Example sentences of "[vb -s] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I just say then we seem to have agreed that that standard Andrew points been taken on board and dismissed out of hand |
| 2 | But the characteristic of this puss forming organism is that the legions it produces are wooled off , that is they 're relatively localized . |
| 3 | The ‘ bad copies ’ the main character produces are made possible by the fact that a number of comparable codes are juxtaposed simultaneously in her mind . |
| 4 | Unusually for a city hotel , it is set around a lovely , lush private garden where sun-loungers are set out around the wonderfully secluded swimming pool . |
| 5 | There is a large sun terrace and pool ( with hydro-massage ) where complimentary towels and sun-loungers are provided . |
| 6 | I hope you enjoyed that discussion I mean well first of all if you live in the Selby area it 's been of relevance to you and you 've managed to hear what both sides are saying but I I hope even if you do n't live in the Selby area it 's er you 've er found it as fascinating as I have to hear the pros and cons of such a complex issue . |
| 7 | The Campaign is lobbying for reforms that it thinks are needed to end what it sees as largescale use of misleading sales techniques used by the photocopier industry . |
| 8 | An all dat yu stand fa as been demonstrated . |
| 9 | The candidate who brings his whole library to such an examination often fails : the facts that he needs are lost in a multitude of pages . |
| 10 | Some of the barbarian federates are known to have understood their loyalty as being to Valentinian ; his death , therefore , absolved them from any treaty with the Empire . |
| 11 | John Dellow , deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police , has been elected the new president of the Association of Chief Police Officers . |
| 12 | South Africa has said it expects the UN to reduce its 4,000-strong military presence once the poll is over and a Constituent Assembly has been elected to draft a new constitution . |
| 13 | When the dust settled yesterday Michael Knighton , a thwarted professional footballer who has been elected to the Manchester United board , spoke bitterly of the vilification he claims to have endured since moving in on the club and Martin Edwards , the chief executive . |
| 14 | At least one RAFALO has been elected to an Area Council . |
| 15 | Air Vice-Marshal D G Bailey has been elected Chairman to succeed Sir Charles . |
| 16 | If he wins , it will be the first time a black person has been elected to a US state governorship . |
| 17 | If confirmed , it will be the first time a black person has been elected to a US state governorship . |
| 18 | Only Havel has been elected , the rest are appointees . |
| 19 | Many of our best supporters increased their majorities , and a new team of MPs committed to country sports has been elected . |
| 20 | S. M. Qaim , CChem , FRSC , has been elected a foreign member of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences . |
| 21 | Those who do not believe in delegation to committees argue that each of them has been elected by the public to watch their interests and therefore they should each have a voice in the decisions of every committee . |
| 22 | The vicar calls for silence for the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ , who makes a short speech declaring he has been elected for a year and a day . |
| 23 | I could have told him that he has been elected an honorary member of the Academy Club drinking school run by Oofy Prosser and Stephen Hargrave , in recognition of his services to literature . |
| 24 | CHARLIE BISSET , a member of the elite club of players who have turned out for three Scottish districts , has been elected as an Edinburgh representative on the Scottish Rugby Union committee . |
| 25 | Dr Keith Suter of Australia has been elected to the Club of Rome , the prestigious international group of some 100 leading scientists , educators , philosophers and activists from 35 countries . |
| 26 | Alain Gourd , Canada 's Deputy Minister of Communications , has been elected President of the International Institute of Communications , a UK-based organisation which undertakes communication research and policy analysis … |
| 27 | Bishop Fortunatus Lukanima of Arusha , Tanzania , has been elected Bishop responsible for AMECEA ( the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa ) as well as Chairman of the Tanzania Episcopal Conference 's Social Communication Department . |
| 28 | Rev Dick Avi has been elected Chairperson of WACC 's Pacific Regional Association . |
| 29 | No British government in the past forty years and more has been elected with even a bare majority of the votes cast . |
| 30 | They take this view because they are alive to the fact that since 1935 no government has been elected by a majority of the electorate and secured 50 per cent of the popular vote . |