Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun] be [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Assistance in making these choices is given by the Director of Studies to whom each student is assigned on joining the University .
2 He was still sufficiently sane to remind me that Orvieto was perched on the top of a craggy escarpment .
3 13 , the definition of sale by retail was considered and it was held that the sale was defined by reference to quantity sold , not to the person to whom that quantity was sold .
4 If the law is to imply an obligation to hear representations , then it must also specify with precision to whom that obligation is owed .
5 If the law is to imply an obligation to hear representations , then it must also specify with precision to whom that obligation is owed .
6 Do you tell them that smoking is banned on the Underground ?
7 I took each upon my knee and told them that Mamma is gone to Heaven to God Almighty , and asked them both to promise me that they would try to be good children and follow their mother to that happy place … ‘
8 And I want to thank those writers with whom solid friendships were formed : Melvyn Bragg , Gordon Burn , Jeremy Paxman , Michael Walsh , Jay Rayner , Colm Toibin and Grub Smith , among others .
9 Martyn referred to Miller 's use of works by those better versed in scientific aspects of gardening , to whom due acknowledgment is given , and concluded with an appreciation of the author 's own industry : ‘ As to the practical part , he has given t is hardly anything but from his own knowledge and of the great number of plants mentioned in his book there are scarce any which he has not cultivated with his own hands . ’
10 Absorption of water and sodium from the rectum was similar in patients from whom V cholerae was isolated and those in whom this organism was not isolated .
11 Rates of remaining a never smoker in 1989 for the 2981 ( 98% ) for whom smoking status was known at this first follow up were 85% in the control group , 82% in the FSE group , 81% in the SAM group , and 84% in the FSE/SAM group .
12 The other unauthorised absentees were a mixture of small numbers of ‘ ghost ’ pupils , wrongly on the register , or pupils in trouble and out of school — but they were largely pupils for whom some authorisation was expected .
13 Soomers in 1990 described 26 patients in whom this approach was used , six ( 23% ) patients developed late procedure related complications five requiring surgery and one replacment of the endoprosthesis , thses included duodenal perforation in one , endoprosthesis clogging in two and stent migration in two , the patient that underwent a second endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography also had endoprosthesis clogging .
14 Curtis Price ingeniously suggests that the singing actress for whom this song was written might have left the company by 1693 ; but on the omission of the Plaint he does not comment .
15 We report our experience in 40 patients in whom such criteria were fulfilled and in whom this technique was applied .
16 a person to whom this order is addressed or an officer or an agent appointed by a power of attorney of such a person or
17 The landlords for whom this service was performed also had the wardship of under age tenants .
18 Thoughts on the monarchy invariably turn on the constitutional insights of a former editor of The Economist , Walter Bagehot , after whom this column is named .
19 It would be interesting to know with whom this initiative was discussed by those who advise the secretary of state .
20 At this stage , having read through a brief overview of generic computer hardware and boolean algebra as well as the author 's personal views on how various chemists approach computers and the differences between ‘ computational ’ and ‘ semantic ’ programs , I am left wondering at whom this book is aimed .
21 We hope that those to whom this report is addressed — educationalists , parents , and those concerned with the provision of resources centrally and locally [ but not real teachers ? ] — will consider how far the standards of performance revealed , are acceptable …
22 We hope that those to whom this report is addressed — educationalists , parents , and those concerned with the provision of resources centrally and locally [ but not real teachers ? ] — will consider how far the standards of performance revealed , are acceptable …
23 The working men for whom this institution was created had a thirst for education in a way we can scarcely any longer imagine today .
24 Local authorities are to be given the leading role in the organisation of community care , but the decision to give them this responsibility was taken with the greatest possible reluctance and only after every other possibility had been explored .
25 Though I spent my outdoor time playing any game I could , from cricket , tennis , football or boxing at the local gym , all my indoor time was spent buried in books .
26 Because Kingman was deemed unsatisfactory , my Working Group was chosen carefully by Mr Baker , with the assistance of Mrs Angela Rumbold , Minister of State at the DES , to reflect a more conservative stance to the teaching of English .
27 Shortly afterwards my usual medication was changed .
28 Shortly afterwards my usual medication was changed .
29 My usual reluctance was reinforced on that occasion because I should have been doubly embarrassed to admit to the Dutch travellers that I was a Member of Parliament .
30 He said I pays my poll tax he says and I am paying out of my savings he said now what the heck will I do when my bloody savings is gone .
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