Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [be] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Thatcher exploited the change in the leadership election rules ( instituted after Meyer 's challenge ) requiring the names of those MPs nominating candidates to be made public by having Hurd and Major sign her nomination . |
| 2 | Immigration R v Immigration Appeal Tribunal , Ex parte Khalid Hussain ; CA ( Lloyd , Glidewell , Stuart-Smith LJJ ) ; 5 Oct 1989 Under r 18 of the Immigration Appeals Procedure Rules 1972 , the decision of an immigration appeal tribunal considering whether or not to hear oral evidence to determine whether there were compassionate reasons for a person convicted of murder to be given entry clearance was a matter of discretion and could only be attacked on Wednesbury principles or other recognised rules . |
| 3 | In 1359 he attempted to storm Reims in a bid to be crowned king of France in its cathedral . |
| 4 | Ties to be played weekend of Saturday December 5 . |
| 5 | Ties to be played week beginning 23 October . |
| 6 | Ties to be played week beginning 6 November . |
| 7 | Ties to be played week beginning 29 November . |
| 8 | Until his removal Aringo had spearheaded a campaign to reform the party , calling for fresh grassroots elections , the adoption of secret balloting and for opposition parties to be given time to organize properly . |
| 9 | At the Court of Wards the Tooke family were making the office of auditor hereditary in the last years of Elizabeth , but it was still possible for an active reformer like John Hare to be appointed Clerk ; inexperienced men began to be appointed to offices in this court under James . |
| 10 | As they did so , their southern line became depleted , allowing more Allied units to be taken north from that sector . |
| 11 | From Otto 's time on the ambition to be crowned emperor by the pope was an inevitable ambition for all German kings until long after the end of our period ; nor was it ever forgotten that this was in imitation of Charles . |
| 12 | Una Kyne , the executive services manager , put on a memorable meal and even had to make arrangements for 15 chauffeur driven cars to be given access . |
| 13 | The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation is building a further nine film and television studios in a complex to be called Television World . |
| 14 | The main stumbling block was a demand by Kuwait to be given freedom to continue building up production to cover a $50 billion bill for the Gulf war and subsequent reconstruction costs . |
| 15 | probably the sensible course is for most books to be ordered sight unseen , with the occasional title requested ‘ on approval ’ when it is thought that seeing the book would be helpful . |
| 16 | It was a great honour to be made captain of the side and now all this . ’ |
| 17 | We asked Ruby whether the same was true for Australopithecus tanzaniensis , whether they actually had speech or only the capacity to be taught speech . |
| 18 | There 's still plenty of hard work to be done keeping the Victorian rose garden in shape — it 's taken a battering by recent heavy rain , but will be in full bloom again soon . |
| 19 | There was still a great deal of work to be done ploughing fields reclaimed from the forests . |
| 20 | There was much use of natural materials , and craftsmen expected like medieval masons to be given general rather than highly specific directions . |
| 21 | Elements to be studied range in concentration from ore-grade to ultra-trace element . |
| 22 | But director Phil Noyce called for the scene to be re-shot time after time . |
| 23 | The majority of suggestions have been on the lines that there should be a one- or two-year period in which it should be possible for the capital of discretionary trusts to be distributed tax free provided the settlement was made before 26th March 1974 and the result of the distribution was that there would be either absolute entitlement to the property or an interest in possessing it . |
| 24 | Fortunately methods of antenatal diagnosis were developed and introduced in the 1980s , allowing parents to be offered termination of the abnormal fetus . |
| 25 | Those who ca n't see a role for the trade unions and the Labour Party need to be given time to see the error of their ways . |
| 26 | We agree with Jones and colleagues that trainees in general practice need to be taught patient centred medicine , but two other components are essential — that is , teamwork and anticipation . |
| 27 | perhaps in six months or in sixty years erm facing the same kind of problem again er I , I can erm I have close experience with a situation on my , on my own patch which rises from time to time an and is most unpleasant for the people in and it goes back if I might say so an and therefore the planning considerations that have been mentioned need to be paid attention to . |
| 28 | Once the treaty is signed , an independent Banque de France is a first step , for Maastricht requires central banks to be given independence by 1999 . |
| 29 | As the retention represents deferred payment , it is reasonable for the vendor to be paid interest on the monies eventually received . |
| 30 | To send her two young sons , Mathieu and Laurent , to sleep , Cécile de Brunhoff told them the story of a little elephant who left the forest to discover the town and learn the ways of men , before returning to his own idyllic land of the elephants to be crowned king . |