Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] be [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Thus where talents are concerned a determinist story can be told . ) |
| 2 | Where witnesses are unavailable an admission to being involved is helpful . |
| 3 | This has confirmed my Suspicions that builders are inefficient the world over . |
| 4 | Although broadcasters may feel that RDS is user-friendly the consumer-industry is only gradually responding to the growing dislike of over-complex and often confusing controls ; c.f. video recorders easily set to record the wrong programme on the wrong channel at the wrong time , and teletext units that remain under-used . |
| 5 | Although conditions were hard the industry was booming in the second half of the 19th century and there were regular jobs for most people . |
| 6 | Had a bit of difficulty in finding my feet , sexually , as it were , in that although prostitutes were twenty a penny , the kind of up-market lovelies that I favoured were harder to locate . |
| 7 | The fact that rivers are such a symbol of endurance and of changeless change is what makes their management a touchstone for the whole issue of our relationship with the natural world . |
| 8 | Today , fruit and vegetables are available every month of the year , if we are willing to pay the price of importing and employing the latest methods of food preservation . |
| 9 | Fruit and vegetables are half the price of home and sacks of oranges and lemons are virtually given away . |
| 10 | If funds were available the proposal was put to a vote . |
| 11 | We will see that if individuals are rational the manner in which they form the expectations in equation ( 3.38 ) places certain testable restrictions on the underlying model . |
| 12 | It was given to delay the police operation to find the bomb and officers were half a mile away looking for the bomb at the Stock Exchange . ’ |
| 13 | Experiments and modern calculations suggest that the Sutton Hoo type boat could average a speed of 3 knots for little more than six hours , so that a crossing of the North Sea from Holland to East Anglia could have been achieved in about 14 days , although if sails were available the time would be considerably less ( Green 1963 ) . |
| 14 | If profits are insufficient the issuer is not in default and no additional rights accrue to the holder of the bond , although interest payments may be cumulative . |
| 15 | When all reintroductions and challenges were complete the maintenance diet was reviewed in detail to ensure that it was nutritionally adequate . |
| 16 | So far as manufacturers and wholesalers are concerned the retailer is , above all , an outlet for their products , and an important source of market intelligence concerning customer buying habits and preferences . |
| 17 | Fforde makes much of the importance of archives and private correspondence as the means to discover ‘ true intentions ’ , so why did Austen Chamberlain not simply drop Hugh Cecil a note to let him know that his speeches in favour of tariffs and pensions were all a put-up job ? |
| 18 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 19 | This whole picturesque area has been designated a nature reserve and if you enjoy long walks then you 're in for a treat — gorges , torrents , dense forests and vineyards are two a pfennig ! |
| 20 | At present Albert Park is closed in the evening but officers are aware the public use it during that time . |
| 21 | When times are hard a grizzly may take a mountain goat . |
| 22 | On the other hand there is a remark of Lysias ( xxx.22 ) who says that when times are hard the Council listens more readily to prosecutions of the rich ; this suggests class solidarity between the Council and the poor on the one hand against the rich on the other . |
| 23 | ‘ When times are bad the family are always there to support me and when times are good they can share the celebrations . |
| 24 | When sequences are similar the team will indicate their preferences so a rough cut can be made by the editor , who joins all the desired sequences together and cuts the whole thing to the exact time . |
| 25 | As far as wages were concerned the development officers collected support workers ' timesheets each week , ensured that they were received by the wages office , and then distributed pay cheques ( or cash ) to their workers . |