Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original commitment to high quality and reliability has been reinforced , leading to the investment of millions of pounds in new products and new technology . |
| 2 | Well known as riff-writer extraordinaire and with a seemingly bottomless pit of catchy songs to draw from , Canadian Adams confides that his approach to songwriting and guitar playing is actually based upon a formula . |
| 3 | ‘ Edinvar has been serving tenants for 20 years and Link has been a landlord for nearly 30 years , so we both have a long history of putting tenants first . ’ |
| 4 | Bomb-grade plutonium and uranium have been kept securely enough to persuade most potential proliferators that , if they want a bomb , they will have to make their own nuclear material , not just steal or buy it . |
| 5 | More recently fast-breeder reactors fuelled with a mixture of plutonium and uranium have been developed by some countries . |
| 6 | ‘ In England the courts of justice are relieved from the unpleasant duty of dis-barring advocates in consequence of the power of calling to the Bar and dis-barring having been in very remote times delegated to the Inns of Court . |
| 7 | A democratic society was one in which the mass of the people played an active rather than a passive role , and in which the old traditions of deference and subordination had been replaced by a sense of equality among the people — the feeling that one man , or even one person , is as good as another , or at least has an equal right to be respected and listened to . |
| 8 | Debased , adulterated and cheapened products in which profit has been added and nutrition removed are not , the experts claim , bad in themselves . |
| 9 | Since 1987 , the litany of successful treaties and agreements between east and west has been impressive . |
| 10 | Volunteers from both east and west have been making mercy missions to the thousands of refugess caught up in the fighting . |
| 11 | In reality , the changes may be positive for the staff , but they may be perceived as negative ( there is also the possibility that change will be negative and resistance to change is therefore a positive thing ) . |
| 12 | The attacks continued after ibuprofen and cimetidine had been stopped and recurred three days later , after chemotherapy in conjunction with intravenous dexamethasone , metoclopramide , and oral dexamethasone . |
| 13 | Although the merger gave them the chance to start Andy claims they could ‘ never ’ have done it without it — the recession has taken clients and exposure has been ‘ painful ’ on occasions . |
| 14 | I salute the HKRFU ( whose own representative seven brought the house down in winning the Plate ) ; the sponsors , whose far-sightedness and faith has been amply rewarded ; and the participating unions — with the ‘ minnows ’ as important a part as the ‘ big fish ’ . |
| 15 | Pictures of the Führer and Party emblems , uniforms , and literature had been thrown away or burnt before the arrival of the Russian , American , or British troops . |
| 16 | Pack sizes and colours extend the choice and labels and literature have been produced in eight languages , from English to Icelandic . |
| 17 | The relationship between linguistics and literature has been one of the most widely discussed issues in modern literary theory . |
| 18 | A great deal of erudition and ingenuity has been exercised by art historians of this persuasion to demonstrate interconnections of this sort . |
| 19 | In recent years much energy and ingenuity has been poured into the task of showing that such markets do in fact exist and can be made to force managers to profit-maximize . |
| 20 | Very unusual pentacles and magic circles etched into the stone and traced with silver and mercury have been destroyed as if by something bursting up through them from below . |
| 21 | Since the early 1980s the army 's strength and budget have been cut in half . |
| 22 | In the United States the economic impact of the size of the post-war military establishment and budget has been tremendous . |
| 23 | Well , I mean , we had the opportunity , you know chit-chat job and mum said are we gon na go down over the weekend ? |
| 24 | Selection between factory and user presets is via the User/Preset button which illuminates the attendant LED . |
| 25 | The factory and user presets are called ‘ areas ’ and both areas contain five memory banks , each holding six programs . |
| 26 | BR did not lodge a defence until it was too late and judgement had been made . |
| 27 | This capacity — for emotional honesty and willingness to risk being hurt and acceptance of the need to make changes as a result of appropriate feedback — is rare . |
| 28 | Because mature teeth are far less complex , biologically , than most tissues , restoration of their shape and function has been straightforward and David Watts discusses the use of certain polymers and composites for this purpose . |
| 29 | On the contrary , it has been done simply because , as a language-orientated activity , the concern with linguistic form and function has been uppermost . |
| 30 | Yesterday 's jeans and shirt had been tossed on to the rumpled heap made by his sleeping-bag and two dented pillows . |