Example sentences of "be [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly it is in the private sector , where the only bribe that counts is low prices , where fierce competition and price wars have been wreaking havoc among Europe 's surviving computer makers . |
| 2 | For a differential drill they are placed side by side and drilled across to highlight the difference between them . |
| 3 | Because of the way that the two animals stand in relation to one another while grooming is going on , it is these vertical lines that are placed slap in front of their ‘ nearside ’ eyes . |
| 4 | These arguments are given credibility by Pareto 's ambiguous reaction to the rise of Italian fascism , and by Michels ' conversion from a socialist syndicalist espousing the use of a general strike before the First World War to an enthusiastic apologist for fascism in the 1920s ( Beetham , 1977 ) . |
| 5 | Under LMS , where governing bodies are given responsibility for matters that affect health and safety , they will be potentially liable for any offences against the 1974 Health and Safety Act caused by their decisions . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Au these possibilities are recognized in EC competition policy , and are given exemption from Article 85 so long as certain safeguards are in place . |
| 8 | Rangers are given scent of success |
| 9 | A bias is evaluated for each lexicographer so that those that are receiving less than their ‘ fair share ’ are given priority over others . |
| 10 | We are given insight into Chas ' thoughts of a future through his own phantasizing dreams : |
| 11 | where corporate information is revealed legitimately to an underwriter , accountant , lawyer , or consultant working for the corporation , these outsiders may become fiduciaries of the shareholders … [ they do not actively solicit or acquire inside information ] but rather they have entered into a special confidential relationship in the conduct of the business of the enterprise and are given access to information solely for corporate purposes . |
| 12 | Yet they are using blackmail on miners to vote to close pits earlier than they year that had been decided on so that they can close the pit down and they have cut the redundancy payments for miners . |
| 13 | It must be stressed , however , that , if the potential dysfunctional effects of ROI use are to be avoided , financial controllers must make it very clear throughout the organization exactly how supervisors are using ROI for evaluation and exactly how it is to be used by SBU and divisional managers . |
| 14 | We advise groups or individuals that are producing work for publication to consult with others engaged in the same activity . |
| 15 | Therefore , it provides a multi-purpose connective which is particularly useful when we are producing speech without pause for planning or time for selecting a precise alternative . |
| 16 | Valerie Langer and Garth Lenz of Vancouver Island 's Friends of Clayoquot South are drawing attention to Canada 's plans to clear-fell 88 per cent of its ancient boreal and temperate forest . |
| 17 | Its aims are to promote awareness of X and provide a forum for the discussion of technical issues . |
| 18 | OSF HAS BEEN SUBMITTING MOTIF TO X/OPEN REGULARLY |
| 19 | The Open Software Foundation has apparently been submitting Motif to X/Open Co Ltd on a regular six monthly basis over the last three or four years , sources are saying . |
| 20 | Sedgemore said : ‘ I joined first class rugby late but I am enjoying life with Cardiff . |
| 21 | Before I had completed a question about whether he would like to be Chancellor , MacGregor broke in to say with a smile , as he had to : ‘ But I am enjoying being at transport . |
| 22 | She had been cooking rice for supper . |
| 23 | Of a bewildered dervish , are taught distrust in prayer . |
| 24 | To allow pupils to progress at a pace suited to their own particular aptitudes , they are taught French in sets based on their ability in the subject . |
| 25 | Several factors are inhibiting growth of earnings : a weaker domestic loan market , tighter interest rate margins , and slow growth by some subsidiaries . |
| 26 | The Ferranti family 's demands came to light as a result of an approach by representatives of Hill Samuel and Murray Johnstone , who are canvassing support among shareholders for a plan to make Ferranti hive off its core UK defence interests and merge them with the defence activities of Thorn EMI . |
| 27 | My right hon. Friend will be aware that HMS Norfolk — the first of the Duke class — has been accepted into the fleet and has been completing work-up at Portland . |
| 28 | Birds of prey have been registered nose-diving at speeds of up to 1 l 0 miles an hour . |
| 29 | You , you , you 've all hea heard of Marie Curie , famous erm scientist who pioneered a lot of the work on radioactivity in the early part of this century and the last part of the last century she in fact was Polish , lived in , in , in Paris , married a French man called Pierre er hence she 's known as Marie Curie well Pierre Curie was also a scientist and he was er baffled by the affect that , th the fact that there did n't seem to be any biological affects er certainly the doses of radiation that , that they were , they were getting they 'd handled tons and tons of pitchblende , that 's radioactive ore they extracted several grammes of radium from it , they 'd been handling stuff for years they were n't ill , they obviously had n't died and so on . |
| 30 | I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’ |