Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] be [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were red faces when halfway through an interview it was noticed that veteran Hal Roach , who produced the Laurel and Hardy movies , had not buttoned up his trousers properly . |
| 2 | ‘ Drivers want to be able to put the same smart card in a holder ( or a different card in the same holder ) whether driving in the Netherlands or on a French autoroute , ’ says Ian Catling , a member of an EC group which is ensuring that electronic Babel is avoided on the roads . |
| 3 | And I believe er , at this meeting it was revealed that Scottish Homes had received a tender from the West Lothian District Council for this work over a period of ten years for a figure which comes to four hundred thousand pound which , apparently , was the cheapest tender ! |
| 4 | In their quest to reduce costs , however , the Railfreight managers were keen to explore every way of streamlining their operations , and in the case of Severn Tunnel Junction it was found that total closure would bring substantial savings for relatively little inconvenience . |
| 5 | In economic models of bureaucratic behaviour it is assumed that economic incentives and constraints are what count , rather than the moral or intellectual qualities of public servants ( Niskanen 1973 ) . |
| 6 | From the beginning it was appreciated that local deaf organisations would object to home-to-home visits as intrusions on their pitch , rivalling their own money-raising efforts . |
| 7 | Later that month it was announced that national and state-level elections would be held in Punjab in mid-June . |
| 8 | This month it was reported that Chinese officials and technicians are equipping an Iranian nuclear facility near the southern Iran-Iraq border in Khuzestan , with uranium-enriching technology . |
| 9 | RECYCLED PAPER It is estimated that certain plastics will take over 400 years to disintegrate , so that is why we are introducing more recyclable plastic , which can be melted down and re-used . |
| 10 | By using this approach it is claimed that important management processes are facilitated . |
| 11 | In particular , in a report upon collective discrimination it was shown that restrictive practices in the form of agreements between firms were widespread throughout industry , and generally tended to operate against the public interest . |
| 12 | For example , in one case it was held that electrical contractors , as such , had no right to complain that a local authority had not followed proper tendering procedures in letting out a contract for the installation of central heating . |
| 13 | However , even in the present stage of battery technology and without recourse to any of the many new battery types under test at present it is estimated that due to the preponderance of short trips ( this is in an industrialised country equivalent in size to the UK ) 70% of present fuel consumption in cars could be substituted by use of battery vehicles . |
| 14 | In the presence of malignancy it is known that different tissues can respond in different ways . |
| 15 | For example in aerospace it is claimed that European collaboration allows advanced research to be undertaken which would be too expensive on a national basis . |
| 16 | John MacGregor , Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food I am advised that hard cheese processes suppress and kill off pathogens . |
| 17 | By the turn of the century it was accepted that certain parts of the brain were specialized for either sensation or movement but , as Brodmann ( in Kolb and Whishaw 1985 ) demonstrated , there are large areas of the human cerebral cortex that are neither obviously motor nor sensory . |
| 18 | In making its threat it was recognizing that altered circumstances might drive it , and ‘ a lot of Loyalists ’ , to Take the Side of the Other . |
| 19 | Work on the floor has commenced and will last for six months , during which time it is hoped that archaeological evidence of the original Norman cathedral will emerge . |
| 20 | At the same time it is recommended that sufficient potassium permanganate crystals be added to the water to turn it violet . |
| 21 | At the same time it was decided that single deck bus services would be numbered in the 200s ( Route 109 at Penge became 227 ) and trolleybus routes would be numbered in the 600s . |
| 22 | At one time it was thought that high-fibre diets containing bran would be successful , but this has not proved to be the case . |
| 23 | At the same time it was expected that accompanying memoirs would be published explaining in detail the geology shown on the maps . |
| 24 | Shortly after Abe 's arrest it was reported that other members of the Miyazawa faction were being questioned in connection with the affair . |
| 25 | Following the discovery of prostacyclin it was suggested that endothelial cell production of this very potent antiaggregatory substance might explain this important property ( Moncada et al , 1977 ; Moncada & Vane , 1978 ) . |