Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This word is ‘ Readers ’ , which seems to indicate by my reckoning that 5 out of every 6 letters written on women players are sent to readers who are Steffi Graf fans . |
| 2 | There was a pond by us , belonging to the people that we were with , and they let us bring some , and we popped them in , and erm on the far bank of the pond there are always lovely dragonflies , and on the other side there 's some marsh orchids which , I did n't let the excavator erm scoop away that bank and each year there are marsh orchids . |
| 3 | At the front of the rib transfer carriage there are some metal prongs . |
| 4 | Yeah , you know , half way up Lindon Hill there 's three stone steps |
| 5 | Within shops there are computer-readable price tags to enable the retailer to exercise control over stock and financial transactions , and there are an increasing number of electronic point of sale ( EPOS ) terminals . |
| 6 | In the heart of the Disney complex there are three championship courses , the Magnolia , the Palm and Lake Buena Vista , as well as a beginner 's course called Wee Links . |
| 7 | There are no remarkable buildings in the town ; there are banks , churches , very many general merchants , and a few bakers , butchers , curing yards , ship-building yards and suchlike , while in the harbour there is some shipping life . |
| 8 | On the saturday there are seven-a-side football competitions for youngsters involving 30 or more teams who travel from as far as Newcastle in the North and Wetherby in the South to take part . |
| 9 | ’ At Shotesham there are delicate plaster ceilings and a frieze of wheat-ears and hops in the entrance hall , which told of Robert Fellowes ' surrounding acres . |
| 10 | In healthcare settings and when giving first aid there are various routine hygiene precautions which should always be followed . |
| 11 | In the North-East there are three music schools and although they do not boast as many pupils as their Japanese counterparts they are growing , with over 300 pupils enrolled . |
| 12 | erm The reason why we moved the amendment on this is er Jim been and that has , we started to query the figures I did n't get involved in the all this week and th people like Jim , David loads of my attention and the whole er exercise was a fraud they 're all bum figures and when I checked , the figures I have checked here are done by a senior officer when I showed 'im what stuff was being wrong . |
| 13 | shorthand it 's all shorthand notes . |
| 14 | ‘ Immediately after the marathon it was local election time and I was on the move constantly . |
| 15 | In a hypothetical life-form with both hands of amino acid it is possible that rather than no helices being created , there would be helical molecules which were true mirror images of one another . |
| 16 | There are several items here Lynda which are two piece construction . |
| 17 | ‘ Whether in Southall , Singapore or New York , it is Indians who rule the discount shops , all happy making money , selling to other Indians who are happy spending money , knowing that they are actually saving money . |
| 18 | A survey has been made of the twenty-six judges who were active Law Lords during the period 1952–68 together with two Lord Chief Justices , two Masters of the Rolls and one president of what was then the Probate , Divorce and Admiralty Division . |
| 19 | Enthusiasts who are both cave spotters and train spotters will enjoy Batty Green ; others not so addicted will probably not , the area being pathless and rough underfoot and lacking the beauty of other parts of the region . |
| 20 | What is worse , beneath the landfill sites there were old mining workings . |
| 21 | In Scotland there were 42 reception areas , for Glasgow , where about 38,000 people were housed , the major schemes being at Linwood , Johnstone , Erskine and Kirkintilloch . |
| 22 | Certainly at the time of the 1968 Act there were few cheque cards or credit cards . |
| 23 | In England for example , unemployment in the North is twice that in the South-East , and in most European countries there are lesser employment opportunities in rural areas as opposed to urban areas resulting in depopulation of the countryside and an increase in the size of cities . |
| 24 | Ride is a reasonable compromise considering its dual role ; supple and smooth when surfaces allow but it rolls majestically cornering fast — no wonder there are ample grab handles . |
| 25 | Among the contents of Matthew 's safe there were two manuscript volumes , the journal of a certain Martin Beale who lived and worked in Natal and Cape Province during the second half of the last century . ’ |
| 26 | It 's in there because you ca n't have executive style cabinet government in local government unless you pay executive councillors executive salaries , it 's got nothing to do with the idea of you getting thirty five pounds rather than thirty three if we stay here all day erm I would just , I 'm really wisely advised to make one point er Mr er was c wondering why this did n't have majority support actually most of it did I think Mr will confirm that he and his colleagues were happy to support all of the proposed responses from A to J on page thirty and thirty one but were not happy with response B and I would like to er that erm that er when our responses do go forward it is made clear that apart from little paragraph B there was all party support because I really feel that our local authority associates need to know that and erm I hope that will be little B was er a piece that erm certainly I and my colleagues supported er , rather . |
| 27 | In the Henry Moore Gallery there was fine art work , and in the new Gulbenkian Galleries were the designs for manufacture , communication , and humanity , which included architecture , ceramics , glass , computer-related design , fashion and knitwear design , furniture making , industrial design , engineering , interior design , jewellery , printed and woven textiles , vehicle design , graphic design , holography , photography , and conservation . |
| 28 | Before the act they were just insurance brokers flogging life policies . |
| 29 | I done a one the other day that was twenty five pence it was some charity thing . |
| 30 | The markets , and the employers who are busy fuelling wage inflation , expect a depreciation . |