Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] be [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An enquiry has been ordered into the Bulgarian international 's background after Ipswich were told he had played 12 games for his country . |
| 2 | It could be that Navigation Mixte is teaming up to buy Paribas or that friendly defenders of Paribas such as Axa-Midi are strengthening their holdings . |
| 3 | After a string of scandals involving the younger royals , many believe the House of Windsor is facing its biggest crisis since Edward VIII 's abdication in 1936 . |
| 4 | He could n't tell a woman like Maggie Byrne that thoughts of Sarah were blighting his relationship with his wife , and turning him to celibacy . |
| 5 | On the radio the Voice of Moscow was retelling their fifty per cent of the story of the Vietnam war , and every half-hour or so large green helicopters flew overhead as they did every day . |
| 6 | Now the GA aerodrome is no more , the ATZ has vanished from the charts , and the good citizens of Grimbergen are finding they have exchanged the gentle putter of Lycomings and Continentals for the full-throated roar of northbound RR- , GE- and P & W-powered 747s and Airbuses as they thunder over their rooftops after take-off from Brussels ' Runway 25R . |
| 7 | Here the Bey of Tunis was building himself a superb mausoleum . |
| 8 | ‘ What the campaign is seeking is a Meirionnydd-based authority , and all the evidence indicates that the people of Meirionnydd are backing us strongly . ’ |
| 9 | Meanwhile , both sides were bringing up more and more artillery pieces and vast numbers of shells to feed them : the pattern of Verdun was repeating itself . |
| 10 | I would think that your rubbishy version of WordPerfect is thinking it 's an H P Laserjet . |
| 11 | If you go for a ten year fix , Bank of Scotland are doing it at about eight point nine nine . |
| 12 | THE Bank of Scotland is to update its ‘ hole in the wall ’ cash dispensers to make them faster and safer . |
| 13 | As you will have heard perhaps on the radio or TV the Royal Bank of Scotland is to reduce its staff by 3,500 over about three years , mostly by natural wastage . |
| 14 | The Royal Bank of Scotland is suing him in the High Court to recover the money , which includes a £500,000 overdraft . |
| 15 | If the bonnie banks of Scotland were to open their accounts to the world , there would be a run on the pound and some of the country 's most famous clubs would collapse with embarrassment . |
| 16 | S. S. The only bit of crowd trouble we had was the Catholics on the north side of the division and the Orangemen on the south side ; when the 12th of July was approaching there used to be a bit of trouble . |
| 17 | The central concern of Formen is to understand what social relations and institutions can be like when they are not moulded by capitalism . |
| 18 | While Lebanon 's Christians were demanding more territory , Protestants in the north of Ireland were safeguarding their future statelet within the United Kingdom by accepting less than they might have claimed . |
| 19 | At this momentous hour His Excellency the Governor of Burma is to dedicate himself to Almighty God for the task with which he has been entrusted . |
| 20 | It is said that the men of Israel are to prepare themselves for three days for this awesome disclosure of God by not going near a woman ( Exod. |
| 21 | The University of Bradford is developing its system to disseminate information of an orientational nature to the new library user . |
| 22 | Honesty indeed was in short supply in the lawless days when the great families of Pelynt were establishing themselves . |
| 23 | The purpose of RE is to help them genuinely to reflect upon religion , opening up for them the possibility of a self-chosen and real commitment , religious or otherwise , so that the individual can freely play his or her role in the wider community , whether this be the faith community or society as a whole . |
| 24 | At the time of writing , some of us are wondering whether the call of God is to plant our next church in a local pub . |
| 25 | The Spirit of God was beckoning us forward , and we had to obey . ’ |
| 26 | Bell Atlantic Corp 's Bell Telephone Co of Pennsylvania is restructuring its debt to reduce its interest charges : it is calling for redemption all its outstanding 8.75% debentures due July 15 2015 and will pay 104.24% of principal plus accrued interest , and has offered $150m of 6.875% debentures due March 15 2003 at $98.90% to yield 6.275% . |
| 27 | One part of Joe was telling him he had already gone off his head , but another section kept repeating , ‘ It 'll soon be over and then you can tell her . |
| 28 | A FIRST priority for anyone considering buying a house in Cornwall and some areas of neighbouring Devon including the more remoter regions of Dartmoor is to have it tested for radon gas . |
| 29 | The boy or girl was not ‘ a blank piece of paper on which the teacher should write ’ , and it was in this liberal spirit that he condemned drill : ‘ Military drill fashions him to an approved standard as part of the machine ; whereas the aim of Scouting is to develop his personal character and initiative . ’ |
| 30 | PRINCESS Caroline of Monaco is sending her children to local state schools . |