Example sentences of "[det] be [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children who do this are making a statement about not needing comfort from adults , while at another level needing them desperately and choosing a place where they know they will be forced out . |
| 2 | For those who get this far only about about half are offered a job . |
| 3 | For those who get this far only about about half are offered a job . |
| 4 | A great many young doctors do enter research , but few are reaching the stage where they are qualified for the senior jobs . |
| 5 | Perhaps the fact that so much time , money and paper has had to be spent on selling the education reforms , and that so few are beating a path to the doors of Rathgael House , suggests that they ‘ ai n't got much of a mousetrap ’ ! |
| 6 | Some are held every other week and some are held every week depending on the size of the company . |
| 7 | A Study Skills Handbook ‘ has been written for students whose mother tongue is not English , yet who , for one reason or another are completing a course of study where English is the only language of instruction . ’ |
| 8 | Can this be made a reality in the new NHS ? |
| 9 | Can this be called an advance ? |
| 10 | The contradictions within the Labour Party were quite marked ; many supported a boycott of German goods but were unprepared to consider any international action against fascism if this were to create a danger of war . |
| 11 | The village youths had taken to roaring round and round of an evening on highly powered Japanese motorcycles from which the silencers had been removed ; those distressed by this were invoking the law , the youths laughed , their friends and relations pointed out that they 'd paid their road-tax , had n't they , like anyone else ? |
| 12 | If this were to occur the pricing efficiency of the market would worsen . |
| 13 | Perhaps she had been closer to the truth than she had at first suspected with her taunts about Theo Quinn ; and , although she no longer wanted Ben , she felt that , if this were to prove the case , it would be a great waste of promising material . |
| 14 | Yeah I just it just seems to me such a complete and utter waste of of , his time primarily for fifteen , I mean this being identified a year earlier which we reckon it was you would think that even given all the red tape and everything else |
| 15 | Some were given a glucose drink to start their day while others had to make do with a ‘ dummy ’ drink with no nutritional content . |
| 16 | The staircase was ornamented at intervals with classical figures , chastely draped , and there was still a sweet primness in the graceful propriety of their attitudes though some were lacking a hand or an arm and others had had their noses rot away or even been entirely decapitated by exposure to the elements , and all were soot-stained and weather-beaten . |
| 17 | Some were repairing the fence . |
| 18 | This is to undervalue the grief work , which could be assisted by listening to the stories of the person , the events of the death , and the pain of the loss being experienced . |
| 19 | Residents in the service road not surprisingly are complaining that excessive speeds are used er by these vehicles using this rat run and this is causing a danger to children going to the local school at that time of the day . |
| 20 | This is to mistake the will for the deed . |
| 21 | This is getting a bit dilapidated and needs straightening up . |
| 22 | Basically , this is getting the trainee bird used to strangers and strange surroundings . |
| 23 | This is taking a sense of the particular about as far as you can go : man evolving as harmoniously with his landscape as the mayfly nymph evolved in harmony with its stream . |
| 24 | This is taking a toll on even the savviest marketing machines , such as Philip Morris and Procter & Gamble ( P&G ) . |
| 25 | ‘ This is taking the idea one step further , ’ Raff said . |
| 26 | This is taking the form of a structured public consultation leading up to the publication of a new strategy in September 1992 . |
| 27 | This is to include an opinion of future development . |
| 28 | The secret of this is to open the end of the matchbox and , when closing it , pinch a little skin in between the base and the outside . |
| 29 | Opposition politicians argue that this is deepening the country 's involvement in peacekeeping . |
| 30 | Where this is done the funding of a visiting speaker can be shared . |