Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [adj] [verb] [pos pn] [det] " in BNC.

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1 By the end of the 1960s the CNAA was able to review its own substantial experience in establishing and maintaining degree level standards .
2 As premier earl , Harold was able to secure his own election to the throne , but was forced to defend it almost immediately against Scandinavian and Norman claimants .
3 Joseph was overjoyed to have his own cassowary .
4 In the view of his friend , Hoccleve is unwise to trust his own judgement rather than the friend 's , but a programme of translation , with patronage in mind , is drawn up .
5 Leonard was keen to assert his own lead in that movement , for it was during this time that he was compiling his second book ( five years after the first ) The Spice-Box Of Earth , which was published in 1961 to great critical acclaim .
6 Thus , while the French economy ( as well as that of West Germany ) was clearly pulling ahead of the British , de Gaulle was eager to go his own way and even defy the United States ( not least in economic matters ) wherever it seemed appropriate .
7 Just as the dominions of Canada , Australia and New Zealand were able to conduct their own economic policies while belonging to the sterling area — having their own Chancellors of the Exchequer operating their own fiscal policies , and raising their own tax revenues — so Britain will retain a wide freedom of action , while enjoying the benefit of belonging to a currency and economy underpinned by what will undoubtedly be the strongest currency in the world .
8 By the end of the 1970s , however , Champagne had no need to transport the boues de ville from Paris since the city of Reims was able to provide its own .
9 Member States of the EC are free to determine their own policies towards competition within their national boundaries .
10 ‘ I think perhaps Mr Beckenham is anxious to protect his own interests , rather than yours . ’
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