Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dogan , a nephew of the President and a leading conservative in the ruling Motherland Party ( ANAP ) , was described by official sources as having been dismissed on the President 's orders " apparently over a rift in domestic politics " . |
| 2 | Protests from shop owners in Sunderland over increased parking charges have been dismissed by the city 's director of engineering Tom Ball who said that city parking was still amongst the cheapest in the country . |
| 3 | Competing with Mr Perv for Norris 's affections is true crime author Jack Lansford ( Tom Berenger ) whose interest has been aroused by the building 's grisly past . |
| 4 | She had been irritated by the cook 's refusal of her offer to make a simple white sauce , though Mrs Cranbrook was up to her eyes in work . |
| 5 | 1984 ; Schmitt 1982b ) but the one most often used in Britain consists of two pads of wire mesh that are placed on the child 's bed with a sheet separating them and another sheet on top for the child to lie on . |
| 6 | Tranchettes — These are issues of small blocks of existing stocks which are placed in the Bank 's own portfolio of gilts for direct sale into the secondary market ( see Fig. 9.2 ) . |
| 7 | If all goes as planned , fertilised eggs are placed in the woman 's womb in the hope that pregnancy will result . |
| 8 | Full details of these and many more provisions are given in the Trust 's annual booklet Information for Visitors with Disabilities . |
| 9 | It is a disappointment that there are to be 600 redundancies , but there is a continuing significant level of employment in defence at Barrow which is dependent on it and which has been sustained by the Government 's commitment to a strong defence . |
| 10 | Gains are treated as a person 's ‘ top slice ’ of income and are accordingly taxed at : 20 per cent ( the new lower rate ) , 25 per cent ( basic rate ) , 40 per cent ( higher rate ) or a mixture of two rates , i.e. in instances where a gain , or gains , pushes part of an individual 's income into a higher rate bracket . |
| 11 | The SFA requirements relating to notifications , consents or instructions to or from indirect customers who are treated as the firm 's customers ( see page 25 above ) , and customer agreements with them , can be discharged by reference to the intermediary ; this , however , does not apply where the intermediary acts for only one indirect customer . |
| 12 | All tours are undertaken at the visitor 's own risk . |
| 13 | The billing office will check that all charges and payments made have been posted to the guest 's account and have it prepared ready to present to the guest for settlement . |
| 14 | Others had their cattle seized by Neville 's men until they paid extortionate fines , although their cases should have been heard before the king 's judges . |
| 15 | There are also animals that are listed in the IUCN 's Red Data Book of Endangered Species . |
| 16 | The addresses of the County , Region and District planning departments , and the Minerals Officer , are listed in the Geologist 's Directory published by the Institution of Geologists ( Appendix 2.2.3 ) . |
| 17 | So long as Artai remained unmarried it was important to the self-esteem of each of them to demonstrate that while neither she nor her family had thus far been favoured with the Kha-Khan 's selection , yet she was capable of exercising influence . |
| 18 | The following objectives are developed in the Plan 's detailed policies and are reflected in its overall strategy to meet future demands . |
| 19 | Secondly , the answers will only reveal any proposals for new roads and so on that have actually been placed on the council 's register . |
| 20 | asserted that in the present time the defendant 's liability in Rylands v. Fletcher itself ‘ could simply have been placed on the defendant 's failure of duty to take reasonable care , ’ and it seems a logical inference from this and from the judgment as a whole that the Court of Appeal considered the rule to have no useful function in modern times . |
| 21 | In the absence of the Orkney guidelines , she asked to be told which guidelines had been used , and whether these had ever been placed before the Island 's Social Work Committee for their approval . |
| 22 | Great care has been taken in the compilation of this guide , but we would advise you to check that particulars have not been altered since the guide 's publication . |
| 23 | There is no doubt that instead of treating the sea as the giver of life to mankind , as it certainly is , it has for far too long been treated as the world 's sewer . |
| 24 | Both types have been treated to the SAAF 's exacting maintenance standards and very likely represent the best of their breed still flying on a day-to-day basis . |
| 25 | Given that these technologies are consistently promoted by opponents as a benign alternative to the dangers of nuclear power , it is perhaps not surprising that they are marginalized within the Authority 's remit . |
| 26 | All that has been compounded by the Government 's crazy cuts in youth training , including in the construction industry . |
| 27 | Although not directly linked to the Suso affair , Lee Seung Yoon had been criticized for the country 's rising inflation and trade deficit . |
| 28 | Gravestones and wreaths have been wrecked at the town 's public cemetery on a number of occasions by drunken youths . |
| 29 | They also include the rights of beneficiaries when any fiduciary owner is the registered proprietor ; the rights and interest of a buyer who has asked for registration of title in the name of a nominee ; and the right of a buyer whose contract has not been registered on the seller 's title . |
| 30 | In R. v. Anderson ( 1987 C.A. ) the defendant had sold as new a Nissan which , though in mint unused condition , had been registered in the retailer 's name . |