Example sentences of "[be] [noun] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children are n source of information about the community . ’ |
| 2 | Its most expensive à la carte items are Beluga caviar with a glass of Russian vodka at £75 and Torbay lobster at £45 . |
| 3 | Ennis District Secretary since 1988 , John has been branch representative in several locations . |
| 4 | He has been branch representative in most of the branches in which he has worked . |
| 5 | Besides her present location , Joan has been branch representative in Ballynahinch where she joined the Bank in 1978 . |
| 6 | He has been branch representative in most branches in which he has worked and an Area Council member for 15 years . |
| 7 | There 's been curriculum development in the past and not a lot has happened with it … shelves are full of it . |
| 8 | Thorn confirmed Draper 's resignation yesterday , but denied it was a major problem as ‘ he 's been part time for years . ’ |
| 9 | As expressed by Atiyah the ‘ weakening belief in the importance of the hortatory effect of the judicial process has been accompanied by , and has surely been part cause of , a change in the sense of justice itself . |
| 10 | BK told us this had been base camp for early attempts on Kanchenjunga from the south . |
| 11 | Kryuchkov had been KGB chairman since October 1988 [ see p. 36256 ] and Yazov had been Defence Minister since 1987 . |
| 12 | Koty had been Defence Minister until December 1991 [ see p. 38665 ; for February 1992 coup attempt see p. 38800 ] . |
| 13 | ‘ Today would have been sheep day in the old days , ’ the driver explained , as he hurried in to take over from his wife at the bar . |
| 14 | He was replaced by Nouri Zorgati , who had been Agriculture Minister until 1991 . |
| 15 | Although Clive & Stokes took on one partner from Barker , Peter Bingham ( who had been personnel Director of Bowater ) , the strategy was not successful and in 1986 the connection with Barker was severed . |
| 16 | We are part way through a randomised multi-centre control trial of rehabilitation and the majority of physicians collaborating say they have insufficient time to review all their patients after discharge , after this aggressive therapy of 3 or 4 days in hospital . |
| 17 | ‘ While I support the building of am ambulance station at Whitehill , I feel that urgent consideration must be given to an emergency unit close by , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Kryuchkov had been KGB chairman since October 1988 [ see p. 36256 ] and Yazov had been Defence Minister since 1987 . |
| 19 | It had been headline news in the press for almost two weeks and had produced a paid television programme to put its point of view across . |
| 20 | But B of course if you did badly in those elections in May the government might have done badly in May , then morale would have been rock bottom of having to go into an election , he would have had to go for an election six weeks later or they 'd run out of time , yeah . |
| 21 | The frescos in the Chapel of St Sigismund ( 18 ) or chapel of the Černín family portray scenes from the Life of St Sigismund , and are Augsburg work from the late 16C . |
| 22 | It 's always been Dersingham land since way back when . ’ |
| 23 | If it had n't been so quiet , it could have been Paddington station during a commuter cull . |
| 24 | You are fishing water with a little colour but not getting any runs . |
| 25 | There had been Sproggs living in the cottage for four generations , and the small triangle of green in front of the gate had been Sprogg 's Green for almost as long . |
| 26 | He has also been football representative on the Regional Committee of Staff Club ( Scotland ) for the past 15 years . |
| 27 | Cubby has been associated with the Dundee Club for over 30 years , and for the past 15 years or so has been football representative on the Regional Committee of the Sports Association/Staff Club . |
| 28 | He had served six years in the Cabinet under Muldoon , and had been opposition leader since 1986 . |
| 29 | The next most popular uses for robots , according to the survey are injection moulding of plastics , arc welding , surface coating of materials and painting , loading machine tools and putting things into packets or onto pallets . |
| 30 | I thought it might of been Pat sort of at that time , but erm when I looked out I saw a man with a billboard thing |