Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all bishops were employed by the king and some of them had acquired their sees in the face of royal opposition ; they can not be dismissed as king 's men . |
| 2 | He explained that by 1996 all trades and industry would be covered by NVQ 's and government funding for training would only be given for NVQ 's . |
| 3 | Larger holes should be filled with decorator 's filler paste ( such as Polyfilla ) , which is allowed to harden before the face is rubbed down . |
| 4 | You may have loved her or hated her , agreed with her or violently opposed her , but not even her worst enemy could have accused her of spinelessness or a desire to be shielded from life 's little unpleasantnesses . |
| 5 | Tenants would be consulted about Enterprise 's list of approved beer suppliers . |
| 6 | Children — Custody — Enforcement — Mother removing children from Australia without father 's knowledge in breach of joint custody rights — Father acquiescing in children 's removal — Father 's subsequent application for children 's return — Judge refusing to make order in interests of children — Whether children 's interests to be considered in court 's exercise of discretion — Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 ( c. 60 ) , Sch . |
| 7 | But while Mr Smith campaigned well , he may in hindsight come to be blamed for Labour 's catastrophic defeat . |
| 8 | He would never admit to himself that this was because Jeopardy seemed beyond him ; Lucien was convinced he could never be included in Jeopardy 's elite circle of friends , and so it was easier to dislike him , to pick fault and criticise . |
| 9 | REAL firemen freed Joe Grey , four , after he stuck his head between railings at Scunthorpe , Humberside , because he wanted to be rescued by TV 's Fireman Sam . |
| 10 | It has signed on undisclosed terms to use Oracle Corp 's manufacturing and financial applications , including software engineering products worldwide ; Oracle Manufacturing will be installed in Sun Microsystems Computer Corp manufacturing plants worldwide and Oracle Financials will be installed throughout Sun 's subsidiaries , including sites in Europe , Asia and North America in what is claimed to be the first-ever distributed system to address multi-site , multi-plant , multi-country , and multi-lingual requirements ; the value of the pact to Oracle was not given . |
| 11 | SPENDING ON some areas of the National Health Service could be downgraded in Labour 's list of priorities as a result of the leadership 's determination to make the productive economy the centrepiece of the party 's programme for government . |
| 12 | If we all realised just how intimately lonely we all are , the word and feeling ‘ lonely ’ could be cancelled from life 's experience and we would relate to one another in a more true fashion since we would be aware of the limitations of relationships . |
| 13 | This is not a new disclosure , but Summers has uncovered more evidence that has previously be revealed for Hoover 's long relationship with his sidekick Clyde Tolson , and has also unearthed stories of orgies and transvestism . |
| 14 | Only market failure can justify vertical integration , for example where F is one of a limited number of sources of a critical supply , or where the supplier-customer relationship requires trust and secrecy which can not be secured at arm 's length . |
| 15 | The outcome would be decided at Labour 's autumn conference , by an electoral college of MPs , trades unions and constituency parties . |
| 16 | Kan 's Prehistoric range can be seen at Liberty 's and The Conran Shop later this month . |
| 17 | Hunt , often to be seen in mum 's Austin A35 van around Wimbledon , was referring to budgies — a passion since boyhood . |
| 18 | This effect , however , may in some way be related to urethane 's cytostatic action and urethane 's ability to augment synthesis and release of somatostatin and to reduce gastrin release and acid secretion in the rat stomach . |
| 19 | The age of ‘ social Darwinism ’ left no room for a sense of stewardship and encouraged no sympathy for the animal and plant species that might be threatened by humankind 's dominant position . |
| 20 | ‘ This kind of weight reduction ca n't be met by plastic 's rivals — and it all adds up to a reduction in waste at the beginning of the cycle , which is where the environmental action should start ! ’ |
| 21 | Such a list may quite simply be typed out on sheets of paper and duplicated so that additions and changes may be made until the list has to be retyped for clarity 's sake . |
| 22 | Water authority to be sued over officer 's illness |
| 23 | Still less is there an easy solution to be had from Labour 's new leadership contest . |
| 24 | More than 20 developers from Sun 's technical staff are teaming with Oracle developers to enhance and localise the Oracle Applications products , as well as associated technologies to improve the efficiency of Sun 's worldwide manufacturing operations , implement the integration of Sun 's Open Look graphical user interface with all components of Oracle 's product suite , and optimise Oracle7 for Sun 's new multiprocessor servers and produce applications that can be sold to Sun 's customers as well . |
| 25 | Sun Microsystems has a deal going with another Russian concern , this one operating under the improbable name Elvis+ : seems they 've cut some kind of technology licence and co-development pact for wireless network communications technology to be used in Sun 's nomadic computing strategy ; Elvis is apparently a privately held company run by one Alexander Galitsky , who by repute was involved in the Soviet space programme , but all should be clear when the pair go public March 16 . |
| 26 | Perhaps they were wrong ; perhaps the spoke of the wheel on which he was clinging would never be swung over so hard by Lady Fortune that he would be prised loose and fall , limbs sprawling , like the figures on the rose window of the cathedral , while others — Tommaso , where was Tommaso now ? — rose up to be garlanded at chance 's whim . |
| 27 | Kaleida will initially be housed at Apple 's headquarters , but there are plans for it to be relocated to Silicon Valley later in the year . |
| 28 | Lawrence apparently has no wish to be verified by rock 's steering committee . |
| 29 | Efficiency should not be measured for efficiency 's sake . |
| 30 | In addition , Next 's Portable Distributed Objects system for distributing applications across a network will allow NextStep objects to be deployed on HP-UX servers from the end of the year ; the company 's NetInfo network management software will be integrated with HP 's OpenView system management tools and will also be available on HP-UX servers from the fourth quarter of this year . |