Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tracey Hall of Style Academy said she had been seeing more males looking for jobs . |
| 2 | Race officials claim the start of the run had been delayed 20 minutes to avoid the train but the race was running 10 minutes ahead of schedule . |
| 3 | Manne finds it hard to understand why it is unfair , or unjust , or immoral to allow a voluntary arrangement in which individuals are given additional incentives to produce more of a valuable commodity by being allowed to share in the new value of the commodity they produce . |
| 4 | Then the firm are given one year to make the grade . |
| 5 | Both individually and collectively we are given many opportunities to achieve that part of the Association 's Dedication that announces ‘ We shall remember them . ’ |
| 6 | However , while I believe Moltmann 's case is unanswerable , it makes no difference to my contention that we are given certain responsibilities to ensure that we do something positive . |
| 7 | Under authority from the Washington State Department of Fisheries , individual fishermen are given exclusive rights to harvest shrimps from particular beaches — so whoever was creating the pits , and taking the shrimps , was doing so unlawfully . |
| 8 | This agency should be funded as employers are given financial help to carry out their obligations under the legislation . |
| 9 | All are given extensive training to clarify their duties . |
| 10 | where a special area in one housing estate has been set aside for problem families , where they are given daily supervision combined with training and instruction designed to teach them the elements of home craft and mothercraft so that in due course , when they have proved they can manage their affairs , domestic , financial or otherwise , they can return to a better house in a more desirable neighbourhood . |
| 11 | Wetland plants will be in their element , so long as they are given generous mulches to keep the moisture in . |
| 12 | If our democracy is to retain popular support and respect , it seems vital that the 60pc of voters regularly voting for change are given some opportunity to bring their ideals and values to bear on society . |
| 13 | The possible words in the input are given semantic scores based on how well they combine with possible neighbouring words in the input . |
| 14 | Although such schemes suggest high staffing ratios , this may not be the case if mentally handicapped people are given adequate opportunities to live independently and care for themselves . |
| 15 | All the young contenders who played in the victory over Oxfordshire are given another chance to prove themselves . |
| 16 | ‘ If the process is allowed to achieve a more relaxed rhythm of its own and we are given enough time to handle the international consequences , the Soviet leadership probably could live with the kind of confederal links between the two Germanys which are under discussion now . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't think men are given enough room to express their emotions and feelings about things . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | We can only try to provide an efficient service if we are clear what it is you need and are given sufficient time to do something about it . |
| 20 | Does he accept that there should still be a future for the tube division despite the fact that workers are seeing imported tubes used in the North sea when they are capable of making them ? |
| 21 | What irks the Brits , and irks far more their Unionist fellow-citizens in Northern Ireland , is that foreigners — in pursuit of domestic votes , not Irish welfare — are using economic pressure to tell them how to behave . |
| 22 | But , we are using actual income to measure expected income , and so a positive value for v t will suggest that there has been a rise in expected income with no accompanying rise in consumption expenditure . |
| 23 | Popular Unionist councillor Valerie Kinghan said local people were ‘ completely fed up ’ at the din from the gospellers who are using powerful amplification to put their message across . |
| 24 | There seems to be no doubt that an increasing number of people are using homoeopathic remedies to treat their animals and finding that they produce good result . |
| 25 | And you are using , and I emphasise again , you are using public money to say it . |
| 26 | Stuart Hyslop , of DTC , said when a survey shows more people are using public transport to get into town it would be crazy to jeopardise that . |
| 27 | Although the decision to enter a ‘ courtship ’ is based on sufficient common interest ( we are using this term to include values and tastes ) , the purpose of courtship is to explore , ensure and expand that base of common interest . |
| 28 | Despite the relatively narrow curriculum concern of ESG teachers , there are signs that some LEAs ( Walsall , 1981 ; Tameside , 1981 ; Birmingham , 1986 ; and possibly Nottinghamshire , 1986 ) are using this strategy to establish broader , holistic curriculum aims . |
| 29 | Many of the UK 's quoted companies are using inappropriate techniques to evaluate leases . |
| 30 | If you are using special fonts do check with the bureau first , they may provide you with a copy of their screen font to install on your system as a way of ensuring that what you send them matches what they send you back . |