Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Council came into being on the 8th May 1931 and we have marked our Diamond Jubilee Year with several special events throughout Scotland , and these are described on pages 6 and 7 of this report . |
| 2 | Examples of the former — recombining existing elements — would be the way this eclecticism in 1960s rock came into being in the first place , formed as it was from disparate sources , including many elements from bourgeois ‘ art music ’ ; or the way rhythmic techniques derived from working-class black American music were combined with other elements in 1920s dance music to signify a kind of safe but exotic , hedonist escapism for a broad grouping of classes in Britain . |
| 3 | They always seemed to be beyond the next corner or in the next room . |
| 4 | The CO 's office where he was learning the job of Assistant Adjutant happened to be on the first floor of an empty house in Cadogan Gardens . |
| 5 | The Noble Earl , Lord has been wounded by the suggestion he confessed to be in the last debate that Mr Howard has the intention of putting political friends into these jobs . |
| 6 | The company plans to concentrate on Britain , Germany and Belgium — the areas expected to be among the first to benefit from a turnaround in the property sector , especially in industrial and office buildings . |