Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tell me have you found today 's discussions to be of benefit ? |
| 2 | Mary 's attempts to be familiar with her when Philip was n't there had been painfully embarrassing . |
| 3 | The memorandum of association of the Ashbury Railway Company stated the company 's objects to be : ‘ to make or sell or lend on hire railway carriages , wagons and all kinds of railway plant , fittings , machinery and rolling stock ; to carry on the business of mechanical engineers and general contractors , to purchase and sell as merchants timber , coal , metal and other materials , and to buy and sell such materials on commission or as agents ’ . |
| 4 | St Paul expresses this fact by saying that ‘ the created universe waits with eager expectation for God 's sons to be revealed . |
| 5 | Charlton , who are meeting Greenwich Borough Council officials tomorrow night over the projected return to The Valley , are unhappy at being told recently by the council that it wants the club 's proposals to be revised dramatically to take account of environmental requirements . |
| 6 | ‘ We all know the Government 's policies to be right , to be in the national interest . ’ |
| 7 | High Court judge Lord Justice Leggatt said he did not consider the CICB 's rules to be irrational . |
| 8 | He also distinguishes clearly between criteria which qualify a firm 's products to be considered and those which actually win the order . |
| 9 | Currently , the rules require a life office 's products to be offered at the same price through all its tied outlets . |
| 10 | If you are offered an " open-book " examination do not heave a sigh of relief , assuming that you need merely take in all your books and your year 's notes to be able to succeed . |
| 11 | It does not call for explicit statements of the objectives of expenditure in a way that would enable a Minister 's plans to be tested against general government strategy : nor can it regularly embody detailed analysis of existing programmes and of major policy options on them . |
| 12 | The dairy trade complaint was given a boost last autumn when the Monopolies and Mergers Commission said the SMMB could not buy the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society 's milk business and , in passing , criticised the board 's plans to be , in the jargon , a vertically integrated co-op . |
| 13 | These exceptional cases apart ( and it must be recalled that they are not really examples of the situation under discussion ) , it has been seen that there is no good ground for arguing that the doctor breaches his duty to his patient when respecting the patient 's wishes to be left to die . |
| 14 | It was the last of Richard Avedon 's books to be designed by Marvin Israel , his close associate on many projects , who worked in close collaboration with Elizabeth Avedon ( daughter-in-law of the photographer ) . |
| 15 | Indeed , the team was so anxious to give recognition at last to the importance of the content of any particular drama , that it seems almost to be reinforcing the dualistic assumption that drama is about attitudes or ideas in the children 's heads to be explored and then expressed through the medium . |
| 16 | If the time has come when Virgin needs a union for people 's grievances to be redressed and their rights upheld , then it would almost not be worth me going on , and I will pack up and get out . ’ |
| 17 | Standing beside Josh in the wings , she was barely aware of the play being acted out just a few feet away , too caught up in the playwright 's words to be aware of anything else . |
| 18 | THE Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , will be called on to back demands for Scotland 's MEPs to be elected next year by proportional representation . |
| 19 | For a split second the friendliness disappeared from Marianne 's eyes to be replaced by a calculating glint . |
| 20 | The Divisional Court held that there was an unlawful departure from the " open justice " principle , which required defendant 's addresses to be given publicly in court . |
| 21 | In staunch Irish fashion , he laid on transport for Fox 's supporters to be ‘ bused ’ into Oxford on . |
| 22 | Science has been observed by Her Majesty 's Inspectors to be a neglected area of activity in many primary schools . |
| 23 | You would n't want , for example , the heads of our elderly people 's homes to be sat in their offices pushing paper when they should be managing the home . |
| 24 | Take , for example , a case in which an employer is considering entering into a contract with a contractor for substantial building work but requires the contractor 's obligations to be supported by a bank or insurance company bond . |
| 25 | The Government suggestions , in principle , are for a system of Children 's Certificates to be granted by Licensing Justices but the Government invites comment as to whether food should merely be available or if children should only be admitted to certificated bars in order to eat a meal . |
| 26 | She had thanked me for ‘ the deep and exhaustive treatment ’ , and added characteristically : ‘ I can not help being pleased — grateful though I should be and am to her in a way — for Pamela Handford [ sic ] Johnson 's errors to be pointed out . |
| 27 | The theatre was very badly , damaged by the bombings of 1943 and the first of the city 's monuments to be rebuilt , when the original was faithfully recreated . |
| 28 | Feminist psychologies which work by association , stay close enough to psychology 's concerns to be able to contest them . |
| 29 | After the verdicts , Judge Richard Hawkins refused an application for Layton 's costs to be paid from public funds saying the defendant had brought suspicion upon himself . |
| 30 | It is for the Association to continue to build a sound foundation of welfare facilities and support that will enable both today 's and the future 's needs to be met — in meeting this objective we are deeply indebted to the continuing dedication of our members and the support of our many friends . |