Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] be [verb] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good example of the latter is Signal toothpaste which was called Shield toothpaste . |
| 2 | The district is called the ‘ Addams area ’ by Suttles ; Jane Addams being the well known reformer who was operating Hull House in this area some fifty years earlier . |
| 3 | that it came as no surprise that after six busy years with the Association she was appointed Deputy Head Teacher of the Doncaster School for the Deaf and Director of its Further Education Department . |
| 4 | Senad who 's undergone eye surgery is being transferred to the John Radcliffe hospital for operative treatment on his jaw . |
| 5 | Senad who 's undergone eye surgery is being transferred to the John Radcliffe hospital for operative treatment on his jaw . |
| 6 | Our new customer tracking system is giving us detailed information on customer tracking flows and purchasing bands and as a result we 're refining staff working arrangements in all stores with a clear objective of increasing sales and improving customer service . |
| 7 | This programme is being held in association with The Scotsman which is providing advertising assistance and appropriate coverage . |
| 8 | I refer to our recent telephone conversation regarding the above proposal which was refused planning permission by the Regional Council in November 1991 . |
| 9 | In the United Kingdom diploma-level courses are normally associated with either school-leavers or individuals already at work who are seeking career advancement whose academic qualifications are weak but who would benefit from an extensive course but one whose approach is related to skills acquisition rather than in-depth analytical studies . |
| 10 | There is a research team at the European University Institute who are gathering enterprise level data on the basis of both balance sheets and questionnaires put to workers and managers . |
| 11 | We have changed the opening hours of monuments to be more convenient for visitors — Edinburgh and Stirling Castles are now open on Sunday morning throughout the whole year , and this winter we are opening Urquhart Castle on Sunday mornings as well . |
| 12 | When you came to those two meetings at Oulton Park you were wearing school uniform ! ’ |
| 13 | Two , the could proceed without the landlord 's licence , it would then be up to the landlord to apply to the court to have the lease forfeited when you could arrange the defence that you were a reasonable tenant and as such the assignment should have been allowed to permit this course of action but of course you are using bank money as well as your own and the bank would be unhappy to lend money in a situation where there was a possibility , albeit a slight , that the lease would be forfeited . |
| 14 | Thus a salesman who is meeting sales resistance will acknowledge that he is a salesman and that his motivation is to try to sell the life insurance policy . |
| 15 | Vernon went upstairs with the intention of ringing Harcourt again , but the lounge door was ajar and he was seen by the soap salesman who was playing gin rummy with the traveller in miscellaneous stationery . |
| 16 | ‘ I have jumped a bit when a car has backfired or the central heating has rumbled thinking for a moment I was hearing gun fire . |
| 17 | At the moment they are tackling record crime rates with one hand tied behind their back . |
| 18 | The shop , at 25A Dundas Street , has been trading for 11 years now — in an earlier incarnation it was called Lavender Menace — and is a valued addition to Edinburgh 's gay and lesbian community . |
| 19 | And it also managed to chip some of the woodwork , curious to think that I was offered as war damage compensation five pounds to re-case the piano , you could n't of had it repolished for five pounds , but thinking was working class people should n't have pianos , I 'm certain that was at the back of , of the gentleman whose job it was to evaluate war damage , he certainly raised his eyebrows every time we told him , what either a piece of furniture or crockery or cutlery which had been destroyed had cost and he was so foolish after er the house had been almost flattened as de demand bills as proof of evidence that your figures were correct |
| 20 | A firm of stockbrokers whose job it was to advise R Co 's shareholders on the merits of the offer , concluded that the offer was unsatisfactory . |
| 21 | The teams initially had leaders whose job it was to encourage team autonomy , and to develop problem-solving and decision-making skills to the point where the team leader could withdraw . |
| 22 | Some writing which is called art criticism will be helpful , some will not ; other writing will also be valuable , although whether it can be described as art criticism may be disputable . |
| 23 | Chief among them is Schreier 's evident liking for clipped and detached articulation which is given blanket approval throughout to the great detriment of the music 's poetry . |
| 24 | Tony is er Professor of Economics at Cambridge and is a world renowned luminary in economic circles and er he 's , he 's here for the next week as a special professor and er is giving a number of lectures er most of which are open to , to all , to all students and he is a very famous economist , very clever chap you know if you can get to see him I , I 'd reco I 'd recommend it erm presuma there may be a sort of programme of his visit stuck up on the student notice boards erm , if there is n't er he 's giving a , a lecture tomorrow two o'clock in B seventy four and that 's , that 's if , he is going to be talking to the M A students er taking Economic Development and Policy Analysis and his topic there is comparing income inequality and poverty in Europe erm so if you , you know , if you are free tomorrow at two it just might be interesting to go along to , feel free to go to B seventy four tomorrow at two o'clock . |
| 25 | And this week they are offering RAC starter membership , worth £35 , free to anyone taking out a motor insurance policy . |
| 26 | The Dnestr Supreme Soviet voted on Sept. 20 , however , to lift a blockade of major railway junctions by women in Dnestr which was disrupting freight traffic and preventing Moldava fulfilling its economic contracts with Russia . |
| 27 | The minutes of the crime policy group record that , in common with various other expert witnesses , he attended one meeting of a sub-committee which was considering crime prevention . |
| 28 | What can we expect from a Government who are dismantling quality training in the construction industry and whose record on training boards over the past decade has been one of failure ? |
| 29 | Welcome back to Central News South : Coming up in a few minutes , the farmer who 's taken maternity hospital technology and adapted it for the lambing season . |
| 30 | He hated the music they were playing Highland stuff , mostly — he hated being here in this dull , wet town , with these dull people listening to their dull music at their dull wedding . |