Example sentences of "[coord] [be] [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often in life we are prevented from realising our true potential because we feel restricted , or are harbouring some feelings that we would love to share . |
| 2 | The French are terrified of the revolutionary movement and are torturing all prisoners for information , with electricity . " |
| 3 | We are tackling our problem areas and are divesting those assets which no longer have a strategic fit . |
| 4 | The gunman is still believed to be at large , police have sealed off the area and are checking all cars . |
| 5 | People are trying to make sense of the bad news they have received , and are asking all sorts of questions as a way of regaining control of a situation that has frightened and disturbed them . |
| 6 | The Government have moved away from their view that everybody should pay the poll tax and are making some amends . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Virtually all are elderly people , mostly widows , who have bought their own homes and were sold those plans through so-called independent financial advisers . |
| 9 | The East Oxford Traffic Scheme has cost nearly £100,000 and is causing more problems than it solves . |
| 10 | The Government has pledged to increase the number of assisted visits to two a month , and is putting more resources into prison visitor centres . |
| 11 | The Bank has limitless resources and is utilising those resources to crush a man who has won justice from the Employment Appeals Tribunal . |
| 12 | Lord Herbert Hervey was transferred shortly afterwards and was replaced some months later by Colonel Doughty-Wylie . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Pc Dines tried to restrain Youngman and was struck several times about the head . |
| 15 | ‘ Thompson is a street fighter and was warned several times for outlaw punches , ’ says Jack . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I asked about side effects and was told all drugs have side effects , even paracetemol . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The book sold well , and was republished many times in the following decades . |
| 20 | The column was a popular feature and was revived several times . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The Ridge was a favourite target for Stuka dive-bombers and was attacked several times each day . |
| 23 | The two officials alleged that Sacher himself was engaged in vetting deputies and persons in state positions , and was employing former officers of the StB . |
| 24 | This , according to a Gascon petition of 1279 , was traditionally composed of the prelates , barons , knights and other nobles of the land and was to adjudge all cases concerning inheritance and other matters relating to the first two estates ( clergy and nobility ) of the duchy . |
| 25 | The New York mayor also met Japan 's prime minister , Kiichi Miyazawa , and other officials , and was to begin several days of talks with business leaders today . |
| 26 | He described pre-1914 espionage as ‘ capital sport ’ , but was given few resources with which to pursue it . |
| 27 | 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 . |