Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , Master , we are building our arguments on the fact that there were men who looked like King James . ’ |
| 2 | At the moment of writing , Labour seems to have lumbered itself with a system in which thode entitled to nominate — Labour MPs — will have no reliable means of guessing whether they are wasting their nominations on a no-hoper . |
| 3 | Also , most appointees on public bodies are given their jobs for a set number of years , so it could be some while before changes filtered through . |
| 4 | A client is not easily detached from a solicitor who has been handling his affairs over a period of years , but a comparatively mild solicitation may deprive an insurance broker of valuable business which otherwise might safely be reckoned on for a period . |
| 5 | Will the Prime Minister now tell us whether he accepts that , in addition to the massive number of homes repossessed last year , a further 80,000 families are to lose their homes in the current year ? |
| 6 | Two hundred and ninety people are to lose their jobs with the closure of one of the country 's leading leather manufacturers . |
| 7 | Ninety people are to lose their jobs at a bleach factory . |
| 8 | It 's just been announced that three hundred and thirty workers are to lose their jobs at an oil and gas extraction equipment factory . |
| 9 | They are bringing their children to a school about which they already know a great amount and have decided that it meets their needs . |
| 10 | During June and July many artists living and working in East and South East London have been opening their studios to the public , coordinated and publicised by the Whitechapel Gallery . |
| 11 | It is not the West End galleries however who have been opening their doors to the new generation . |
| 12 | ‘ For the first time in ages they are tackling their problems in a sensible , mature manner without hysteria on one side and bloody-mindedness on the other . |
| 13 | So to raise funds , some of the villagers are opening their gardens to the public on Saturday . |
| 14 | My answer to this criticism was that teachers of English are virtually unanimous in their enthusiasm for literature , but need persuasion if they are to accept our recommendations for the teaching of grammar , Standard English and knowledge about language . |
| 15 | And finally , surfers and canoeists have been pitting their skills against the biggest River Severn tidal wave of the year . |
| 16 | The problem with any such guesstimate is that , of course , we are basing our calculations on a statistical sample of one . |
| 17 | Legal and General Property have been presented their plans to the City Lands Policy Group and traders at the centre . |
| 18 | The Miami Cubans are flexing their wallets for the return to a country whose people are healthier , better educated and less racially divided than when the exiles left . |
| 19 | The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern horticulturists. many trees need lengthy cold spells if they are to open their buds at the right time in spring , and research on the Continent confirms that apple trees will be confused by the changing climate . |
| 20 | Several chandlers are revising their catalogues for the new year . |
| 21 | At present all CAD companies are pushing their techniques from the low to the mid level of involvement . |
| 22 | She 's been reported missing and we 're checking her movements for the two weeks before she vanished . ’ |
| 23 | At the moment you 're cre , you 're cor , , you 're correcting your procedures on the basis of auditing and finding out what we 're not doing instead of really thinking about them . |
| 24 | ‘ See you 're doing your rounds with the first night presents . ’ |
| 25 | So I 'd like to reflect that against what the government has done since our unique November conference they have cut the Health and Safety Executive 's budget for nineteen ninety three ninety four by five percent , that 's a total of thirteen million pounds the Department of Employment have already admitted this will lead to less inspections and less prosecutions they have introduced a market tex market testing exercise into the H S E in other words they 're saying what parts of the Health and Safety Executive can be privatized into , no doubt , their friends in industry they have made sure that Health that the Health and Safety Commission will work slower in the future by making the chair which is currently a full-time post a part-time post from September this year . |
| 26 | He says we predict that a reservoir of this size will be essential if we 're to supply our customers with the water the need . |
| 27 | And it 's dangerous ground , because before you know it they 're not just honouring millionaires by putting their names on degrees , they 're putting their names over the door . |
| 28 | Disadvantages : You may find yourself doing ‘ unfair swaps ’ ( ie , you 'll look after three children who are still playing wargames at 10pm , while the exchange sit involves watching TV while your baby sleeps peacefully ) ; if the circle is big , you may find you 're leaving your children with a virtual stranger ; you may also find that the circle involves a male babysitter ( see overleaf ) . |
| 29 | They 're depriving their children of the maternal love that is the child 's by right . |
| 30 | K : ‘ He has tried his best to get us a decent place but sometimes it feels as though we 're beating our heads against a brick wall . ’ |