Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] be [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Colin Newman , business manager of the Dublin , Eire company acknowledges the other object managers already in the market from the likes of Hewlett-Packard Co and Hyperdesk Inc , but argues that Orbix is the first CORBA-compliant one to be built from scratch and as such scores in terms of size and efficiency . |
| 32 | Colin Newman , business manager of the Dublin , Eire company acknowledges the other object managers already in the market from the likes of Hewlett-Packard Co and Hyperdesk Inc , but argues that Orbix is the first CORBA-compliant one to be built from scratch and as such scores in terms of size and efficiency . |
| 33 | The amphitheatre , constructed in 70 B.C. is a very early example and the first one to be built in stone . |
| 34 | The whole operation was for Reagan 's sake , as well as the hostages ' ; it was a present for him , preferably one to be delivered by Christmas , or by the State of the Union address in January , or by the elections in November . |
| 35 | Lastly , local plans are asked to identify two new sites for retail parks , one to be located in north Edinburgh and the other in the western half of West Lothian . |
| 36 | Champion of the underdog and believer in the nobility of the common man , he lost no opportunity to teach his daughter the importance of never giving in or allowing herself to be beaten by lack of courage . |
| 37 | She must n't allow herself to be swayed by emotion . |
| 38 | First she had allowed herself to be manipulated by Ace , and now her father was trying to do exactly the same thing . |
| 39 | KIM WILDE : For allowing herself to be subjected to year after year of pathetic changes of image which only serve to make her look uncomfortable , especially the latest one , with the expensive Marilyn Monroe dress , loads of cleavage and sub-Belinda Carlisle rock balladeering . |
| 40 | She told me that there was nothing to be said for death , nothing in mitigation : it was extinction , the end . |
| 41 | It takes as fact that employers , judges and Tory legislators can do no wrong , and so it is hardly surprising that it finds nothing to be said in favour of trade unions . |
| 42 | He had chosen to see trade as linear rather than circular , upward rather than lateral , egotistical rather than mutual : ‘ When all nations are traders , there is nothing to be gained by trade , and it will stop first where it is brought to the greatest perfection . ’ |
| 43 | Nothing to be taken by mouth . |
| 44 | You see , he 's got thousands of titles and things , and she likes him into the bargain ; also she wants me to be presented at court next year — as his wife . |
| 45 | Whilst these techniques are still in their early stages of development , the programs are being designed to allow them to be applied in accordance with general design-office practice in the following manner . |
| 46 | The Hispanized inhabitants of the lowlands viewed the unconverted pagans as little better than animals , whose lack of sophistication in dealing with a market economy allowed them to be exploited through debt bondage and coerced trade . |
| 47 | Placing quality and independence in combination in such questioning , he reflected the problems and pressed for them to be treated with urgency to achieve a ‘ collective resolution ’ . |
| 48 | Where vaned cowls are to be replaced , it is not advisable for them to be fixed in place , not only for the sake of authenticity , but also to simplify maintenance . |
| 49 | But if light is composed of particles , one might expect them to be affected by gravity in the same way that cannonballs , rockets , and planets are . |
| 50 | If you have such a group and would like them to be enrolled for membership please contact , who will require a full list of names . |
| 51 | In any case , big birds tend not to bother cracking nuts , but swallow them to be pulverised with grit in their muscular gizzards . |
| 52 | Well aware that most workers were indifferent to foreign affairs , he fully expected the majority of them to be swept into fratricide by patriotic propaganda if war actually came . |
| 53 | I append a list of the 15 drawings that we should like to borrow , and should be grateful if you would assign individual values to them so that I may arrange for them to be covered by government indemnity while in our care . |
| 54 | They wanted them to be recognised as concert orchestra instruments , and disapproved highly of their Tri-Plates occasionally getting into the hands of rough-and-ready blues musicians . |
| 55 | The original records were of paper unsuitable for permanent records , but in 1597 an order was given for them to be written on parchment . |
| 56 | Second , it can forge a ‘ pact ’ with one or more of the other parties , which entitles them to be consulted over policy decisions but excludes them from holding ministerial posts . |
| 57 | The first of them to be approved for use in Canada offers a cure rate of over 90% . |
| 58 | The leader makes all the decisions and issues instructions , expecting them to be obeyed without question . |
| 59 | This allows expectational effects to be incorporated in the consumption , investment and capital flow equations , providing an indication of the importance of such effects in the regulation of the economy , and allowing them to be taken into account in policy design . |
| 60 | Only a month before Mikael had been the proudest chief in Abyssinia and it must have been a bitter moment for him to be led in triumph before the hated Shoans . |