Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pupils will appreciate the distinctive elements of period music , if they are given opportunities to create their own music using elements/themes , rhythms from earlier music . |
| 2 | Unless they are given opportunities to express their grief in appropriate ways which can include weeping for loss , they will never be able to acquire the creative energy necessary to find a new job . |
| 3 | The victim has been helping police retrace his journey … |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman may already have guessed that we have been pressing others to play their part in the important work in which the United Nations is engaged . |
| 5 | They have been pressing allies to corroborate their findings . |
| 6 | Many streams have been stripped of their ancient boundary trees , and the knock-on effect of the drainage schemes has been to encourage farmers to turn their farms into prairies . |
| 7 | Williams had a good ear , and since his death some of his admirers have made more sense of his procedures than he could ever make for himself , but the lamentable effect of his example has been to lead poets to trust their ear implicitly , thus discrediting the very notion of measure . |
| 8 | Police say the man may be dangerous and are warning women to keep their car doors locked when travelling alone . |
| 9 | ‘ We are urging licensees to join us in encouraging sensible drinking because it in their own interests . ’ |
| 10 | The students are urging employers to ring them on or , 10am4pm . |
| 11 | Detectives in Hartlepool are urging householders to secure their garden sheds after a spate of break-ins in the Seaton Carew and Rift House areas . |
| 12 | Now experts are urging householders to check their heating boilers are safe . |
| 13 | Does the fact that they are serving sentences made their lives less valuable ? |
| 14 | Well that 's what I 'm saying , you know drugs erm , well you 're looking at society where we 're given drugs to make us feel better . |
| 15 | So you have to get , Ollie you 're , the point is that you 're getting friends to beat him up then . |
| 16 | They 're doing checks to flush them out . |
| 17 | The aims of counselling are to help students to share their difficulties , whether emotional , academic or involving relationships , and to find a better resolution . |
| 18 | The aims of counselling are to help students to share their difficulties , whether emotional , academic or involving relationships , and to find a better resolution . |
| 19 | It 's thought that children are repsonsible for some of the thefts , but there 's evidence that enthusiasts are stealing newts to boost their private collections . |
| 20 | SOUTH YORKSHIRE 'S low bus fares are persuading drivers to leave their cars at home , according to a study published this week by Oxford University 's Transport studies Unit . |
| 21 | In a bid to combat this , some companies are devising ways to identify their goods as genuine — for example , with security stickers or holograms like those on bank and credit cards . |
| 22 | The organisers are planning a ‘ model hot air balloon competition ’ and are asking entrants to get their entries sponsored to raise money for the development of water supplies in Third World villages . |
| 23 | He incurred the wrath of many members of the medical profession when as long ago as 1949 he suggested that patients should be given pamphlets explaining what was wrong with them and what treatment they would be receiving . |
| 24 | The children were then to be given clues to help them solve the mysteries and they were to tell the Pink Panther ( who was not privy to this information ) who had committed which crime . |
| 25 | During the development of modern phonetics in the present century it was for a long time hoped that scientific study of intonation would make it possible to state what the function of each different aspect of intonation was , and that foreign learners could then be taught rules to enable them to use intonation in the way that native speakers use it . |
| 26 | Teachers find that the children become unteachable — those in the lower classes have to be fed sedatives to calm them down . |
| 27 | Depending on the tile size and on the manufacturer concerned , you are likely to be offered packs containing anything from 6 to 50 tiles , and some packs — of 13 , 22 and the like — do n't make estimating quantities any easier . |
| 28 | there is a serious side to community education and it is highly political in nature , that it should be directed towards equalising political power at local level , that communities should be learning skills to enable them to work with , and if necessary to confront local bureaucracy . |
| 29 | Well I 'm making arrangements to pay mine er but when I get paid on Friday it were going through , got ta pay him twenty five pounds and then fifteen pounds every fortnight thereafter and it 'll take seven months to pay but that 's all he can get off us . |
| 30 | And then the job was on the following days was after be shooting rabbits to feed them do you see . |