Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] be [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forty I 'm bid this time . |
| 2 | The few jobs that are available are so poorly paid that the few who are offered such employment can not afford to take it as they would n't be able to afford the rent on their new homes . |
| 3 | this one is called Ancient Greek . |
| 4 | In 1972 he was appointed chief executive ( second permanent secretary ) to set up the Property Services Agency at the Department of the Environment and held that position until his appointment as chairman of the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations in 1974 , which he held until 1978 . |
| 5 | In 1972 he was appointed Honorary President of the Danish Cricket Association and later was most happy and proud to accept the MCC 's invitation to become an Honorary Life Member . |
| 6 | Paradoxically the more advanced the technology the easier it is to provide good simulation . |
| 7 | In January 1884 he became senior mathematics master at Blairlodge School , Stirlingshire ; in January 1885 he was appointed mathematical master ( later head of mathematics ) at King Edward 's High School , Birmingham , where he remained until his retirement in March 1920 . |
| 8 | Well it 's funny it 's working this time int it ? |
| 9 | At a meeting of North and South Korean Red Cross officials on June 12 it was agreed that exchange visits of dispersed family members would be held on Aug. 25-28 . |
| 10 | In 1985 he was appointed divisional controller of Guinness Brewing Worldwide ; in 1987 group controller of Guinness PLC ; and also in 1987 director of business development of United Distillers . |
| 11 | In 1985 he was made Head Gardener of Killerton , an arboretum famous for its rare trees and shrubs . |
| 12 | At a hearing on Jan. 30 it was announced that retrial on the outstanding charges would begin on March 9 . |
| 13 | In 1472 he was given joint command of an armed force sent to sea to resist the king 's enemies . |
| 14 | " I shall write only that which was written last year and the year before that , " said the Annamese with a sarcastic smile . |
| 15 | I got to know Rosemary before Basil ; she was my Art Adviser in my earliest days of teaching and how fortunate I was to have such encouragement , support and stimulation . |
| 16 | I had n't realized how much I was missing female friendship . |
| 17 | I ca n't tell you how much I 'm enjoying this week , despite all the trauma . ’ |
| 18 | G00D news in the areas of environmental discharges and exposure to radiation is announced in BNFL 's annual Health Safety and Environmental Report for 1991 which is published this month . |
| 19 | In 1894 she was appointed assistant commissioner to the royal commission on secondary education under James ( later Viscount ) Bryce [ q.v. ] to investigate girls ' education in Devon . |
| 20 | Computer models show that the best way of coming up with an inflationary universe that shows the same degree of clumpiness as the real one is to use dark matter that is ‘ cold ’ . |
| 21 | Following Iraq 's defeat in February 1991 there was intensified diplomatic activity by the EC , UN and United States on the Cyprus problem . |
| 22 | The Prime Minister , Ingvar Carlsson , who was asked on Feb. 19 to form a new government , on Feb. 23 announced details of a more moderate economic package acceptable to most parties , and on Feb. 26 he was reappointed Prime Minister at the head of a new Social Democratic government . |
| 23 | Caesar will never know how fortunate he was to survive this episode ; Mr Richards could well have attempted to administer him a Mars bar instead . |
| 24 | At Canton his early success , as commercial agent for opium merchants in India , led to his association with Magniac & Company , and by 1826 he was controlling that firm 's Canton operations . |
| 25 | In 1826 he was appointed resident engineer to the London docks where , over the next nine years , he designed and executed the Eastern dock , with the associated warehousing , entrance locks , bridges , and other works . |
| 26 | In March 1250 he was appointed Chief justice of ‘ all the forests of England on both sides of the Trent ’ , so that the forest administration was once again united under a single head . |
| 27 | On 4 March 1250 he was made chief justice of the forest on both sides of the Trent , an office which he exercised for two and a half years until 25 October 1252 . |
| 28 | This recognition of the more than local effects of major retail development confirms how crucial it is to place such development within a strategic context . |
| 29 | It must sometimes puzzle the Russians how easy it is to plant such nonsense on British intelligence but what they do not appreciate is that if defectors did not invent such silly tales MI5 and MI6 would do so themselves anyway . |
| 30 | But by 1979 he was selling enough stock from his Mum 's garden shed to move into the Wanneroo premises . |