Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun pl] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The height and extent of the inbuilt hurdles in the way of reforming a police force are not commonly appreciated . |
| 2 | Any attempt to define a futures contract is likely to be unsatisfactory in some respect . |
| 3 | As with the purchase of a share , the maximum loss that can be suffered by anyone who buys a futures contract is the initial price of the asset ( S t ) , since negative share prices are not possible . |
| 4 | All the proposed solutions to the problem of defining a measure of the benefits per time period from owning a futures contract are open to objections . |
| 5 | Meanwhile a woman who adopts a kairos approach is to see herself as one whom God has now deigned to choose , and privileged at that . |
| 6 | The maximum penalties for failing a drugs test were imposed by the British Athletic Federation and British Olympic Association following a disciplinary commission earlier this week . |
| 7 | Meantime at the other end of the continent , the only country in northern Europe which does n't have an EDS presence is Finland , says Geoffrey Carroll , president of EDS 's northern European operations . |
| 8 | One of the two men accused of murdering a police informer was also a drugs dealer , according to evidence given by the prosecution on the second day of their trial . |
| 9 | The only European country that maintains an arms embargo is Great Britain , but even that is not absolute . |