Example sentences of "[vb base] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in the cases where what we want are things which exist in the ordinary way , these things are not to be identified with the mentioned objects . |
| 2 | If the property you select is leasehold there must be a minimum 99 year term on new premises , and at least 25 years to run beyond the period of the mortgage on existing premises . |
| 3 | Lastly , John , one of the observations I would make is that a lot of astronomers I know are people who seem to have quite strong religious convictions . |
| 4 | ‘ All they know is stuff I made up . ’ |
| 5 | Mr Chairman , if decent people find it necessary er to kill animals they believe be vermin they do n't dress up in red coats and call them pink and er charge er , er , er , about er drinking st stirrup cups and tooting horns , er they go out and kill the vermin , it 's a necessary job that has to be done and of course , er there are many ways in which foxes could be killed without cruelty if it is necessary to kill them . |
| 6 | Trelawny Of The Wells boasts Michael Hordern , Sarah Brightman , Helena Bonham Carter and Jason Connery , but what these glitterati produce is dullness itself . |
| 7 | Although he was certainly closely ‘ in ’ with the artistic and literary circle so often described in John Harden 's diaries he was not entirely accepted in the more intimate social sense . |
| 8 | See a lot of the people that come are students who 've got , who have got time |
| 9 | What explanatory surveys require are cases which possess characteristics relevant to the problem of the research . |
| 10 | You 've been under-strain yourself over these last few weeks . |
| 11 | It must also be accurate , or at least accurate enough for the recipient , and timely , as information provided too late for the particular p urpose is use it can respond to the changing needs of the user . |
| 12 | Unfortunately there have been presenters who became better known for hitting the headlines than their ability to turn washing up bottles into handy household objects . |
| 13 | ‘ The most successful manufacturing regions have been ones which have linked flexible manufacturing systems with innovative organization and an emphasis on ‘ customization ’ , design and quality ’ ( Murray , 1988 , 11 ) . |
| 14 | Thus in London at different times there have been groups which have called themselves the Society of Twelve , the Seven and Five , and One/Four . |
| 15 | There have been others who have tried to emulate Marlon Brando . |
| 16 | At the same time , however , there have been developments which appear to run in the opposite direction and which reinforce the appearance of employee status . |
| 17 | ‘ During my time at Leeds there have been players who have left the club and some have questioned the wisdom of their departure . |
| 18 | There have been women I 've liked and respected , but there has been no one I 've loved until this moment . ’ |
| 19 | We have already mentioned in passing the state policies regarding the arts in Germany , the USSR and China ; there have been writers who followed the party lines by giving attention to those artists favoured by patronage , while neglecting others . |
| 20 | Murray 's apparently effortless escape has caused fury in Australia where there have been claims he must have bribed his way to a low security catagorization |
| 21 | There have been commentators who have said that if it were introduced , it would be much more effective if it were introduced throughout the island . |
| 22 | There have been evolutionists who have denied that gradualism of this kind is necessary in evolution . |
| 23 | Not only in areas where there have been tips I might add . |
| 24 | To recap , the winners have been men who were in internal labour markets in the big-name companies and the enterprise group networks . |
| 25 | And there have been days I 'd have liked her at home when I had a headache or one of the nuns had roared at me at school . |
| 26 | Specially trained BT staff will also be on hand to advise those who are suffering from nuisance calls , and it is intended that self-help groups will be set up by people who have been victims themselves . |
| 27 | There have been societies which have managed without a notion of the state and state power . ’ |
| 28 | it seems to me that often , especially with this committee er start at half ten we get to about half twelve and everyone starts shuffling and think of their lunch and often not so much recently , but in , in , in , over the last five years there have been issues I think it almost left you on because it was so close to lunch , er and people did n't then want to have to break for an hour , hour and a half and then come back , whereas if you start at two fifteen erm I think it 's easier to go on till half four , five seems to be to go to this psychological one o'clock barrier , seems to er upset people greatly agitation and er their argument is th th that er that in the afternoon |
| 29 | In the same way , we can point to every single course _there have been people who are highly qualified , excellent youngsters — and that is where I fear that the universities are not always given the opportunity to get these talented children in the numbers that I think they deserve . |
| 30 | But in every age there have been poets who were uninterested in thus cutting their poems free of any but a linguistic reality , poets who are ‘ realistic ’ and ‘ mimetic ’ in the most straightforward senses of those two complicated words . |