Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip Greaves , had the portfolios of Public Works and Communications added to his existing responsibilities ; he was also Leader of the House of Assembly Warwick Franklin had hitherto been Agriculture Minister , where his tenure had been a controversial one . |
| 2 | He was replaced in an acting capacity by his arch-rival , the anti-communist Croatian Stipe Mesic , who had hitherto been Deputy President and who had anyway been due to succeed Jovic in May 1991 . |
| 3 | Jerzy Milewski , head of the National Security Office at the Presidential Chancellery , said that the plans had only been discussion documents , but on April 13 Walesa admitted that plans existed . |
| 4 | Where once upon a time there had only been fishing boats , now bobbed the magnificent yachts of international millionaires . |
| 5 | Defence and foreign policy have long been bedrock attributes of the nation state , and each European nation has entrenched national attitudes and distinct national interests . |
| 6 | Between 1979 and 1989 the reduction in public-sector employment , extension of private home-ownership ( up from 55 per cent to 65 per cent ) and share-ownership ( up from 7 per cent to 22 per cent ) , increasing scope for private provision of services , and run-down of trade union membership ( down from 54 per cent to 46 per cent of the workforce ) have all been government objectives . |
| 7 | ‘ And Rhoda Brocklebank and Roxie Farmer and Shirley Place have all been spending money , ’ said Coffin . |
| 8 | I 've said G P budget holding is a success and so are Trust hospitals . |
| 9 | So are trade union negotiations . |
| 10 | Bulk sales are unknown in Britain , for so are bulk buyers . |
| 11 | So are silk waistcoats and blazers priced at a knock-down £45 . |
| 12 | Not only are guillotine motions being introduced with phenomenal frequency ; they are being introduced at a very early stage . |
| 13 | Not only are peak users paying for the high marginal costs they impose , but also those users who would not mind consuming at a different time ( e.g. households with night storage heaters , who can use electricity at a time when marginal costs are low ) are induced by cheaper prices to switch to consuming at off-peak times . |
| 14 | Not only are frontier youth workers part of an enterprise which is global in extent . |
| 15 | Not only are science teachers in short supply , however , but also industry is facing a shortage of skilled scientists and engineers . |
| 16 | There are many reasons for this ; not only are leather corals very attractive , but they are also relatively hardy , much more so than most other coral types , such as stony corals , gorgonians or such beautiful soft corals as cauliflower corals ( Dendronephtya spp ) . |
| 17 | Not only are beer taxes still with us , but they have just gone through their biggest shake-up for many years . |
| 18 | Inside are fresco paintings ( 204 and 206 ) . |
| 19 | They 're part of the changing retail scene which ranges from the modern shopping centres at one end of the spectrum to squat shops , short term let shops and car boot sales at the other , for the other less source of er retailing , source of purchasing from a decreasing number of people erm trade in car boot sales are subject to the same controls as high street traders basically be product safety , erm , but as well as those problems we are increasingly coming across other problems in particularly counterfeit goods , goods like that on sale at car boot sales , quite attractive , wholly illegal and it wo n't be out for about six or nine months yet . |
| 20 | While I am away please note that there will only be weekday Masses on Monday and Friday . |
| 21 | This grade is designed for those who have gained a well recognised qualification but who , previously , could only be student members of the HCIMA . |
| 22 | Me feeling is that there should only be team promotions and that the money should be split . |
| 23 | It might only be breast tissue , I do n't know that . |
| 24 | ‘ The result can only be health care services which have virtually no real accountability or contact with the local community , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Could this perhaps be inlet valve stem oil seals ? |
| 26 | This was particularly so in the case of Thomson , British Airways Holidays , Rank Travel , Blue Sky , Thomas Cook , Global , and Holiday Club International , these all being travel firms operated by large leisure-based parent companies or diversified conglomerates . |
| 27 | She came up with the wonderfully whacky idea of the Cabinet all being drug smugglers . ’ |
| 28 | In between excessive laughter I noticed that not only were SCUM CRAP at the back but they got completely pissed on by the Turkish Delights : - ) ) ) ) ) |
| 29 | Jennie was heard to remark that the will was a cruel one ; by this she meant that not only were family recriminations made public but that when outlining a request for a company to be formed , her husband certainly showed his doubts about her competence . |
| 30 | So were Suede crap at that time ? |