Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [vb pp] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Commonly , industrial licences are required and safety checks are made before a plant commences operation , and annual inspections are undertaken thereafter . |
| 2 | In the example given below for each entry , the default settings are used when a parameter is omitted . |
| 3 | At the Bradford football stadium disaster on 11 May 1985 , 56 fans were killed when a stand burnt down . |
| 4 | Two guards were wounded when a robber grabbed forty five thousand pounds from an armoured van and escaped on a moped . |
| 5 | As an illustration of how it can occur , the field-worker was told of an incident in which a driver was asked to stop for failing to wear a seat-belt , upon which he sped off , necessitating a car chase , which eventually ended with two cars being wrecked and a policeman injured . |
| 6 | A British tourist , Mr Edward Gait , and a West German were crushed to death and 12 other foreigners were injured when a restaurant roof collapsed in Arona , Tenerife , police said yesterday . |
| 7 | These entries were displayed and a design entered by Mr G. F. Williams of Dundee received the majority of the votes cast . |
| 8 | As many teachers were unable to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Society when formal thanks were given and a presentation made to Hilary Weedon on the completion of her four year term of office as Chairman of the Executive Committee special thanks were given to her by Betty Syrett on behalf of the teachers . |
| 9 | Particular formulae were chosen and a number of transition ‘ tariffs ’ were computed , covering thousands of eventualities . |
| 10 | Indifferent editing has allowed numerous errors including structural formulae inconsistent with rather informal polymer nomenclature , paragraphs being repeated and a statement advising the reader that ‘ recently , ammonium zirconium carbonate was granted FDA approval for use as a component of paper and paperboard in contact in good ’ — whatever that is supposed to mean . |
| 11 | Although it is generally aimed at specific styles of mineralisation a wide range of elements are determined and a variety of techniques used . |
| 12 | So far as we are aware this process was not formally instituted , nor have such visits been mounted once a school has achieved project status . |
| 13 | Much of this land was purchased from the Crown ; other tracts were bought after a shareholder of a garden forced its division and sale . |
| 14 | Ten youngsters and their parents were injured when a rocket failed to take off and exploded among spectators at the firework show in the town park . |
| 15 | In meetings with the Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Shamir and the Foreign Minister David Levi ways of promoting trade between the two countries were discussed and a memorandum on co-operation was signed . |
| 16 | Their first move was to put together a leaflet containing a map of the areas being prospected and a list of concerns related to the effects of gold mining : this was distributed in June . |
| 17 | Moreover , English interest in saints , like that of the French , seems to have been particularly intense in the second half of the tenth century and early decades of the eleventh , when many saints ' lives were written and a number of relics were transferred to new shrines . |
| 18 | Just 7 years ago , their lives were devastated when a fire at a nuclear reactor in Chernobyl contaminated their homes with nuclear radiation . |
| 19 | The first direct chartered flight between the two countries was made when a North Korean airliner flew from Nagoya to Pyongyang on May 17 . |
| 20 | The award is higher where the employer is found to have discriminated against the employee under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 , the Sex Discrimination Acts 1975 and 1986 and the Race Relations Act 1976. ( iv ) Special award Special awards are made where a dismissal relates to trade union membership . |
| 21 | In each of the techniques , the mass and molar mass of the fractions are recorded and a distribution curve for the sample can be constructed from the results . |
| 22 | All the seats were filled and a number of people were standing by the door . |
| 23 | One of the three members had been unable to attend the meeting at which these appeals were heard and a decision made on all the appeals . |
| 24 | Troops were deployed and a curfew imposed as the unrest continued into the third day ; at the end of this time 26 people were reported dead and over 500 had been arrested . |
| 25 | Factories were occupied and a strike was announced for tomorrow unless the security forces pulled out of the town , reports said . |
| 26 | During the lunchtime break those present were entertained by the Margate Drum Majorettes , one hundred balloons were released and a raffle was drawn . |
| 27 | The anal skin tag and gums were biopsied and a thoracotomy and lung biopsies were performed . |
| 28 | In this way the conflict of interest between the classes is disguised and a degree of social stability produced , but the basic contradictions and conflicts of class societies remain unresolved . |
| 29 | If an order requiring taxation of costs is made and a bill is not lodged for taxation within three months or such further time as the court may allow , the right to costs is forfeited ( r 7.35 ) . |
| 30 | All KSA members pay into an insurance-backed bond known as KSA-Consumercare ; this scheme ensures that customers are protected if a company ceases trading before goods have been delivered . |