Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] be the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The loss of Batty was a big blow to the midfield but the injuries to both Wallace and Speed have been the big set back this season .
2 How much longer moderator can we in the Welsh provence accept being the poor relationship within the denominations ?
3 We have already noted that two key ingredients contributing to this crisis have been the burgeoning remand population during the 1990s and , closely linked with and contributing to this , the explosion in the number of committals for trial to the Crown Court .
4 Tae kwon do is the Korean art of self-defence and Britain 's rather good at it , so expect a lot of that on your screens .
5 Two important initiatives in community economic development have been the National Association of Development Trusts for England and Wales and also an investigation into the strategic needs of community enterprises called Investing in Community Enterprise .
6 ( Thus in the current debate about the ordination of women , both sides ask what does Jesus ' message suggest is the right thing to do , what difference does it make that Jesus was a male human being , or what kind of a community was the early church ?
7 On the other hand fetch is the limiting factor in the height of waves generated by easterly winds over the North Sea .
8 These are questions which were first posed over fifty years ago , but they have obviously made little lasting impact on a literature where the expenditure flows depicted in elaborations of the model have been the principal focus of attention .
9 The neck/body join is the traditional Fender four-bolt system , with the serial number ( this one 's in the high-200,000s , indicating that the instrument was manufactured around 1969 ) stamped above the F-logo on the neck plate .
10 Yet , and particularly in the North where lost jobs , lost homes and lost hope have been the real consequence of this disastrous period , the answer is a resounding ‘ no ’ or an attitude of resigned apathy .
11 But for O'Conor , one suspects , following Field 's flights of fancy have been the best part .
12 Problems with maintenance on timber cladding have been the main reason why upvc ( unplasticised polyvinyl chloride ) versions have been gaining popularity in recent years .
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