Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] be the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When baking a cake , manufacturers of cake-mixes were told , women were acting out symbolically the birth of a child ( not for nothing was the vulgar phrase for pregnancy a ‘ bun in the oven ’ ) . |
| 2 | More important for them is the other alternative which can follow the first primitive stage : feudalism . |
| 3 | In between them was the drooping branch of an apple tree . |
| 4 | A full-time multiprofessional Management Board would be created to implement its policies and the link between them was the Chief Executive who sat on both . |
| 5 | Most powerful for me is the tragic loss that the chess world — both living and generations to come — has suffered through Fischer 's self imposed 20 years exile . |
| 6 | That for me is the ideal copy ’ . |
| 7 | The only disappointing aspect for me was the unbearable tension caused by the starter who ‘ held ’ the men for an unbelievably long time , causing false starts . |
| 8 | ‘ Single ’ individual organisms such as ourselves are the ultimate embodiment of many such mergers . |
| 9 | The original position seems to presuppose not just a neutral theory of the good , but a liberal , individualistic conception according to which the best that can be wished for someone is the unimpeded pursuit of his own path , provided it does not interfere with the rights of others . |
| 10 | Most published accounts say that Nucella ( all species ) feeds on barnacles and mussels , but they differ about which is the preferred prey . |
| 11 | She knew what Alain had said about her being the lost child , but even he did not know how lost she had been . |
| 12 | It 's maintaining the diet for longer and keeping the weight off which is the tricky part . |
| 13 | However since that time , there has been no recognition granted by USDAW , the main reason for which is the General Secretary , who allegedly had said that because his organization is not a profit making organization , there is no reason to have a trade union there . |
| 14 | When the Parliamentary Curry Club was launched at the Red Fort restaurant in Soho last month , the celebration boasted 79 MPs — not least of whom was the aptly-named Edwina Currie . |
| 15 | Examples are an orphaned marital child adopted by a couple neither of whom were its natural parents ; a marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; a non-marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; or adopted by a couple neither of whom was the natural parent . |
| 16 | Examples are an orphaned marital child adopted by a couple neither of whom were its natural parents ; a marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; a non-marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; or adopted by a couple neither of whom was the natural parent . |
| 17 | Examples are an orphaned marital child adopted by a couple neither of whom were its natural parents ; a marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; a non-marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; or adopted by a couple neither of whom was the natural parent . |
| 18 | At the end of the process , the 13 houses , once inhabited by 200 families , their numbers swollen to 1,000 people by transients who made their way in and slept on the stairways at night , were reduced to lodging 300 or 400 people in 108 rooms , only a quarter of whom were the original tenants , although the rents apparently had not been raised . |
| 19 | Tristan has two near neighbours , both uninhabited , Nightingale and Inaccessible , and a third a couple of hundred kilometres further south , Gough Island ; all of them are the battered remains of extinct volcanoes . |
| 20 | Gone too from both of them are the dark circles under the eyes , the complexions grey with tiredness and lined with worry . |
| 21 | Suspensions and the risk of them are the common denominators of today 's European proceedings . |
| 22 | Not all of them are the high mileage though are they ? |
| 23 | The Kuwaiti population is about one point seven million erm about six to seven hundred thousand of them are the Kuwaiti nationals . |
| 24 | But for present purposes it really does n't matter which if either of them is the right definition . |
| 25 | Orc leaders are known as Boss Orcs , but even Boss Orcs fight amongst themselves to decide which of them is the overall leader . |
| 26 | Best of them is the young Robert Merrill , who at least manages to extract some expression from Germont 's part . |
| 27 | Both are gigantic construction projects , needing a large number of people to pass through them to be profitable , and with neither of them is the full return projected for a good few years hence . |
| 28 | And about all of them is the untidy spaciousness of land which has been forgotten , greens , allotments , sumps , dumps , and slag-holes . |
| 29 | We have had troubles in various parts of the country in recent months , and I realise that there may be many reasons for that , but I am convinced that one of them is the depressing effect that such areas have on those who live in them . |
| 30 | In the meantime , archery had retained its appeal in a few places around the country , two of them being the neighbouring Ayrshire towns of Irvine and Kilwinning , in both of which contests were held annually . |