Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] be [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the disconcerting features of New Historicist accounts is that a recognition of critical partially and a mapping out of the historicity of texts through the textuality of history does not produce a critical manner which is careful and self-scrutinising . |
| 2 | A spokesman said : ‘ The problem with heavy rainfall and flash floods is that a lot of it runs away before it can soak through to the underground aquifers . ’ |
| 3 | In business sales cases the conflicting public interests are that a man is not at liberty to deprive himself or the community of his labour and expertise unreasonably and yet he must have a freedom to sell his business for the best price ; which may be only obtainable if he precludes himself from entering into competition with the purchaser ( see James VC in Leather Cloth Co v Lorsont ( 1869 ) LR 9 Eq 354 ) . |
| 4 | One fear of many English teachers is that a terminology for language forms takes attention away from the meaning of language . |
| 5 | Perhaps the clearest indication of the increasingly multidisciplinary nature of Quaternary investigations is that a book written by a geographer , D.Q. Bowen , and published in 1978 is entitled Quaternary Geology and is subtitled A Stratigraphic Framework for Multidisciplinary Work . |
| 6 | A more difficult question in relation to severable contracts is whether a breach of condition in relation to one or more instalments entitles the innocent party to regard the whole contract as repudiated or whether it is a severable breach confined to the instalments in question . |
| 7 | The general opinion amongst Central Authorities is that a request should not be rejected on this ground ; and this appears to accord with the views expressed in the House of Lords in the Westinghouse case . |
| 8 | The argument for saying that there should be liability in such circumstances is that a constable does not cease to have certain general duties because he happens to be ‘ off duty ’ for the time being . |
| 9 | The past 45 years are but a fraction of more than 2,000 years of recorded European civilisation , yet we have achieved much . |
| 10 | The justification for protection in these circumstances is that a businessman who is willing to deal on the other party 's standard terms and conditions is probably unable to negotiate a special deal due to an inequality of bargaining power . |
| 11 | Alice gave her the bag in which Catherine 's disposable nappies were and a change of clothes and she put the two bottles of formula into the fridge . |
| 12 | The prime advantages are that a group develops a high level of cohesiveness and a high regard for its task functions . |
| 13 | The primary questions are whether a law has been broken , and whether an offender can be detected . |
| 14 | The key criteria are that a person has a range of needs that can not be met by one agency alone and his or her ability to live independently is in jeopardy . |
| 15 | The striking differences are that a team increases seeking ideas , suggesting , building and seeking clarification and decreases proposing , disagreeing , difficulty stating and clarifying/explaining/informing . |
| 16 | Final figures were that a total of 5,712 candidates had stood for election , of whom 1,021 were independents and the remainder represented one of the 59 different parties . |
| 17 | Yet the ideas used to justify the existence and work of the media , such as the ‘ freedom of the press ’ , are ideas whose true meanings are but a memory of past struggles in very different circumstances . |