Example sentences of "be [adv] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Customers are predominantly members of the public , but some contract work is also undertaken for bodies such as local authorities . |
| 2 | Fixed contract workers , on the other hand , are predominantly men : women account for only 37 per cent . |
| 3 | In practice , of course , this has n't been the case , largely because the controlling influence in adult education historically , and those who monopolise the current debate and the definitions of issues in adult education are predominantly men . |
| 4 | Many wo n't talk to psychiatrists or psychologists , who are predominantly men . |
| 5 | The farmers of the region are predominantly peasants , who depend mainly on family labour , as nearly four-fifths of the agricultural sector are smallholders , cultivating one-fifth of all farmland . |
| 6 | They are rather areas where a special planning regime exists and which have their own special planning committee . |
| 7 | Discursive practices are rather fields of play , capable of infinite substitutions . |
| 8 | Deltas are fundamentally features of river deposition , not marine deposition , though marine sediments may be incorporated in their fronts and intercalated with river deposits if phases of subsidence alternate with phases of delta building . |
| 9 | Since these qualities are fundamentally expressions of values , attitudes and feelings within the persons , traditional in-service training approaches which concentrate on conveying new knowledge , imparting particular skills or prescribing certain patterns of behaviour are insufficient for headship development . |
| 10 | ‘ The major record companies and the retailers are effectively cartels , and indeed partly interlocking cartels . ’ |
| 11 | The finales to both Acts are effectively concerts , the sort of agreeably naff rock'n'roll revival that might just about pass muster as a Capital Gold one-nighter down the Hammersmith Palais . |
| 12 | These are effectively IOUs certifying that there is a sum of money on deposit for a stated period and at the end of the period the holder of the CD will have title to the principal and interest . |
| 13 | Pedulla say that these basses are effectively customs without the exorbitant custom price tag . |
| 14 | All are effectively stores of solar heat . |
| 15 | The truth is , not all exciting stories are properly thrillers . |
| 16 | Lina Stimpson thinks this is because the residents are mostly Londoners who have ‘ bettered themselves ’ and are ‘ putting their confidence in what they aspire to be ’ . |
| 17 | The kind of products they handle are mostly fibres , films and acetate flake , going into end uses ranging from clothing and imitation suede to food packaging , confectionery and spectacle frames . |
| 18 | Some of them are , of course , capital cities , comparable only to London , but most of the others ( we tend to forget ) have equally been great urban centres for many hundreds of years , while Britain 's biggest cities are mostly products of the Industrial Revolution . |
| 19 | Butterflies and their caterpillars are mostly vegetarians , the one munching leaves , the other sipping nectar . |
| 20 | ICI currently has 850 part time workers , who are mostly women and mainly working in job share schemes . |
| 21 | They are mostly women with little formal education who render basic primary health care to people in their villages . |
| 22 | NALGO 's members , who are mostly women , are bitter that they 've been pushed to take industrial action . |
| 23 | The 14 senior staff of the Centre are mostly members of the LSE Economics Department . |
| 24 | They are mostly Brazilians , except that there are also one or two Argentinians , Uraguayans , and Americans amongst them . |
| 25 | These users , unsurprisingly , are mostly housewives . |
| 26 | They are mostly stories in rhymed couplets , and their subject is local scenes or people . |
| 27 | The crowds are mostly supporters , but if there is barracking from a foe so much the better . |
| 28 | Cynics retort that these are mostly shops , selling western consumer goods and damaging the balance of payments . |
| 29 | Or that people are mostly crooks ? |
| 30 | This time there are mostly couples — significant or otherwise — in full-length upper bohemia regalia and a gaggle of single , face-only cut-outs mounted atop head-high poles . |