Example sentences of "[adj] be [adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Nigerian Curriculum Conference and the National Workshop on Primary Education which followed it in 1971 are important for a number of reasons :
2 Nevertheless , clauses 9.1 and 9.2 are dangerous as a tenant will prefer to know at the outset whether any defects affect the premises and the tenant 's solicitor should amend them as follows :
3 The main reasons for this are due to the fact that what Freud meant by ‘ sexuality ’ is much wider in its connotations than genital intercourse between a male and a female , and also partly due to his assertion that there is no basic sociability , no herd instinct , in men .
4 Clothes like this are good for the location filming on Going Live — warm , comfortable and bright , which is vital for TV
5 The implications of this are chilling in an era marked by growing , destabilising imbalances among the world 's largest industrial economies .
6 Copies of this are available in the Alcove and it is highly recommended reading .
7 MOST voters expect a hung Parliament after Thursday but half are unhappy about the idea , according to Gallup 's final pre-election survey for The Sunday Telegraph .
8 I wish to put two propositions to my right hon. Friend : first , the English are under-represented in the House ; and , secondly , the Scots are over-represented here .
9 It can be argued that the question of whether an applicant ought to be required to use Ord. 53 procedure should depend on whether the particular procedural features of Ord. 53 are appropriate to the case .
10 Part-time male reservists do only sanger ( guard ) duty , either at the station or at other locations ; female reservists are restricted in the main to the guard room inside the station , with only full-time reserve policemen carrying the responsibility for a broader range of tasks , although few are involved in the paperwork for a case file .
11 Whether it is a Christian student surrounded by relativism on a university campus or a Christian family surrounded by the influence of the mass media , too few are awake to the danger .
12 Whereas few — not to boast — few are speedier on the draw with the old chopsticks than young Ollie .
13 ‘ The British are worried about the situation , ’ US Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger confirmed last night .
14 We can hardly tell the Finance and Executive Committee that the British are unreliable at the vehicle plants , but as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar when it comes to components . ’
15 Some are best in the evening , some around midnight , some for two or three hours following dawn , and others at various times during the day .
16 All rooms are twin bedded with a shower and loo ; some are available with a lake view .
17 All the bedrooms have telephone , radio and colour satellite TV , and some are available with a balcony and lake view .
18 Some are beneficial to the system , but others can give major problems .
19 Many regard SunSoft Inc as being the most dogmatic in its approach to the issue — some are worried about the company 's drift towards what they see as proprietary technology .
20 Some are exempt from the community charge altogether .
21 Scottish History 1 and 2 are available within the MA(General) or as outside subjects , but the principal way to study Scottish History is to take the MA(Honours) in Scottish Historical Studies .
22 He makes some specific points , of course , and perhaps the most interesting are concerned with the need for a proper relationship with nature , in order to prevent " the exploitation of the earth " — it has , if nothing else , a prophetic ring .
23 The interior has painted surfaces all over ; especially interesting are those in the narthex .
24 The French are pragmatic to the point of openness over their illegal activities but in the end it is the smallest and most immoral of them all , Mossad , which is the most efficient .
25 Bede Scientific are one of the world 's leading manufacturers of high resolution X-ray diffraction systems for the semiconductor industry .
26 If it were assumed , however , that a particular complainant did have an unconscious desire to be raped , could this be relevant to the defendant 's liability ?
27 Will this be available to the Trade Unions ?
28 It is possible that there may have been a recovery of population around 1430 , as the previous decade was relatively free of plague , but from 1433 to 1454 epidemics again increased in frequency ( see Framework ) , some being general throughout the country and others being more localised , particularly in London .
29 This whole discussion of the meaning of ‘ here ’ might be summed up by saying that in so far as ‘ Here ’ , in reply to ‘ Where are you ? ‘ , has a meaning , as distinct from a use , its meaningfulness is parasitic on the meaningfulness of ‘ Here ’ in reply to ‘ Where is it ? ’ , the meaningfulness of this being conditional on the possibility of distinguishing places .
30 I said that in so far as ‘ Here ’ , in reply to ‘ Where are you ? ’ has a meaning , as distinct from a use , its meaningfulness is parasitic on the meaningfulness of ‘ Here ’ in reply to ‘ Where is it ? ’ , the meaningfulness of this being conditional on the possibility of distinguishing places .
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