Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew Bowden and Ben Fawcett pupils from Acklam Grange School , Middlesbrough are pictured planting young oaks , chestnuts and Scot 's pine alongside Alistair Scott of the Forestry Commission . |
| 2 | Two new humeri from Pakistan are said to retain ancestral characters similar to those seen in Proconsul and Kenyapithecus , with the proximal shaft curving laterally and anteriorly ( that is , convex laterally as in Old World monkeys ) , and a flat deltoid plane , whereas the distal articular surface has several derived great ape features . |
| 3 | LEAs were allowed to open special classes or put these children into grammar schools . |
| 4 | On the diplomatic front Gorbachev is hoping to persuade European countries that Russia is no longer a threat . |
| 5 | ISC is understood to have small contracts in each of these territories but further ‘ phantom ’ contracts are believed to have been invented to make the company seem more successful than it was . |
| 6 | Mr Mandela is thought to want trusted lieutenants , such as Walter Sisulu , to ensure everything is in place before he leaves jail to reassume the reins of the ANC leadership . |
| 7 | Faced with a rush of competition from foreign banks when Portugal is forced to remove remaining barriers to entry after next year , banks such as BCP have been expanding fast in an attempt to ensure their market share of domestic business in banking and other financial services . |
| 8 | Valerie was asked to give regular classes and hopes to be able to start these in the autumn . |
| 9 | FORMER soccer star Mark Dennis was seen doing squat thrusts and press-ups on a common with his shorts and underpants round his ankles , a court heard yesterday . |
| 10 | It has been suggested that because Flodden was fought to serve French interests , Scottish hearts were hardened against their old ally after the disaster ; and indeed there were striking examples of their refusal to fight on France 's behalf thereafter , most notably the spectacle of the Scots sitting on the sidelines , as at a football match , while regent Albany 's French troops engaged the English at Wark in 1523 . |
| 11 | Guests , diners , drinkers and conference delegates at The Swan are invited to enter two-monthly competitions to win a week-end at the hotel and a huge toy elephant . |
| 12 | Can knowledge about the mechanisms of LTP be exploited to devise rational therapies for neurological disorders such as Alzheimer 's disease ? |
| 13 | In addition , a total of 19 ( 29% ) patients treated with NSAID were found to have peptic ulcers , compared with seven ( 11% ) patients who were not taking NSAID . |
| 14 | Hesh Wiener of Technology News of America comments that IBM is having to price current drives at less than half of list , and will make a success of the new ones only if it lists them at or below current street prices . |
| 15 | So now Carol 's going to use damp pads damp cotton wool to take off the cleanser . |
| 16 | Telnet/OLTP is claimed to provide significant gains in transaction processing efficiency by decreasing central computer processing by up to 50% and by decreasing Telnet traffic on the network by up to 90% — and existing Telnet applications are compatible with Telnet/OLTP . |
| 17 | Under the controversial agreement , Constantine was allowed to keep royal residences at Tatoi , near Athens and Mon Repos on the island of Corfu as well as a forest estate in Polydendri in central Greece . |
| 18 | PERHAPS it was the presence of TV cameras on the company 's Fleet Street trading floor , or perhaps it was a genuine surge of Conservative support , but for some reason a number of staff at Goldman Sachs were instructed to wear blue shirts , ties and braces for election day . |
| 19 | But , if Goody is going to draw significant consequences from what he defines as ‘ literacy ’ , then it is important to be clear as to just what it is that is supposed to have these consequences . |
| 20 | In the days when unemployment in parts of East Cleveland was up to 90 per cent , Tippett was invited to direct musical activities at special work camps set up at Boosbeck , largely to cultivate rough land . |
| 21 | According to a World Bank report published on Sept. 23 , the administration of the US$1,200 million Environment Fund set up under the auspices of the UN was expected to face severe problems stemming from disagreements centring on the degree to which national governments would assume responsibility for environmental projects such as pollution control . |
| 22 | In October–November 1962 the world seemed on the brink of nuclear war when the United States suddenly discovered that the USSR was trying to position medium-range missiles in Cuba . |
| 23 | Finance Minister Michael Wilson was forced to reveal full details of his 1989 budget a day early , on April 26 , 1989 , after major elements were leaked to the Global Television Network . |
| 24 | CUSTOMS drugs-busting teams at Felixstowe and Ipswich are having to use new methods to catch smugglers following the removal of Euro trade barriers . |
| 25 | The widespread and prolonged drought affecting southern Africa is starting to kill large numbers of wildlife in south-east Zimbabwe . |
| 26 | BROADGREEN MP Jane Kennedy is bidding to make sure jobs at Liverpool 's new customs offices go to local people . |
| 27 | After a four-year moratorium the IRB is expected to make sweeping changes in the laws at their meeting in Wellington in April , during the NZRU Centenary celebrations . |
| 28 | SSDs are expected to show active signs of working with the voluntary sector , health authorities , families , gay men , and ethnic groups . |
| 29 | The HLLAPI interface is used with existing 3270 and 5250-based applications and both APPC and CPI-C are used to write co-operative applications for the LU6.2 protocol . |
| 30 | Kaolin , or ‘ china clay ’ , is formed by the decomposition of granite , and Cornwall and Dartmoor were found to have huge deposits which were soon exploited on a large scale . |