Example sentences of "be [verb] a [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The miners had been seeking a 25 per cent pay increase , but the mine faced an uncertain future , with reserves expected to run out by 1996 . |
| 2 | The 30-nation talks in Geneva failed to bridge the gap between countries such as Germany and the Nordic states , which are seeking a 79 per cent cut in emissions by the end of the decade , and those like the UK and France which want a lower level of cuts over a longer period . |
| 3 | Yeah I do n't think they 're doing a great er I do n't think they 're making a great deal of money out of it themselves . |
| 4 | So if you 're doing A level psychol y'know I think perhaps you ought to say , ok what we 'll do is go for less depth but a more general approach . |
| 5 | The slight time delay is still there ( really , we 're talking a few 1000ths of a second ) but the tracking is quite a lot better . |
| 6 | Cos they 're making a new dia , dictionary and they want some new words |
| 7 | Greene King already owns 28% of Morland and has been promised a further 14.9% . |
| 8 | For more than two weeks prior to Oct. 29 , the Central Bank had been selling an estimated US$50,000,000 in gold each day , in efforts to keep down the gold price ( and thereby to hold down the black-market dollar rate , whose divergence from the official rate provided a barometer of business confidence ) . |
| 9 | At the moment we are experiencing a 25 per cent fall in the number of young school leavers . |
| 10 | As recently as September 1990 it had been expecting a 2.4 per cent growth for 1991 . |
| 11 | In conclusion , thank , you , everybody , for listening , and I hope you are having a wonderful afternoon/ evening and are all as happy as we are today . |
| 12 | I am running a 1986 V8 County 90 which at 25,000 miles has no more than normal backlash in the transmission line , yet a most irritating noise has developed which can only be described as a clunk that occurs whenever I apply or lift off the throttle in any gear . |
| 13 | at , some things to work out , erm , you better write them out and then you can read your own writing then , so if I say , er , you can only in , you can just make your own notes on what you need to do the question , but computers normally costs six hundred pounds , but erm , Rumbelows are doing a fifteen per cent discount , how much do you pay for it ? |
| 14 | I was happy to agree with this because it seemed to me that teachers were not ready for all the problems of assessment of speaking and listening for pupils aged 14 to 16 , and for the profile component to be given a 20 per cent weighting would be a considerable step forward . |
| 15 | Local authorities will be given a 50 per cent grant towards the cost of each shelter . |
| 16 | However Greene King could relaunch their bid in the near future … and even if they do n't … they 'll still be holding a forty-three per cent stake in the company |
| 17 | ‘ If resources were available the first priority would be to appoint a full-time personnel/training officer ’ . |
| 18 | A theatre company known as Unappointed will be constructing a temporary 28O seat arene at the observation platform between the Thames and Gabriel 's Wharf this summer to complement the Coin Street Festival . |
| 19 | Top civil servants , including judges , are to be awarded a four per cent pay increase in spite of recommendations they should get at least twenty percent . |
| 20 | More recently the Alliance has been awarded a 40 per cent interest in a deepwater block — 15 — for which Exxon is to be operator . |
| 21 | Since the issue price can be fixed so that it is virtually impossible for the rights price to become negative , companies which pay underwriting commission on a rights issue are making an expensive ex gratia payment . |
| 22 | The Donbass miners were demanding a 100-150 per cent pay rise , but the Kuzbass strike was exclusively political , the miners demanding Gorbachev 's resignation , dissolution of the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies , and the transfer of power to the Federation Council . |
| 23 | The health-care workers were demanding a 300 per cent pay rise and extra funding for health care . |
| 24 | The health workers were seeking a 100 per cent wage increase and improved conditions . |
| 25 | The doctors had their salaries increased by 50 per cent , while the teachers were granted a 20 per cent rise . |
| 26 | Yachting World readers are being offered a 10 per cent discount on the price of the service , providing they send them this page of Yachting World . |
| 27 | Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are |
| 28 | We were having a massive a er conversation the other night about smoking , he was going oh well you know , you smoking are you , I went why , he goes oh we found , found a box of matches in your er top I went oh no no no , it 's just for , for the joss sticks , yeah . |
| 29 | ‘ The Protons were basically a punk rock band , ’ Lenny explains , as the ‘ Weed luxuriate in the compact and bijou confines of the third support band 's dressing facilities at the London Astoria , ‘ and these two guys were doing a '60s R&B thing . |
| 30 | We were charged a hefty US$46.80 ( £23.60 ) in mooring fees . |