Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would push a powerful Arab country back into implacable confrontation with Israel just when voices calling for a peace settlement are gaining strength throughout the Arab world . |
| 2 | The constant cuts in arts funding are forcing organisations like the ENO to look for backing from other sources |
| 3 | Continental style breakfast is served in the breakfast room , which also has a TV and can be used by guests as a lounge in the evening ; guests on half board are served dinner at the nearby Hotel Zeinlach . |
| 4 | Maps do not portray the existence and aspirations of Palestinians , Armenians , Druze , Souryanis , Assyrians , Bedouin , Kurds and many others for whom the real map of the Middle East is written on the heart , where identity and hope are nurtured generation after generation . |
| 5 | There have been concerns for some time that IBM Corp was fast running out of cash — the UK subsidiary was reportedly ordered to factor its receivables by its parent at the end of last year after it ran out of cash for its operations , hardly a cheap way of borrowing for a blue chip company , and the Reuter report that it and IBM Credit Corp are seeking $4,600m of revolving credit in the international syndicated loan market ( see page seven ) , seems to confirm it ; at least one source told the news wire that IBM is trying to keep the arrangement very quiet , presumably to avoid generating more alarm than there already is about progress of its business . |
| 6 | OEM customers , including Dell Computer Corp , AST Research Inc , Compaq Computer Corp , CompuAdd Corp and Toshiba Corp are breathing sighs of relief , but said they were unwilling to comment until final copies are delivered . |
| 7 | NeXT Computer Inc , Redwood City , says Digital Equipment Corp , Compaq Computer Corp and NCR Corp are to offer NeXTstep for Intel processors on some of their 80486-based personal computers , pre-installed or bundled by reseller organisations . |
| 8 | Oracle Corp and IBM Corp are joining forces for co-operative development and marketing of database products and applications on the RS/6000 , including the multiprocessor and parallel configurations . |
| 9 | The Berewan people of the Tutoh river area in Sarawak 's Mulu National Park are staging protests against a hotel and golf course development on their land . |
| 10 | A team of ladies led by qualified aerobics instructor Andrea Leech from the retail division are taking part in the Minolta Business Equipment Aerobics Challenge . |
| 11 | Trade unionists sacked from a Government spy base are to seek compensation for loss of earnings if there 's a change of Government on polling day . |
| 12 | The poem sets out to justify the ways of God to men , and what little time is left me will be devoted to justifying the ways of god to men , and we must begin this , sorry we must begin this by a word on on the fall — the way of God the ways of God to men of course are punishing men for the fall . |
| 13 | But for the majority of teachers , the converse is true and changes in assessment are forcing changes in the curriculum . |
| 14 | Councils , argues Mr Cawley , are being hit by an unenviable double whammy , thanks to the recession and the Government 's response to it : tighter spending assessments and declining revenue income are adding insult to injury , with ordinary people bearing the brunt . |
| 15 | As well as contributing to declining soil fertility , such high sediment removal are causing problems with water supply by increasing reservoir siltation rates . |
| 16 | The branch are taking part in a car boot sale on the village green on May 2nd . |
| 17 | We have a fox that lives near us and I have spent many a night and a morning watching it frolicking and jumping about and it breaks my heart to think that many of its kind are suffering death at its worst . |
| 18 | Applicants with appropriate previous study and/or experience are given exemption from part of the Course and students wishing to transfer from another institution are welcomed , subject to numbers . |
| 19 | Meanwhile goods collected by the Worcester Kurdish Refugee Association are gathering dust in a warehouse . |
| 20 | Members of the Bruntons Manor Self Build Association are receiving training in construction skills and will start on site , near Homerton Road , Middlesbrough , in April . |
| 21 | What will the regular supporters of Manchester United and Leeds United think if either club are denied victory in the Championship because of the greed of some players who could probably have saved Aldershot from their creditors with money from their back pockets ? |
| 22 | — MEMBERS of Winterton Hospital Social Club are helping colleagues at the South Cleveland Hospital to raise money for the hospital 's Renal Unit by organising a charity night at the club . |
| 23 | MORE than 150 anglers from Ulster , Britain and the continent are to take part in the 1993 Co Monaghan Pairs International Course Angling Championships which opens at Lough Muckno , Co Monaghan tomorrow . |
| 24 | The letter from Calderdale says : ’ Negotiations with the Department are taking place on an increase in funding but have proved difficult to achieve so far . |
| 25 | The objectives of the research are to increase understanding of the problems and difficulties associated with implementing performance management in a single government policy area which straddles central government , local government and a range of statutory agencies ; and to evaluate those changing practices across a spectrum of organisations and thereby to assess the quality of approach in order to disseminate best practice . |
| 26 | A stream of new money flowing into the country 's stock market from both individual investors — the tax perks are not available to foreign buyers — and reforms also in the pipeline to the French pension industry are prompting hopes of a surge in the Paris bourse . |
| 27 | The Thames region supports about 12,000,000 people , er and just the pressures of modern living are adding pressures to the environment , I mean that 's happening all around us . |
| 28 | Evergreen are taking advantage of the many tons of rubbish , until recently just dumped , that come from spinning and knitting factories , jumble sales and charity shops . |
| 29 | Royal mail are donating £1,000 towards the Church window restoration fund . |
| 30 | Women 's organisations in the North-East are joining forces in a seminar on the future of families . |