Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] be [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I had an alarming reading for an Agatha Christie film where I was given several sheets of script to sight read without any logical link up in the scenes being read and no-one to read with , except an office assistant who could n't read dialogue .
2 Its one of those things where you 're fucked either way . ’
3 ‘ I 'm sure there are , but I can quite honestly say that you 're the first one I 've been aware of , or who 's made such a marked impression on me after so short an acquaintance . ’
4 Liposomes — tiny bubbles so small they can penetrate deep into your skin so the nourishing and moisturising ingredients contained within are released where they 're needed most .
5 Where they are denied this opportunity , their worship is likely to be uninspired and lacking in energy .
6 Working with Local Development Organisations , through training and business support schemes and specific projects such as the Flexible Learning Centre in Drumchapel and the Easterhouse Entrepreneurship Programme , GDA has made considerable progress in extending economic opportunities where they are needed most .
7 A large aerogenerator programme is at present underway in the Netherlands where it is hoped that wind will be supplying about one quarter of Dutch electricity demand by the year 2000 .
8 The experience curve itself was developed from the concept of the learning curve , which had been used for many years in industries where it was observed that labour time fell as the workforce accumulated experience in producing more of a particular type of unit .
9 Northwestern Bell Telephone Co et al , where it was held that proof of an organised crime nexus is not required for RICO to be invoked , it is now clear that the draconian penalties applicable under RICO may be used against insider dealers .
10 The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence .
11 For discussion of adequate display of notice , see Tevan v. Motherwell District Licensing Board ( No. 1 ) 1985 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 14 , where it was held that display of a notice within a post office was sufficient .
12 This was applied in Dixons Ltd. v. Roberts ( 1894 D.C. ) where it was held that section 14 did not catch a trader who gave a false indication that a refund would be given on any goods purchased , if within seven days the customer was able to buy the same products locally more cheaply .
13 Where liability is admitted , or it is acknowledged that liability is likely to be established , then it may be sensible to try and agree an interim payment because it will probably be possible to secure a lower sum in interim damages than would be awarded by the Court if matters were so to proceed .
14 Maybe it is for myself I mind , rather than for him ! 'T IS not so much that Richard is bound for sanctuary — as that I am denied such privilege .
15 E actually yours made me think of a story that I was told many years ago on a coach trip over Dartmoor
16 Meanwhile , former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters has attacked Madonna in the most recent issue of Details magazine : ‘ What 's extraordinary about Madonna is that she 's made all these rotten records , and she 's this awful , ugly , dull person who — by virtue of the fact that she 's completely fearless and shameless and blatant and cheap and bad — has become successful , ’ he says .
17 You were the catalyst that she 's needed all these years .
18 The woman returner can feel inadequate when she goes back to work , forgetting that she 's spent several years managing and developing human resources at home .
19 Miss Bhutto is spitting fury , not just over the matter of the provincial assemblies , but also because she says that she was given fewer ministries in the caretaker government ( just under a quarter ) than she deserves .
20 Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses .
21 If this possibility interests you , your main concern should be to ensure that you are given enough information to check that the retraining will be of real practical value .
22 And so you 're covered all the way .
23 No I 've come to the conclusion that we 're deprived these days .
24 Counsel should also ensure that there is annexed any material which counsel would expect the court to note in detail .
25 I mean he 's got plenty of every single bit of papers that they 're given all the time .
26 Moreover , the way that question is answered can change the course of history , it can condemn millions to bloody war , or it can do much to ensure that they are spared that misery .
27 The British staff at Culham were pointing out to the eminent scientists that they are paid less than their colleagues from fourteen other European countries working alongside them .
28 Cantona has become so attractive to Leeds that they are expected this week to offer him a two or three-year contract , and Nimes , his French club , a further £800,000 , when the striker 's loan period expires at the end of the season .
29 So you 're saying that they were driven more by there political desire for power than by their ideology because had absolute egalitarianism worked then they should have been satisfied with that because then they were fulfilling their ideology .
30 Public Health Nursing is still to a large extent task-oriented and the findings in a survey of the work load of the Public Health Nurse in Ireland in 1986 showed that only a small percentage of time ( 0.2% ) was spent directly on health education , although it is acknowledged that health promotion is a component of tasks and policy in all aspects of their role .
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