Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her administrations were headed first by the " duumvirs " , Godolphin and Marlborough , and from 1710 by Robert Harley ( soon to be Earl of Oxford ) , none of whom were conventional party men ( although Harley , a former Whig , can essentially be regarded as a Tory by Anne 's reign ) , and her governments often contained men from both sides of the party divide . |
| 2 | none of them are full thoroughbred , they are all ⅞thbred so therefore a bit hardier . |
| 3 | None of it is local stone : there is a tradition , perhaps connected with the Venetians or , later , the Turks , who successively occupied Crete till the late nineteenth century , of importing these stones and making jewellery . |
| 4 | The camp is made of trash but none of it is any good . |
| 5 | None of it 's much difference . |
| 6 | None of it was extravagant expenditure — we did n't buy new desks or other unnecessary items . |
| 7 | Trouble is , if there is n't anybody in it 's bad news is n't it ? |
| 8 | The water boards are always prepared to discuss pressure and purity , but whether they will do anything about it is another matter , and the effects of privatisation have yet to be seen . |