some of the bigger employers are finding it impossible to attract young workers on to their YTS schemes . |
| 25 | In an attempt to maintain their share of the young labour market , employers are finding it necessary to offer their own training courses , on the rates of pay currently going to young people in the labour market , rather than the YTS trainee pay level . |
| 26 | Dividends jumped 26% to 7.25p and shareholders are pinning their hopes on continued success . |
| 27 | Western clubs are picking our bones . |
| 28 | Well , league and cup matches may not have quite the lure of England and Australia , but , as far as I can tell , clubs are doing their utmost to keep rugby 's momentum going . |
| 29 | Tore-Andre is in fact the most hunted player in Norway just now — this fall he has played himself into our succesful U-21 team and at the moment eight out of twelve norw. ‘ premiership ’ clubs are offering him a contract … |
| 30 | These servicemen are making their first ever jumps ; vital training that might have been sabotaged by the £40m fire at the country 's parachute headquarters at RAF Hullavington . |