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

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1 In April of 1925 a vacancy for the post of superintendent nurse was advertised and the appointment went to Miss May W. Hall , who was 32 years old , and had been the assistant tutor and deputy superintendent nurse at St.James ' Hospital , Chester .
2 ONE OF the painful prices human beings have paid for their predilection for starchy and sugary foods has been the premature decay and loss of teeth .
3 One of its outstanding early proponents had been the French mathematician and philosopher René Descartes ( 1596–1650 ) .
4 The familiar bright green printed front panel is sensibly recessed to avoid accidental damage to the controls , as are the rear panel and amp cooling fins .
5 He will know the traditional way to announce titles , that Mr and Mrs John Smith are husband and wife , Mrs John Smith is without her husband John who is away on business , Mrs Anne Smith is a widow , or that Mr John Smith and Mrs Anne Smith are the elderly aunt and uncle , brother and sister , not married to each other .
6 The rotary controls are the standard volume and tone and the toggle switch a simple three-way .
7 Nick Chatterton is the son of Palace 's former groundsman , Len Chatterton , and these two are the only father and son besides Johnny and Shaun Brooks to have played for Palace sides .
8 These are the only temperature and pressure values at which all three phases can exist together in equilibrium .
9 They are the only employment and recruitment agency allowed to operate in Spain for permanent work .
10 Again , the notion of a " representative volume " is used , and the tensor of overall moduli L defined by the equation are the average stress and strain .
11 Derek Clark says that it will change sailing by forcing people to realise that sometimes championships are won by people who are the right weight and size rather than the best sailor … he says they 're hoping to examine the skill levels … it also means that more people can go racing …
12 Across from the church are the Municipal Museum and Aquarium , in a fine old Portuguese house which used to be the home of the Count of Ribeiro Real .
13 Also appearing are the up-and-coming Farenheit and Guitarist contributor Michael Fath , the latter repeating his performance at our recent Scottish Show .
14 Examples are the crude oil and FT-SE stock index futures.10 The LCH regulations simply require members and LCH to fulfil their obligations under such contracts according to their terms .
15 Although the more generally noticed constructional shoreline features are the large sand and shingle formations , interesting minor features are to be observed on many beaches , among them beach cusps and sand bars , for the formation of which little or no longshore drift is necessary .
16 Added to this are the high repetition and drop-out rates .
17 The twin starting points for this view are the widespread injustice and oppression which exist today in Latin America and which are then analysed sociologically with a Marxist framework , together with the fact that in the Incarnation God has declared his intention to liberate all people from every kind of slavery and injustice .
18 The two rotary controls are the expected volume and tone , the latter pulling out to double as a coil tap for the humbucker .
19 Are the Physical Education and Music departments only concerned with intensive coaching of small elites or are they also encouraging all pupils to improve their performances ?
20 These are the arctic fox and hen harrier assemblages , and there are three factors that suggest this deficit may be significant .
21 ‘ They wear similar clothes , and they are the same build and colouring when you come to think of it .
22 It was probably a variety which was obtained by seeds from some other roses … the flowers are the same shape and colour as the provence Roses and have the like agreeable odour . ’
23 Women are generally smaller then men but even if a man and a woman are the same height and weight , the woman is likely to have a smaller proportion of muscle .
24 Both men are the same strength and weight but it 's the one who 's psyched himself up properly beforehand who 's going to win .
25 In America , there are the Occupational Safety and Health Administration , the Food and Drug Administration , Fair Employment Practices Commission , Securities and Exchange Commission , the Environmental Protection Agency .
26 It gradually becomes apparent to every adolescent male that the only thing most penises have in common is that they are the wrong shape or size as far as their owners are concerned .
27 But they 're , you know , they 're a funny organization and lot of
28 Held , allowing the appeal and quashing the order , that the judge had failed to specify the fees to be disallowed and had adopted an inappropriate procedure ; and that , in any event , there had been no unreasonable act or omission capable of founding an order under section 19A of the Act ( post , pp. 665G — 666B , G ) .
29 But that 's been the pattern of our lives , we often get offered the same part and I can honestly say there 's been no professional jealousy or rivalry at all .
30 Excessive secrecy , unwillingness to consult with senior politicians , reluctance to uncover the hands of cards on the table of missions and operations , and for all that covertness there had been no great efficiency and success .
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