Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contract and business law Investigators : D R Harris , Dr C G Veljanovski Considerable work has been undertaken focusing on a range of issues arising in contract law ( including involvement in an Anglo-French project ) , and an empirical study of the contractual relationship between car manufacturers and dealers . |
| 2 | The payment will be available to teaching staff until such time as the Teachers ' Superannuation ( Scotland ) Regulations are amended to provide for an injury allowance . |
| 3 | ‘ The particulars we had been given referred to an estate of 680 acres having four cottages and a stone house … |
| 4 | A child who had been taught to pray to a Mother in Heaven would have a religious life radically different from that of a Christian child . |
| 5 | The caravan has a canopy , disabled access and has been painted to look like a police car from the back ! ’ |
| 6 | The court staff have been admonished to deal with a request for postal service by solicitor as a matter of priority . |
| 7 | The points noted below are intended to serve as a guide on how to maximise this resource . |
| 8 | These measures could quite justifiably be regarded as something of a sledgehammer to crack a very small nut , since they are intended to deal with a problem the existence of which is almost totally unproven . |
| 9 | He had been caught stealing from a friend and had reacted ‘ hysterically , to the inevitable reprimand . |
| 10 | More than a hundred people have been caught speeding through a contraflow on the M-four in just two days . |
| 11 | Saad had taken his own life the night the news had gone round that he 'd been caught sleeping with a travelling shepherd . |
| 12 | TORY Minister Michael Howard has been caught travelling on a train without a ticket , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 13 | He would never , if he had taken to the high seas in past centuries , have been caught napping by a mutiny . |
| 14 | Mass mobilisations by the so-called ‘ pro-life ’ forces in Buffalo are designed to focus on an issue that puts liberals on the defensive : abortion is to the US Democratic Party what taxes were to Labour . |
| 15 | Some stoves are designed to operate on a variety of liquid fuels including , for example , white spirit . |
| 16 | Speakers and headphones are designed to work from a zero impedance source . |
| 17 | ‘ But for subsequent years , as the economy strengthens , my proposals are designed to build in a wedge of steadily rising revenue . |
| 18 | ‘ You are forbidden to speak to an officer in that fashion . ’ |
| 19 | If you have been nominated to respond to an SPR , this option enables you to accept responsibility for the SPR or to pass it on to another user . |
| 20 | They also are expected to call for a UN arms embargo . |
| 21 | ‘ You are expected to perform straight away and if you are in a front-running car you are expected to perform like a front-runner immediately . |
| 22 | Further , these purchases are expected to lead to an increase in the price of financial assets and a fall in their yields ( i.e. interest rates ) . |
| 23 | As a consequence they pose real problems to the policy maker , practitioner and manager , who are expected to respond to a problem the magnitude and significance of which are open to wide and sometimes conflicting interpretations . |
| 24 | Northern Ireland , with the pressure off , are expected to go for a win . |
| 25 | Children are expected to conform to a plan . |
| 26 | It suffices that customers are expected to act in a way that will provide economic benefits to the entity . |
| 27 | WinServers are expected to sell for an average of £40,000 to £50,000 in the UK — prices are n't available until the systems are ready to ship — and will be offered with Oracle 7.0 , Microsoft SQL Server and other database options . |
| 28 | Arguments about carbon emissions are expected to come to a head in the forthcoming UNCED " Earth Summit " to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 , where a global warming treaty is expected to be signed . |
| 29 | We are an integral part of a large organisation and are expected to work as a team . |
| 30 | Both the statement and financial figures are expected to relate to a plan for development over a period of 3–4 years . |