Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [verb] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This I think is bad teaching and interference which is quite inexcusable . |
| 2 | An increasing number of women , perhaps career women in their 30s who have been regular Pill users for several years , may wish to check if they are ovulating before planning the timing of a pregnancy . |
| 3 | Whereas in 1972 there had been 462 persons employed in the catching sector , this had declined to 217 by 1982 . |
| 4 | Since Normanton ( 1971 ) wrote this there have been important moves to improve the information provided by local authorities , though Tomkins ( 1977 ) points out that the standards of reports vary , some being elaborate while others are simply extracts from the accounts . |
| 5 | Despite this there have been long-standing assumptions that management is the same as administration . |
| 6 | Concerning this there has been much speculation . |
| 7 | In 1885 there had been 402 members ; in 1903 there were 1,248 . |
| 8 | Between 1972 and 1985 there had been significant energy savings in OECD countries . |
| 9 | I 'm afraid there 's been some sort of coup mounted . |
| 10 | No , another he said was that bloke came in later . |
| 11 | Er as I think about all of us today , it seems to me that the , that that which endures is human relationships . |
| 12 | Since it was signed on January 29th there have been two massacres , with a total of at least 30 people killed . |
| 13 | Since 1979 there has been some contraction of nationalized industries . |
| 14 | Since 1979 there has been fresh emphasis on the need to roll back the frontiers of the state . |
| 15 | To be honest it 's been seven months of hell . |
| 16 | Later , much later , Kelly was to reflect on how lucky she had been that day . |
| 17 | In 1920 there had been six London evenings . |
| 18 | In 1940 and 1941 there had been few links between Free France and the clandestine movements in France . |
| 19 | In 1969 there had been major changes in the value of the German mark and French franc which threatened to damage EEC internal trade . |
| 20 | Sir Anthony goes on : ‘ The information I have been given by the joint liquidators of BCGM [ the British fund ] and BCI [ in Gibraltar ] indicates that in the period up to December 1984 there had been frequent movements of money or securities between the United Kingdom funds and the Jersey funds and , most important of all , that at December 1984 the gilt-edged securities and cash held for the Jersey funds were at least some £3.65 million less than the funds ’ obligations to investors . |
| 21 | Since 1984 there have been constant campaigns alerting the public in Thailand to the dangers of HIV , AIDS , and sexually transmitted diseases . |
| 22 | And since the mid-1990s there have been more prison riots in Britain than in any other European country . |
| 23 | All I know is that love , falling in it and out of it , and everything in between , is a fascinating subject to me and to many of my guests . |
| 24 | All I know is that friendship with a woman is quite , quite different from any relationship you may have with a man . |
| 25 | ‘ All I know is that Himmler wants you out of here . ’ |
| 26 | All I thought was that health monitor basically follows it but it just needs a , a little bit of clarification so that everybody knows exactly when forms are supposed to be produced . |
| 27 | All I had were some trout in the freezer by courtesy of the millpond . |
| 28 | All I understood was one word : Chagall . ’ |
| 29 | I went in first and all I saw was standard classroom with a blackboard down one wall , two lines of plain tables and some wooden chairs . |
| 30 | All I saw were this pair of legs sticking over the desk and him going aaaaagh ! |