Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] be [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My parents were called Headmaster and Headmistress . |
| 2 | Birmingham specialised in close , dark and filthy courtyards : there were over two thousand of these in the town in the 1830s , and many of their houses were built back to back in order to get the maximum number on to each expensive acre . |
| 3 | On their heads were checked winter head scarves twisted into turbans that showed by the particular shape the area from which they came . |
| 4 | Support for this interpretation has been sought in the effects of a procedure in which subjects are given pre-exposure to a variety of flavours . |
| 5 | Best and Barker 1977 ) in which rats were given access to 5 ml of a distinctively flavoured solution at various intervals before a conditioning trial on which consumption of this solution was followed by an injection of LiCl . |
| 6 | She reacted " with repulsion " to a televised appearance by Saddam chatting to a group of hostages on Aug. 23 , but Western governments were concerned to prevent their policy being dictated by concern over the possible implications for their nationals being held hostage . |
| 7 | IT WAS difficult for small independents to offer services like their Holiday Care system , which offered immediate help to holidaymakers , whatever the problem , like lost baggage or loans to cope with legal problems over cars in Spain , for which customers were given access to a phone numnber until 15 days after coming home . |
| 8 | One method which has previously been tried , albeit unsuccessfully , seeks to invoke principles of international law that would allegedly relieve taxpayers from their liability to pay tax on the ground that their assessments are rendered invalid by the unlawful purposes to which the taxes levied are to be applied . |
| 9 | The Board of Arbitration provided for under its terms was lost sight of . |
| 10 | Producing a good report , especially on a very technical paper , can take many hours , and editors do not seem to appreciate how rewarding referees would find the knowledge that their comments were taken note of and that the other referees agreed with them . |
| 11 | One regiment was stationed at Ribchester from the late second century and its members were granted land as a gratuity upon retirement . |
| 12 | Powerful business institutions operate in a way that ensures their interests are given priority , rather than the interests of the less powerful sectors of the community . |
| 13 | The moment their backs were turned Matron took the bottle of acid from her pocket and slipped it to the Bookman . |
| 14 | Whatever the difference of view held across the House , given that CTCs are funded by public money , will the Secretary of State take urgent steps to give parents whose children are refused admission to them the same right of appeal that is available in respect of all other publicly-funded schools ? |
| 15 | Our path together in life has n't been easy — there was very little support available for parents whose babies were diagnosed brain damaged in Australia in 1980 . |
| 16 | Mr Miah and his colleagues were ordered vto pay fines and costs totalling almost five thousand pounds . |
| 17 | Never having run for public office does not daunt this ‘ can-do ’ folk hero who once sent a team of ex-commandos into Iran to rescue two of his employees being held hostage . |
| 18 | For each of us ( it is said ) our lives are given sense by certain projects , whether it be that of being a certain sort of person , or of achieving something in such fields as the political , or cultural , or in our personal relations . |
| 19 | See that our guests are given double of everything , but Mr Wall 's whisky and dry ginger will contain no whisky and my gin and tonic will contain no gin . ’ |