Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 British Rail are to remain the employer of the British Transport Police for the immediate future , in order to ensure that the British Transport Police will continue to police the whole of the restructured railway er a an order amending the British Transport Police Force Scheme in nineteen sixty three will be laid before Parliament shortly .
2 Engineers from British Rail are to visit the site at Wylam Hill , near Thompson Street East , in a bid to improve safety .
3 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 .
4 7.1 Where gaps in provision are identified the council permits centres to submit Locally Devised Modules .
5 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 .
6 Marwell Zoological Park are hosting the Pet Corner where you can meet face to face those animals that do NOT make the perfect pets .
7 The AIMS of the CUCGA are to sustain the position and influence of Convocations and similar bodies as continuing but independent constituent parts of their institutions ; to promote the status and development of Higher Education ; to provide a focus and forum for the expression of graduate opinion on matters relating to education ; and to foster the development and use of graduate bodies for the support and enhancement of universities , polytechnics and equivalent institutions .
8 Sales of mainframe software also increased slightly , he says , because although some clients are downsizing , the majority are freezing the size of their mainframes , and either running applications on Unix boxes or investing their money on mainframe software with more functionality .
9 Notice how , with this change in weight distribution , the nose is closer to the water , and the rails next to the mast foot are engaging the water , which slows the turn
10 Open Software Foundation founder members Hitachi Ltd and Hewlett-Packard Co are to enhance the organisation 's one-year-old Distributed Computing Environment .
11 Open Software Foundation founder members Hitachi Ltd and Hewlett-Packard Co are to enhance the organisation 's one-year-old Distributed Computing Environment ( DCE ) .
12 Now it 's made the people , I have friends in Moscow , who are saying that they are losing a lot of their food supplies , because the West are taking the most throw down prices so that the Yugoslavs and the Romanians can get the goodies they want for us .
13 Growth is occurring in remote and completely rural counties , as well as in counties that are partly urban or dominated by nearby metropolitan centres , but the south and west are increasing the fastest .
14 As in so many other areas , developments in the European general insurance field are providing the profession with much more work in monitoring and reviewing draft directives and associated legislation from the regulatory authorities .
15 Because of their brevity , Japanese 36 CREATIVE WRITING students of poetry and religion are given the task of reading and writing haiku .
16 The Boats for the Handicapped Association are operating the ‘ Mildred Stocks ’ for the summer boating season , from Colt Hill , Odiham , on the Basingstoke Canal .
17 The key issues for the future of the Association are sustaining the number of voluntary welfare workers and their helpers and giving them the financial and other support they need to deal with both increasing and more complex welfare needs .
18 Now the medical association are taking the Argentinian , Miguel Pereira , to court because he is not authorised to practise in Chile , and the country 's flyweight champion and former world title challenger , Alli Galvez , has begun a hunger strike to defend his right to work .
19 The Council and the Scottish Sports Association are organising the following open meetings to allow governing bodies to share views and experiences and to hear of new developments :
20 Worse , however , is the situation regarding the back catalogue : once initial stock are exhausted the titles frequently disappear for ever .
21 Librarians who get too attached to their stock are doing the profession no favours .
22 I know the mental health on th on the health service side are facing the same problems and I was wondering to what extent the director had been talking to the District Health Authority on , on those lines .
23 Shareholders as the electorate are given the power to elect and dismiss their leaders , the directors .
24 The main ways of reducing indoor exposure to radon are to make the floor a better barrier or to divert any seeping radon to the open air .
25 The Midland and East Coast are supporting the document based on our region 's successful experience of our sectional conferences and the need for these guidelines to be adopted along with the rule amendment , so as to enable future sectional conferences and delegate conferences to know exactly where they stand .
26 We would ask , because it 's not actually clear erm , what that means , that the report from regional delegate conferences could be forwarded to all the G M B representatives at the main workplaces so as to keep all our members fully informed of the proceedings er , say again , the er , Midland and East Coast are supporting the document .
27 THE JOCKEY CLUB are moving the goalposts next week in an attempt to update the sport -but most punters will still be left in the dark .
28 Staff at the Blackwell Grange golf club are counting the cost of a weekend arson attack which destroyed a hut used for storing green tending equipment .
29 With no game this weekend the Manor Ground was closed for business … but the directors were working overtime in the boardroom … sorting through thirty applications for the manager 's job … they 've drawn up a shortlist … four men are being interviewed over the next couple of days … who are they … the club are keeping the names a secret … we reckon Chris Nicholl … the former Southampton manager is still in the running … so too is the former Sunderland and Bristol City chief Denis Smith … the fans favourite is Mark Lawrenson who was in charge of United for a short spell before he fell out with Maxwells and the fourth man … is a mystery … could be the dark horse the names of former England keeper Ray Clemence and one time Villa striker Peter Withe have been under discussion … all will be revealed later this week …
30 There 's no pot of gold for the big moto cross race of the weekend though … the Thamesdown club are staging the British round of the 250 cc World Championship at Foxhill Park at Wanborough …
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