Example sentences of "[conj] be [vb pp] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a serious , a serious side Lord Mayor , to that greeting cos I just looked at the number of companies that are owned this shareholders scheme that they like to promote , the number of companies that 're owned by foreign nationals . |
| 2 | After being placed in quicklime to dry , they were steamed for twelve hours — a process that was repeated several times . |
| 3 | The Chipmunk is also of interest , its previous identity suggesting it was recently acquired from the MoD but not so — it is an ex Army Air Corps example that was sold many years ago after storage at Kemble and has been kept as a spares source at the gliding site at Currock Hill , Northumberland , for at least fifteen years . |
| 4 | The white paper that was published some months ago indicates I think , very clearly , the kind of commitments that we have and the way in which we are meeting those commitments . |
| 5 | The pre-economic and monetary union full convergence measures are more severe in their final outturn than was anticipated several years ago when the whole debate began . |
| 6 | Social Services Departments vary in the way they register childminders , but you will probably be visited in your home and be given some forms to complete . |
| 7 | Virtually all are elderly people , mostly widows , who have bought their own homes and were sold those plans through so-called independent financial advisers . |
| 8 | Lord Herbert Hervey was transferred shortly afterwards and was replaced some months later by Colonel Doughty-Wylie . |
| 9 | Transferred to Fort Vancouver as an accountant , he rapidly improved its management and was given more responsibilities , including negotiating with the Russians to the north and the Mexicans in California . |
| 10 | Pc Dines tried to restrain Youngman and was struck several times about the head . |
| 11 | ‘ Thompson is a street fighter and was warned several times for outlaw punches , ’ says Jack . |
| 12 | One , a little farther up the coast , is called ‘ Old Slains ’ and was built several centuries earlier : it is now ruined far beyond the one in which Boswell and Johnson stayed . |
| 13 | I asked about side effects and was told all drugs have side effects , even paracetemol . |
| 14 | Iro has been in poor form for the Sea Eagles and was told several weeks ago that he would have to take a pay cut to stay with the club . |
| 15 | The book sold well , and was republished many times in the following decades . |
| 16 | The column was a popular feature and was revived several times . |
| 17 | In 1963 , Butler and Stokes began a series of surveys which set a new pattern , and a new standard , for the study of voting behaviour in Britain : their sample was large , nation-wide , and was interviewed several times between 1963 and 1970 ; and the authors were concerned to apply a rigour that had been absent from most of the earlier single constituency studies of electoral choice . |
| 18 | The Ridge was a favourite target for Stuka dive-bombers and was attacked several times each day . |
| 19 | He described pre-1914 espionage as ‘ capital sport ’ , but was given few resources with which to pursue it . |
| 20 | Moffett continued to haunt the RUC defence in the goal-searching exercise for the remainder of play , but was denied several chances by keeper Cairns . |