Example sentences of "be [verb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bidder 's shareholders are offered the new shares pro rata to their existing shareholdings in the bidder , known as an " open offer " . |
| 2 | Recently , even those outlets have been drying up because they too have been selling the big breweries ' beer in return for cheap loans . |
| 3 | I have been examining the Liberal Democrats ' environmental document called , ’ Costing the Earth ’ . |
| 4 | A working party chaired by has been examining the Non-Intending Practitioners ' Course . |
| 5 | She 'd been spending a few days ' holiday in Sicily , with her friends Penny and Devlin . |
| 6 | Reid will be attending a big jockeys ' meeting at York when whips will be among the subjects under discussion . |
| 7 | Christie believes his buddy is in the sort of shape to be crowned the overall men 's Grand Prix champion at Crystal Palace next Friday and collect the £87,000 that goes with the title . |
| 8 | Erm , I think it , it , in the , obviously to , to support er , the , the that the building going ahead , erm will mean that the case at erm Stansted will be er containable to enabling passengers even if they are passengers erm it will be , will be absorb the public needs o of the area and the runners be erm arrived at after many , many er , er years Council planning erm does think that we ca n't contain that and er it would be possible to resist these rescued if we can remain at the figures that erm have been out at Stansted . |
| 9 | L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo . |
| 10 | Finally , if the Prime Minister says , as he rightly does , that one of the centrepieces of reshaping the United Nations so that it can cope with the new challenges to world peace is to strengthen the United Nations ' peacekeeping capacity , why is it that the Government are , I am told , $8 million in arrears with their dues towards United Nations ' peacekeeping ? |
| 11 | Mrs Stringer , an active member of Teesside Pensioners Association , is attending a two-day Pensioners ' Parliament in Brussels , paid for by the European Parliament 's Socialist group of MPs . |
| 12 | But first priority for the pool fraternity is to elect a new men 's team manager to replace Trevor Harte who has stepped up to Association chairman . |
| 13 | no at the moment all my friends have , have been married a few years erm next time you come and er |
| 14 | We are proposing a European Residents ' Charter , guaranteeing equal rights and equal duties to every European resident . |
| 15 | In 1988 , I was producing a major women 's conference at the Barbican and we needed a big bank of flowers . |
| 16 | He was given an immediate Critics ' Award and a seat at the back . |
| 17 | He was wearing an Ultimate Climbers ' Helmet and you will be glad to know that although the helmet sustained considerable damage , Stuart had no head injuries . |
| 18 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |
| 19 | I phoned and the man that I needed to speak to was not there , he 'd been seconded to the Himalayas or something , he was only coming back erm , in the middle of January , I was in , erm , November or whatever it was , I was giving a few days ' grace , and then I was going to call . |
| 20 | South Korea 's Ji Soo Mo and Joon Ho Lee also finished second and third overall in the men 's event and their Korean team-mate , So Hee Kim , was crowned the new women 's world champion , collecting 13 points , with China 's Li Yan second and Japan 's Nobuku Yamada placed third overall . |