Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Many attempts have been made to classify British cattle breeds on the basis of ancestry and these categories are often based on obvious physical characteristics such as horns and coat colour .
2 Contributing to the rouble 's decline is the Russian central bank 's predilection for printing money , a big pile of which has been used to finance other CIS republics ' trade deficits with Russia .
3 If hedgers on average hold short market positions and long futures positions , risk-averse speculators will have to be induced to take short futures positions on average .
4 GPs will be encouraged to provide more well-women clinics which deal with many issues to do with women 's health .
5 The absurdity of beef dumping is all the greater because the EC claims to be trying to support African cattle farmers .
6 You will also be required to pay ten pounds costs .
7 Compared with 1973 SDLP lost seats in Armagh and Mid-Ulster which could have been retained had Republican Clubs supporters transferred votes to SDLP .
8 Spurned lovers and ex-wives were nabbed making obscene calls thanks to a new high-tech tracing system .
9 We felt that if smokers were going to use smoking rooms phones would n't be covered and it would cause resentment amongst non-smokers who had to cover for them .
10 And you were going to put little animals soaps in a in a bag .
11 The government is becoming aware of the threat and songs have been composed to educate rural women farmers on the use of fertilizers , pesticides and food storage in order that they can increase production .
12 Now , that budget is a direct result of the Government squeeze on erm all Local Authorities in this country , but it 's those sorts of factors which are certainly putting breaks on an authority like this which , very slowly maybe , and perhaps not nearly as up front as it should be , is trying to develop equal opportunities policies .
13 But Mr Major was expected to face stormy Commons scenes as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time this afternoon .
14 But Mr Major was expected to face stormy Commons scenes as he came under more pressure during Prime Minister 's question time this afternoon .
15 As the repression increased , more and more of our time was spent denouncing human rights violations , And it was n't just the management we were fighting but the army and the security forces as well .
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