Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] be [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because ( as we have seen ) registered particulars means the particulars delivered for registration and where these are accurate the chargee will not be prejudiced by any defects arising from transcribing the submitted particulars on to the register . |
| 2 | The government is entrusted with the task of protecting the lives , liberties and properties of the individual members of the body politic and there is a reading of Locke which I questioned last Tuesday which says that that is all a government can do . |
| 3 | The assertion that that is all the information given to shareholders when a company comes to market , or is subject to a takeover bid , will not wash . |
| 4 | ‘ Are you saying that this is all a mistake ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But , ’ warned Kingsley ( and these are his concluding words ) ‘ remember always that this is all a fairy tale , and only fun and , therefore , you are not to believe a word of it , even if it is true . ’ |
| 6 | Even when presented with photographs showing obvious emaciation from starvation , the sufferer from anorexia may comply with forced feeding through intravenous or naso-gastric infusion in hospital but still continue to believe that this is all a lot of fuss and that other people are the ones who really have problems . |
| 7 | We seemed a million miles from the Weddell Sea and that ice-encrusted vessel , but I had a feeling now that this was all a part of the voyage to come . |
| 8 | Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told cabinet colleagues , ‘ We can not do very much , but we can seem to be very busy — and that is half the battle nowadays . ’ |
| 9 | And that 's all the problem is . |
| 10 | And that 's all the help I got from my G P . |
| 11 | Wading into those skinheads — and that 's all the gratitude I get ! |
| 12 | And that 's all the information ? |
| 13 | Enya as entity began with the Ryans , and that 's all the truth we need . |
| 14 | Erm I think if I could start by explaining the Borough Council 's position on this matter and that 's that the Borough Council is committed to the concept of an orbital road system around Harrogate and Knaresborough and that should be as part of a balanced transportation package for the area . |
| 15 | He never gives in and that 's half the battle in fast bowling . |
| 16 | The more I researched , the more I realised that I was missing the dog that did n't bark — and that was all the stuff that was being done by women to men , that nobody wanted to talk about . |
| 17 | And they 'd visit one another and take their knitting with them and sit and yarn , and that was all the enjoyment . |
| 18 | And that was all the evidence I needed . |
| 19 | He shook the sauce bottle and that was all the noise there was . |
| 20 | The figures were promising , but not spectacular , and that was all the ammunition the next round of opponents needed to fire a broadside across Doctor Who 's bows . |
| 21 | ‘ I pity the lady if that 's all the sympathy she gets from you ! ’ she snapped . |
| 22 | ‘ I mean , you 're never going to meet anyone else unless you make the break , and this is all a bit hopeless , is n't it ? ’ |
| 23 | As part of the fund-raising effort , the Scottish Bridge Union ran a National Spring Swiss Teams and this was such a success that it was repeated this year . |
| 24 | Occasionally , and this was such an occasion , Elisabeth Danziger experienced a feeling of disorientation so powerful as to render her environment totally unfamiliar . |
| 25 | She lifted a hand in acknowledgement , and this was all the encouragement he needed to come in . |
| 26 | Of course , if this is correct the chronicle presumably reached St Augustine 's by way of the Cathedral , Christ Church . |
| 27 | She wondered if this was all a dream and soon she would wake up and find they were still at Gatwick waiting to fly out to Palma . |
| 28 | If all is satisfactory the credit card is handed back to the customer with a copy of the sales voucher and a receipted bill . |
| 29 | If all were successful the government would be giving ‘ substantially ’ more than the measly £10m that had been paid out in previous years . |
| 30 | Erm but that 's all a bit depressing cos talk about the Y T guarantee . |