Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] be [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In nineteen eighty six treat people as if their labour is worth nothing you know those men have given their lives to the quarry industry and there 's no doubt that there is money to be made from slate at the moment and people are people that have the money to invest are making a lot of money okay they 're inves they 're risking the money but er people are risking their lives as well and giving their lives . |
| 2 | This week news comes from Australia that this technique has been taken a stage further ( p 271 ) . |
| 3 | WOOD GROUP Fire Protection has been awarded a contract to design , engineer and supply two low pressure C02 fire protection systems to protect gas turbine sets provided by John Brown Engineering for the new Keadby power station at Scunthorpe . |
| 4 | But the manager CastleCourt , Belfast 's best known glass complex , says his building has been given the all-clear following tests . |
| 5 | This may occur at the exposed soil surface as raindrops selectively erode fine clay particles , leaving heavier sand particles : with time this process can affect deeper parts of the soil profile , impairing its water-retaining capacity to such an extent that even after agriculture has been abandoned the forest may be unable to recolonise . |
| 6 | Multi-processors seem to be the flavour of the day at the moment and IBM Corp has been promising a multi-processing addition to its RS/6000 line for some time , so it 's not too surprising that we hear it 'll announce one in around six weeks for delivery later in the year . |
| 7 | Locus Computing Corp has been given a grant by the US National Science Foundation to investigate system software optimised for networked portable computers . |
| 8 | Microsoft Corp has been banging the drum for its forthcoming Windows New Technology operating system in Europe and says it has won ‘ broad support ’ for it from ICL Plc , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA and Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG . |
| 9 | Unisys Corp has been lifting the curtain a little on its plans for the Unix-based U6000 range , as it boosted the power of its 486-based 6000/35 model by adding a 66MHz chip last week . |
| 10 | One of our little birds claims IBM Corp has been negotiating the sale of its PC division . |
| 11 | In some cases , such as the BBC 's , though damage has been done the library , surviving still , has critical mass and is usable . |
| 12 | The decision has been called a whitewash of the Vichy regime . |
| 13 | How can Unionism possibly survive when Protestant and Catholic are no longer at each other 's throats , when discrimination has been dealt a body-blow ? … |
| 14 | The study looked at all areas of the natural environment , including the management of the diverse grasslands and associated rare species , for which the Park has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest . |
| 15 | Bletchley Park has been called a menagerie , and in the variety and eccentricity of its inhabitants , so it was . |
| 16 | In any starting position , when the basis for change has been created the decision as to which stage should be contemplated is the key one . |
| 17 | OVER the past few days , The Scotsman has been examining the evidence for a so-called ‘ moral crisis ’ in Britain . |
| 18 | Once the certificate has been issued a student may apply to the Student Loans Company for a loan . |
| 19 | The statue has been named The Yomper , but the photograph was taken after the Battles of Mount Harriet and Two Sisters which followed the yomp across the island . |
| 20 | The move should help stimulate economies on the continent where recession has been weakening the market for British exports . |
| 21 | Where a guardian ad litem has been appointed the solicitor must take instructions from the guardian . |
| 22 | A man who became a shareholder of an insurance company just to pursue a claim of negligence has been lobbying the company 's annual meeting . |
| 23 | When the required function has been selected the menu rolls back up into the menu bar leaving the screen clear . |
| 24 | With plans afoot for the redevelopment of part of the Cretan Knossos estate of Sir Arthur Evans , close by his former house the Villa Ariadne , a team from Birmingham University has been given the go-ahead for a new excavation . |
| 25 | One of the key developments for the Board has been to prioritise the role of marketing . |
| 26 | A national census has been taken every decade since 1801 , except for the year 1941 when Britain was at war . |
| 27 | Compressor supplier Atlas Copco 's Washington branch has been awarded the quality accreditation BS5750 . |
| 28 | The tendency in the historical literature has been to dismiss the number of homeworkers during the 1900s as insignificant , but the numbers of women employed in casual tasks are extremely difficult to estimate . |
| 29 | Sue Thomas feels the law in this case has been made a fool of |
| 30 | The money has been paid every month on her behalf by Social Services . |