Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Test and County Cricket Board are to take no further action against the Worcestershire cricketer Richard Stemp following a positive drugs test on the player this summer . |
| 32 | The board are recommending a 10% increase in dividend to 7.4 pence . |
| 33 | ‘ The board are extending a long-standing by-law which prevents a player who has rejected an international invitation from performing at club level during the summer period , ’ said Ashby . |
| 34 | ‘ The board are extending a long-standing by-law which prevents a player who has rejected an international invitation from performing at club level during the summer period , ’ said Ashby . |
| 35 | The values of the in either case are called the " spectrum " of relaxation times although it must be stressed that the values have no structural significance . |
| 36 | 7.1 Where gaps in provision are identified the council permits centres to submit Locally Devised Modules . |
| 37 | Still , the car majors are playing a waiting game . |
| 38 | Germany , Switzerland and the Netherlands are encouraging a switch to crop rotation , integrated pest management , or steam-based soil sterilization . |
| 39 | If time and budget are limited the release may have to do everything and indeed it can be usefully sent to all the media which might be interested in the story . |
| 40 | Even as there is a movement among women towards women-controlling our own sexuality and reproduction , childbirth , and a return to midwifery principles , the new reproductive and genetic technologies are asserting a model for scientific control of reproduction , and one that is industrial : these methods are big money-makers for the biotechnology industry , the old and new pharmaceutical and medical supply companies . |
| 41 | The rate at which Westerners are consuming the earth 's resources is destroying the planet . |
| 42 | He was briefed on how our skills are playing a key role in servicing the world 's nuclear energy industry and that there is significant potential for business in the global market . |
| 43 | It places a great responsibility upon us to ensure that the children of Sunderland are given the very best possible value-for-money meals , while also ensuring that public funds are used to the best effect . |
| 44 | Success Sunderland are adopting the same formation that brought Ipswich success in the 70s , and the results have been encouraging enough to persuade the 37-year-old boss to call off his search for a midfield playmaker . |
| 45 | With daily marking to the market , the capital gains and losses on an index futures contract are realized every day and the owner has no discretion over their timing , that is , shifting capital gains and losses between tax years . |
| 46 | They fought like wounded lions in the next game ; 20 ; 30 years on Swindon are showing the same spirit . |
| 47 | That is , if the kidnappers are following the same route . ’ |
| 48 | The main objects of this alignment are to achieve a short wheel base , and a fairly steep gradient . |
| 49 | The Germans are taking the lead in the publication of their compositions … |
| 50 | Examples would be : where the act is not seen , as when the victim is asleep ; where the victim believes that the gun was unloaded ( Lamb [ 1967 ] 2 QB 981 ) ; where the victim knows by the accused 's words that the threat will not take place ( Tuberville v Savage ( 1669 ) 86 ER 684 ; or where the accused could not put his threat into effect : the usual illustrations are shaking a fist while on a non-stop train at a person standing on the platform and doing the same to a person standing on the opposite bank of a fast-flowing and wide river where there is no bridge . |
| 51 | Rumours are circulating on the basis of a hint from Sidorov that the Russians are considering a counter-claim for the Malevich collection of twenty-nine paintings kept by the Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam ( The Art Newspaper No. 15 , Feb 1992 , p.2 ) . |
| 52 | Andrew was also looking at strategic issues , such as how the Russians are managing the environment themselves , what restrictions and demands the authorities will place on western companies , and what sort of help they require with rectifying the damage caused by earlier drilling and production operations . |
| 53 | However , Western scientists allege that the Russians are exaggerating the dangers in a bid to raise funds to clean up the wreck . |
| 54 | Russians are enjoying a reading boom following the collapse of the Soviet order and the best-sellers are hard-boiled thrillers by hard-boiled writers like Mickey Spillane , Raymond Chandler and Dashiel Hammett . |
| 55 | Househunters are eyeing the estate agents ' windows with new , predatory enthusiasm … there is an unmistakeable scent of recovery in the air . ’ |
| 56 | ICL Plc and Microsoft Corp are to make a ‘ strategic announcement ’ on ‘ a number of joint initiatives ’ this Wednesday : these comprise of joint development programmes on systems integration ; ICL 's commitment to Windows NT ; and ICL 's commitment to workgroup computing , using the new Workgroup for Windows . |
| 57 | Under the present conditions of economic recession , regional policies are fighting a losing battle . |
| 58 | A FAMILY who discovered that their centuries-old manor stands over ‘ the lost palace ’ of the last Welsh prince are fighting a desperate battle to keep their home . |
| 59 | It occurs in Henry IV , Part I. Falstaff and the Prince are having a high old time by pretending in turn to be the King chastising Hal for his association with Falstaff . |
| 60 | The Business Traveller by Brian Moynahan we have ways to make you stay Hoteliers are using a whole new bag of tricks to keep their guests — and wallets — on the premises |