Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prisoners are given some choice as to which prison they go to ; what work they do ; what training or education courses they undertake . |
| 2 | What I did not realise before was that whilst new accounts are given much publicity and the rates of interest are proudly displayed , the accounts of existing investors no longer available to fresh punters are discreetly removed from such lists . |
| 3 | The important thing is to make sure that those people that have got those particular skills are given those roles to be able to perform that role perform use those skills . |
| 4 | In the Netherlands , many quoted companies have widespread share ownership but the shareholders are given little power and technical barriers to takeovers are very important . |
| 5 | Vegetables are imported each week into Heathrow . |
| 6 | They each have stringent but achievable targets such as a commitment that 99 per cent of deliveries will be case-accurate — no easy matter when ten million cases are delivered each week . |
| 7 | ‘ Several thousand cases are sold each year , ’ says an Invergordon spokesman , ‘ but most of the sales are in Britain . |
| 8 | Health authorities are advised that introduction of new screening programmes requires ethical research committee consent . |
| 9 | Entry forms are distributed each September and , if your college has not received a form , apply now . |
| 10 | Small schemes were created in the 1970s as a result of an Inland Revenue concession but once these government proposals are enacted that concession will become history . |
| 11 | About how many extra houses are needed each year for this natural increase of people , assuming 3 people per house ? |
| 12 | Tens of millions of reprint requests are mailed each year , the authors having identified the existence of the papers from secondary sources . |
| 13 | THE auction of LFA sheep quota by Lawrie & Symington at Lanark last week has confirmed most expectations of market prices but Ministry of Agriculture specialists have given warning that farmers are gambling if they trade before the transfer rules are confirmed some time next month . |
| 14 | He 's not as All the programmes are changed this morning , the youngsters being off school and so instead of the news it 's all these youngster 's programmes . |
| 15 | Secured creditors are given some protection : no proposal or modification that affects their rights to enforce security can be approved unless they concur . |
| 16 | The RSPCA is also concerned that the birds are allowed enough freedom to behave naturally … that 's natural apparently . |
| 17 | Hundreds of birds are trapped each winter in the Berkeley New Decoy and then ringed to monitor where they migrate to and how long they live . |
| 18 | Below : A dying practice — as harvest gets under way growers are reminded that straw-burning now has the force of the law against it . |
| 19 | To some extent this section overlaps with the conclusion about policy in the different chapters of Section III , but provided the overlaps are minimised this structure should be clear and convenient to the reader . |
| 20 | To some extent this section overlaps with the conclusion about policy in the different chapters of Section III , but provided the overlaps are minimised this structure should be clear and convenient to the reader . |
| 21 | Subscribers indicate the areas in which they are interested and the relevant lists are sent each month . |
| 22 | Busy , friendly pub where snacks are served all day . |
| 23 | Ten million bats are born each summer in Bracken Cave , Texas . |
| 24 | Statistics show that on average 924 prescriptions are dispensed each month . |
| 25 | Invitations to royal garden parties are despatched each year to worthies across the land who have spent their lives raising money for charity or supervising the work of the council sewers and drains committee . |
| 26 | But the kids are changed these days you know |
| 27 | The solutions are found each year through a judicious mixture of strong quantitative forecasting , relying on the student management system ( see Chapter 7 ) and sensible qualitative judgement . |
| 28 | Approximately two million cars are sold each year in California — about the same number as registered annually in the UK . |
| 29 | If we decide that this traditional strophic form does not suit our needs , we have the more difficult alternative of a looser form , in which the words are given more importance , while the music , intensifying their meaning and emotion , may fall into a supporting role . |
| 30 | These seemingly harmless four words are repeated several times to form the lyric ‘ As clouds roll by for you and I ’ . |