Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK profession has flourished in a free market economy where much reliance has been placed on actuaries ' judgement rather than on constricting regulations . |
| 2 | Asked in February 1987 what he had to say about the conclusions of the Tower Report , the first detailed inquiry into the affair , he referred reporters to ‘ the eighth Beatitude of Matthew 5 ’ : ‘ Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness ' sake , for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . ’ |
| 3 | McHale plans to use the extra £50,000 he has been given for players ' wages to good effect . |
| 4 | However , animal experiments have shown that , if tobacco extracts are painted on rabbits ' ears , cancerous growths tend to appear on the skin of the ear . |
| 5 | The significance and the complexities of the relationship which gives rise to the caring , and the importance of understanding what both parties wish for in the relationship , have always been emphasized by carers ' organizations . |
| 6 | The concepts of theme/rheme and given/new are supplemented in Firbas ' model with a non-binary notion that determines which elements are thematic and which are not thematic in a clause . |
| 7 | Females are attracted by males ' displays and go to them for mating . |
| 8 | He would sometimes open his notes in the pulpit when ready to preach and find that they had been decorated with James ' latest drawings of animals . |
| 9 | MORE employees than ever are committed to Courtaulds ' aim of being faster , better , more distinctive . |
| 10 | The [ draft ] FRS requires that all shares are reported within shareholders ' funds . |
| 11 | since you done it we 've been looking in jewellers ' shops when I go , I go up town twice a week with her , you know , carry all the bags , and er we 're looking in the jewellers ' shop and some old , some lady stood there and , she were looking I says , come on they do n't wear marriage ri , wedding rings there ! |
| 12 | Information has been collected on households ' patterns of donating money and volunteering time to charities , individuals ' motives for giving , their attitudes to charities , and their knowledge of and views of covenanting and bequeathing money to charities . |
| 13 | The handbook includes terms that are incorporated into employees ' contracts : |
| 14 | ‘ I hope some of the senior players are looking at Flatts ' attitude . |
| 15 | My name is I have been a shareholder and other members of my family for many years much has already been said about directors ' and your particular erm , fees in particular . |
| 16 | This question has often been answered with artists ' impressions , but never with direct measurements . |
| 17 | The same case could , of course , have been made about listeners ' attitudes to the number and length of speeches to which they were now to be subjected . |
| 18 | In addition , IIDA functions as an interface — an assistance mode — in which diagnostic procedures are applied to users ' commands and responses . |
| 19 | Dexter had also been phoned by Mills ' accountant . |
| 20 | Evaluations may also be made of the whole work group so that judgements are made of workers ' attitudes and performance at both levels . |
| 21 | Well I mean you know we 're not playing children 's ganging up games are we we know we 're dealing with peoples ' lives and families . |
| 22 | The birds that do it are the oilbirds of South America , and the cave swiftlets of the Far East , the ones whose nests are used for birds ' nest soup . |
| 23 | It ranges from the traditional dances of ancient Greece used by David Bintley for his Choros to the latest pieces of minimal music by John Cage that are used for Robbins ' Glass Pieces . |
| 24 | Commentators need to be clear about whether they are enquiring into interviewees ' reading or their politics . |
| 25 | The $100m that clubs are paying in players ' wages this year is more than half as much again as they paid in 1990 . |
| 26 | It has been produced at Whitbreads ' Flowers Brewery in Cheltenham , using hops from Czechoslovakia . |
| 27 | This desirable attitude dated from the days of the Victorian foundation of the system when dispersal of books which had been bought with ratepayers ' money would have seemed like culpable negligence . |
| 28 | The three following principles are employed in Sears ' for the selection and assignment of subject headings : |
| 29 | I do n't know why they do it , the screws , because half of them are bent as butchers ' hooks anyway . |
| 30 | But it questions whether pollution levels have truly fallen in that period , since the figures are based on companies ' revised interpretations of what they are required to report . |