Example sentences of "be [adv] the [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A typical example would be where the personnel manager specified the rules for disciplining and dismissal of employees .
2 Er now clearly if the if the members had si had been simply the highways committee had been deciding the preferred route simply on the basis of which gives the greatest traffic relief then on that basis they would have chosen an inner northern .
3 There are various procedural requirements applicable to a reduction in the standard number , including a duty of the proposer to publish details of the proposals and to refer the proposals to the Secretary of State if objections to them are raised by 10 or more local government electors or by the LEA or governors ( whichever of them is not the admissions authority ) .
4 I mean if you do n't , think , oh well I 'd I do n't want to be well it 's not the teachers fault cos you do n't get on !
5 And as you may know , within IBM the line manager is also the personnel manager for the people reporting to him .
6 I I it 's clearly the defendants case that it 's not malpractice and as Mr is undoubtedly going to say .
7 If you do not receive one , you should ask the person in the company responsible for the pension scheme — this is often the personnel manager — to supply you with a booklet .
8 what , oh , erm , there 's something I 've just thought of though , when they wear the er camouflage things , is that when they wear the maroon belt round ? , is n't the kaki belt with the dress uniform ?
9 ‘ That is n't the three-times table ! ’
10 Inconsistency is when the personnel director , faced with a request for an increase in pay , says " 4 per cent maximum " and then concedes 4½ per cent under threat of strike .
11 This is why the telecommunications industry in the US is now finalising a scheme to use pooled money , with government administration , to pay for the training of foreign engineers .
12 That is why the arms-for-Iraq case has caused such interest at Westminster , even if it has not in the rest of the country .
13 And that was the reason why , and in fact the total shortfall , the total unmanning was something like a hundred and thirty-five hundred and forty , which is why the police authority has a bid in at this moment for a , a further sixty-eight policemen , which has in fact been backed by the county council , who are prepared to pay for it .
14 So it is imperative that the quality of service is extended into the washroom facilities , which is why the Facilities Manager specified Rentokil Healthcare Services .
15 This is where the Arts Council has stepped in with the argument that if the scheme promotes a form of art which does not conform to their qualitative criteria , it should be abolished .
16 This was not the operations room of a naval warship or a secret room in the White House but my modest office above a restaurant in north London .
17 The LEA , which had an equal opportunities policy for its education service , was not the admissions authority .
18 For it was not the Police Choir that sang but seven-year-old Maria O'Neil .
19 But erm that was your final one and er that was run by a Mr , I remember Mr because he was also the sports master as well .
20 But , fifteen minutes later , it was n't the police station , but one of the local hotels that they drew up in front of .
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