Example sentences of "be these [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where are these 5 000 empty beds they claim should be lost ? |
| 2 | The instructions were to agree one answer to this question ‘ Are these two bricks the same size , or is one of them bigger than the other ? ’ |
| 3 | Or are these two apparently divergent activities kept in quite separate mental compartments ? |
| 4 | Now are these two units not doing the same job ? |
| 5 | So who the devil are these two engaging , literate , drug-free chatterers sitting down the pub ? |
| 6 | But exactly how are these two processes coupled ? |
| 7 | For the time being , just bear in mind that there are these two styles . |
| 8 | Who are these two , these fiercely attractive men |
| 9 | I mean , here are these two , fighting tooth and nail all the way upstream , there 's this huge split of doctrine going on , one of them v. authoritarian and hardline ( Me ) and the other very permissive and soft on the Indians ( Matt ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Where are these two — the Armani guy and the ex-ponytail ? ’ |
| 11 | Or are these two ways of describing the same thing ? |
| 12 | Oh th these are old but these are er second repair these are these two . |
| 13 | Are these two ( or this one ) not so much capable of loving a baby , as of being worthy of a baby 's love ? |
| 14 | And what are these two drawbacks ? ’ |
| 15 | Mr are these two concluding point because I I would like |
| 16 | Er , I mean , deregulation a bill er is not perhaps gon na affect the numbers of statutory instruments going through the house and I think that er the city would continue without the statutory instrument , er I think the country would continue , it would go on if we 'd had n't passed these regulations and in essence are these four new statutory instruments really going to help run the country more effectively er are we imposing duties on auditors er and regulators er with the securities er er tied up with the investment board , another quango , er do we need all this ? |
| 17 | And on the walls , cemented into place , are these three stone tablets , 5ft by 10ft , each a little different , and each in the same style — the first writing found in the ancient civilisations of the Andes , ’ Mr Savoy said . |
| 18 | Of course it is true that construction , distribution and services are often very labour intensive sectors even in the West , but in Japan not only are these three sectors more labour intensive , so also is manufacturing industry . |
| 19 | The question stylistics must consider is : how are these three concepts of deviance , prominence , and foregrounding interrelated ? |
| 20 | Cos these are these three add up to a hundred and eighty . |
| 21 | Well , I suppose the very first thing we 've got ta ask is just , who or what are these ninety nine sheep ? |
| 22 | You may ask whether there has to be these two levels at meetings . |
| 23 | As I say , next to Paul and me were these two ladies obviously enjoying every mouthful of their meal . |
| 24 | There were these two outrageous guys , splashing about , and they just came up and asked if I 'd ever considered doing anything in the advertising world and I said , ‘ No . ’ |
| 25 | He found himself considering how different were these two sisters , Agnes vehement , voluble , exclamatory ; Mariot quiet , with a sort of serenity to her , but warm somehow he felt — where the other might be hot . |
| 26 | Were these two men both callous thugs who , as part of a gang , had shot a helpless postmaster in cold blood , and at the same time brilliant actors trying to con the world into believing they had n't ? |
| 27 | There were these two men there , talking , and one was saying there was trouble at Serenity , some problem about a ship trying to come down without an Eladeldi registration . |
| 28 | Were these two qualities sufficient in themselves to cause their owners to lay all secrets bare ? |
| 29 | Christ , I was about to do the Technicolor Yawn all over this girl 's jacket , through the tears and rusting her zips and filling her pockets , and probably send Jamie flying across the room into the beer-crates under the speaker stacks with the first awful heave , and here were these two trading absurd biker fantasies . |
| 30 | Here were these two sworn enemies screaming at each other through car windows . |