Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I THINK his charisma and style of play have been fantastic for our tour and for golf in . |
| 2 | The close of play has been extended from 7.30pm to 8pm to accommodate delayed or interrupted matches and over-rate fines have also been increased . |
| 3 | Research over the past few years has led me to observe elsewhere ( Cartwright , 1984 ) that in education in general — and arts education is no different in this respect — assessment comes in all forms and guises , and that the type of assessment practised is dependent upon the reasons for its use . |
| 4 | Except where alternative arrangements have been approved by or on behalf of the Senate , a candidate 's written examination scripts and work on which cumulative and other forms of assessment have been based shall be preserved until the end of December following the date on which the candidate qualified , or was due to qualify , for an award . |
| 5 | Work on which cumulative and other forms of assessment have been based may be returned to candidates on a written undertaking that it shall be given back , if required , at any time within one year from the examination . |
| 6 | Primary afferent neurones sensitive to the neurotoxic action of capsaicin have been characterised as neurones that are sensitive to chemical and other modalties of noxiour stimuli . |
| 7 | Robert had seen the development in varying stages , and had assisted in shipping out tons of building materials , but it was four months since he had been to Barbados and a lot of progress had been made since then . |
| 8 | Since that date there has been no demonstrable genetic progress in the British Friesian , maintains Prof King , whereas a lot of progress has been made in Norway . |
| 9 | It is only our more ambivalent age , engaged in the very last mopping-up of the great wet waste which challenged our ancestors , which has begun to question whether the price of progress has been too high . |
| 10 | OVER the last year a considerable amount of progress has been carried out on the Ex-GWR 0-6-2T 5637 locomotive . |
| 11 | G. accepts his suggestion and leaves , observing that he will be back fairly soon to see what sort of progress has been made . |
| 12 | A great deal of progress has been made on equal rights . |
| 13 | In the area of hydrology have been some of the most specific contributions made by physical geographers including the analysis of increased discharges ( Hollis , 1975 ; Walling and Gregory , 1970 ; Walling 1979a ) , investigation of sediment yield ( Walling , 1974 ) , research extending into the area of water quality and pollutants related to urban source areas ( Ellis , 1979 ) and analysis of river channel changes downstream from urban areas ( Leopold 1973 ; Gregory , 1981 ) . |
| 14 | A party whose main base of support had been the , the unions and the er union confederations which grew up in industrial cities like Shanghai becomes a party whose main power base is its own Red Army , its own army of peasant guerillas which it itself has created . |
| 15 | One of the chief reasons for its loss of support had been the protracted struggle between Prime Minister David Lange and his Finance Minister , Roger Douglas , the architect of Labour 's laissez faire approach to the economy , colloquially known as " Rogernomics " . |
| 16 | Government backing for the railways has halved to around £550 million in the 1980s and the new calculations of support have been struck before taking into account the estimated cost of safety measures demanded after the Clapham Junction disaster . |
| 17 | I am not aware of the point that the hon. Gentleman raises but , as he knows , a tremendous amount of support has been made available through the Home Office and other sources to assist members of the ethnic minorities in this country . |
| 18 | As a consequence , elderly persons entering residential accommodation tend to be more physically and mentally dependent than in the past , and the type of support needed is similar to that given in a nursing home , rather than a guest house or private hotel . |
| 19 | Here , the appropriate leader of change had been in some doubt . |
| 20 | Signs of change had been evident within various protest movements , like the Teetotallers , from the 1850s when they realized that without state action they could not achieve their goals . |
| 21 | By May the principle of change had been accepted as inevitable , for once an extension of the franchise had been proposed , it would be suicidal for the party to oppose it , and there was thus a need to concentrate on pressing detailed amendments , for example to protect the interests and representation of agriculture . |
| 22 | ‘ Staff numbers had doubled over the previous five to six years and a programme of change had been thrust upon us by the market , ’ explained . |
| 23 | Timid winds of change had been trying to blow in Spanish universities since 1951 , when a relatively progressive Minister of Education , Joaquin Ruiz-Giménez , had initiated an attempt to revitalize and open up the torpid and reactionary Spanish education system . |
| 24 | However , as with education , the impact of change has been limited by a lack of a corresponding expansion of the job market . |
| 25 | In recent years , that pace of change has been particularly rapid . |
| 26 | A great deal of change has been seen in the power drill market over recent years : cordless models have become more popular , and there has also been a gradual move towards variable-speed percussion models , even by the occasional home improver . |
| 27 | Regrettably but perhaps inevitably , the ambivalence of feeling and thought which is bound to exist at any time of change has been seized upon by those who can profit from it . |
| 28 | So far , the discussion of this turning-point and the debate over the direction of change has been conducted mainly in terms of what kind of manufacturing sector is likely to emerge out of the economic downturn . |
| 29 | The general pattern of change has been one of upward mobility . |
| 30 | A wind of change has been blowing around Windsor Park |