Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] [be] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which is one of the reasons , by the way , why another thing you will get murdered for in the er workshops is taking two hammers and hitting the heads against each other , because they 're hardened and y they may well shatter quite explosively if you do that . |
| 2 | LAMP 's activities are expanding each year , reaching a growing network of people . |
| 3 | In Victoria Street Lytle 's and McCausland 's warehouses were completed two years before Ewart 's . |
| 4 | A programme designed to improve the skid-resistance of Britain 's roads is cutting wet-road accidents by up to 50 per cent in some places , says the Transport and Road Research Laboratory . |
| 5 | In Europe , Proteon 's products are showing good take-up , says Swan , to the extent that the company will start manufacturing in Scotland for the European market . |
| 6 | At the time of writing , the Government 's plans are to change this system from April 1993 . |
| 7 | At the same time the council in England believed that the king 's familiares were exercising undue influence over him : the unity which Edward had been at such pains to build up in 1337 was on the point of fracturing . |
| 8 | Wycliffe said : ‘ Gifford Tate 's pictures are fetching high prices . |
| 9 | Opening a brewery at a time when Britain 's drinkers are supping less beer than they used to might not seem like a good idea . |
| 10 | Apart from these quarterly meetings , and monthly financial reports , Iveco 's directors are given considerable freedom in their day to day management . |
| 11 | By January 1991 , Iain 's parents were hoping this chapter of his life was closed . |
| 12 | The Conference was not just an affair , mounted at great trouble and expense , at which the Party 's footsoldiers were given four days simply to kick over the traces . |
| 13 | While Lebanon 's Christians were demanding more territory , Protestants in the north of Ireland were safeguarding their future statelet within the United Kingdom by accepting less than they might have claimed . |
| 14 | The UK 's estuaries are facing growing threats of serious damage , according to a survey of 126 estuaries by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) . |
| 15 | The new location could be only a few miles from the present site — especially if one of the company 's priorities is to retain existing staff . |
| 16 | True , the next task is to stop growth itself damaging the environment — Thailand 's farmers are using more chemicals than before , for example . |
| 17 | It is also good news that Naisbitt 's consultants are telling top managers in some American firms in no uncertain terms about the importance of participatory democracy . |
| 18 | Plans by The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company to manage the Windsor Hotel in London ( the former BR headquarters at Marylebone ) appeared to be in jeopardy when it was announced that the hotel 's owners were facing financial difficulties . |
| 19 | A day after his wife , Hillary , spoke out against profiteering by vaccine makers , Mr Clinton said the industry 's profits were rising four times faster than those of an average major company . |
| 20 | A widow who claims she contracted the lung disease asbestosis from washing her husband 's overalls is sueing British Rail for damages . |
| 21 | It did not help the Irish , either , that they may well have been winding down after the Five Nations Championship whereas New Zealand 's players were hitting top gear with early-season All Black trials . |
| 22 | Mr Henderson 's lawyers are considering civil action against Customs and Excise . |
| 23 | I fancy that across the channel where Napoleon 's wars were ravaging all Europe , our two innkeepers fell flat as pancakes , and were it not for the felicities of their translator they would scarcely be worth comment . |
| 24 | The school 's governors are meeting next month to review their decision . |
| 25 | It estimated that a 60 per cent cut in commercial debt would be required if the region 's economies were to resume traditional growth levels . |
| 26 | The town 's magistrates were told that tension had built up for a year after a decision to dissolve the partnership . |
| 27 | Does the Minister realise that his attitude on river quality is incredibly complacent and that the condition of Britain 's rivers is causing great concern to many people , from anglers and recreational users of rivers to the chief scientist of the NRA ? |
| 28 | One of the Group 's tasks is to produce technical briefing documents . |
| 29 | Britain 's bosses are getting twelve point three percent more in total remuneration than they were last year , their workforce is getting nine point eight percent . |
| 30 | Hughie 's hopes were raised last year when it was suggested that a replica of one of Captain Cook 's ships , either Endeavour or Resolution , should be built in Indonesia and brought back to Whitby as a permanent reminder of the feats of the town 's most famous son of the sea . |