Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Members will be asked to vote on the following actions which are designed to achieve a reversal of the decision made at F&S on 5 March 1991 not to implement the Shop 's proposal for a reduction in pay differentials . |
| 32 | These outline specifications have been included to provide a summary of the new awards . |
| 33 | Physically , two photons with frequency are scattered to form a pair of photons at , so the process is termed four-wave mixing . |
| 34 | It was confirmed on Oct. 1 that Carl Bildt had been nominated to form a minority four-party " bourgeois " coalition , as proposed by him on Sept. 24 , comprising his own conservative Moderate Party ( M ) , the Liberal Party ( Fp ) led by Bengt Westerberg , the Centre Party ( C ) led by Olof Johansson , and the Christian Democratic Community Party ( KdS ) led by Alf Svensson . |
| 35 | Those admitted to Agriculture and cognate subjects are recommended to gain a minimum of 16 weeks varied experience before graduation , and during undergraduate vacations . |
| 36 | High level sales are forecast to produce a pay-off of £160k and to have a probability of 0·2 of being achieved . |
| 37 | High level sales are forecast to produce a pay-off of £160k and to have a probability of 0.2 of being achieved . |
| 38 | All sixty-five , despite wildly divergent styles ( Minimalism to Neo-Romanticism ) , and mostly diabolical qualities , are claimed to have a hot-line to the Sacred . |
| 39 | MORE than 200 young dancers are expected to join a protest outside the BBC Television Centre in west London on Sunday after being dropped from a major TV tribute to the Queen . |
| 40 | Suitable candidates are expected to hold a PhD in electrochemistry or a related topic ; experience at postdoctoral level is desirable but not essential . |
| 41 | Of these , 18 per cent feel they are expected to take a bank 's advice without question . |
| 42 | Lastly , Group III shares have the highest systematic risk and are expected to give a return of 14 per cent . |
| 43 | Group 1 shares have low systematic risks and are expected to earn a return of 10 per cent . |
| 44 | They are expected to use a diversity of job search methods and to keep records of their job-seeking activities which they have to show when interviewed by an Employment Service counsellor . |
| 45 | Police are expected to charge a father with attempted murder after his fifteen month old son was found stabbed in his cot . |
| 46 | TRAP ONE : Some 100,000 homebuyers are expected to skip a mortgage payment , thousands more will try to dodge the rent man so they have more cash to spend . |
| 47 | SUNDERLAND are expected to announce a voucher system for the distribution of their FA Cup final tickets . |
| 48 | Councillors in Harrogate are expected to approve a tree preservation order on Tuesday on a copper beech tree in a garden at Main Street , Upper Poppleton , near York , following the felling of a nearby sycamore . |
| 49 | Russian authorities are expected to file a request for his extradition , but it could take weeks before Swedish authorities decide whether the hijackers will be sent home or face trial in Sweden . |
| 50 | Benefits from lower raw material prices and the falling pound are expected to provide a boost on top of the move into higher-margin chemical materials in the United States . |
| 51 | Benefits from lower raw material prices and the falling pound are expected to provide a boost on top of the move into higher-margin chemical materials in the United States . |
| 52 | The findings are expected to make a contribution to the practical evaluation of the Act , and to wider debates concerning the relationship between law , discretion and working practices in the criminal justice process . |
| 53 | ‘ London will be the only capital city in Europe where rail services are expected to make a profit , ’ he added . |
| 54 | But these larger firms are already cutting down on the size of their student intake and , if the trend continues , will end up — as Grant Thornton has already done — recruiting and training only staff who are expected to make a career with the firm after qualifying . |
| 55 | RESIDENTS of Middlesbrough are expected to face a poll tax increase of almost £45 from April 1 . |
| 56 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp says its procurements from foreign firms in the year ending March 31 are expected to show a 23% increase to $850m , the highest since 1981 . |
| 57 | Tax-paying investors will , other things being equal , prefer bonds which have a low coupon but which are expected to show a capital appreciation . |
| 58 | Half-time figures are expected to show a 4% rise to £123m and a dividend increase to 6.9p . |
| 59 | The move is a morale booster for Forte , two weeks before its results , which are expected to show a profits plunge to about £70 million . |
| 60 | Others will be hostile and critical ; whilst those readers who have bargained in the bazaars of North Africa or the East will have recognised that the customer and the shopkeeper are expected to play a negotiating game , jousting with each other until there is agreement and mutual respect . |