Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Mistral and funboard classes , though , have adopted a ‘ W ’ style course where there is more emphasis on gybing and reaching . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps he 's taking them to another field where there is more grass , ’ said the aunt . |
| 3 | There are , however , many other situations in atomic and nuclear physics where there is some kind of barrier that particles should not be able to penetrate on classical principles but that they are able to tunnel through on quantum-mechanical principles . |
| 4 | That seemed pretty profound , till I found another cinema where it was all violence , sex-and-violence , and violence . |
| 5 | Beginning their new season in the third division of the Paisley & District League , the Stoddard Carpets football team are fighting to get back into the second division where they were last year . |
| 6 | Advice on time-zone transitions depends very much upon the kind of journey being made , so we consider the following possibilities : • A flight crossing only a few ( one or two ) time zones ; • A flight crossing several time zones , ( to the west or east ) and when the stop-over , before returning home , is short ; • A flight crossing several time zones to the west where there is sufficient time and need for adjustment to the new time zone ; • A flight as in the last example , but to the east . |
| 7 | PETER WILKS , NDO for Electrical and Electronic Engineering , has been seconded from Glasgow College where he is Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering . |
| 8 | These notes about social work practice where there is mental impairment can not begin to be comprehensive ; skills in this area are developing fast . |
| 9 | They occupy most of the field of view of the audience , which is also kept in the dark so there is little distraction . |
| 10 | However , the fabulous goal-kicker is now much more mobile than he was last year when a niggling groin injury affected him . |
| 11 | It brought home to me that even tinpot local councillors will ruthlessly exploit irrational prejudice if there is political mileage in it . |
| 12 | Provision should be made against the investment if there is any impairment in value . |
| 13 | Then he may still not vote for his preferred alternative if there are positive net costs to voting . |
| 14 | But he was left with the Roberts family , the social services department considering there was insufficient justification to remove him . |
| 15 | Cheltenham Borough Council is shedding thirteen jobs from its treasury department because there is less work with the new council tax than with the poll tax . |
| 16 | And , he used to lean over bloody fence while she were digging garden and she were pregnant . |
| 17 | It 's essential to wear a buoyancy aid when you 're first learning |
| 18 | At some time or another most of us will have sat beside the shore of a loch when there 's complete calm and not a breath of air . |
| 19 | The 250 runners-up will get a consolation prize of a pack of six Kodak extra-life batteries , manufactured without mercury so they 're well green ! |
| 20 | The primary business of gaming machines provided a valuable source of income although there is growing pressure of competition in this area . |
| 21 | Britain 's bosses are getting twelve point three percent more in total remuneration than they were last year , their workforce is getting nine point eight percent . |
| 22 | N : I had a dream , it was a great dream where everyone was one colour and all the same height and nobody could tell them apart |
| 23 | Going on down er , the profit and loss account , the tax charge er , is lower as a percentage than it was this time last year . |
| 24 | Amongst these are two significantly older churches at Upper Witton , the first near the canal with a rather short spire and the other set amidst a cemetery although there is little peace here these days as the M6 crosses back over . |
| 25 | Part of the reason suggested being that money is tighter in the public sector so there is more pre-planning and costing before organisational changes are allowed to proceed . |
| 26 | The Minister for Roads and Traffic , Christopher Chope , told MP 's that the police already ask motorists to take a breath test if there is any reason to suspect drinking and driving — as happened to Nigel Havers . |
| 27 | Right twenty second if there 's any difficulty I 'll come back to Paul and Keith cos to let everybody else know about any problems |
| 28 | We previously proposed that restorative proctocolectomy might have a role in the management of patients with continued constipation despite subtotal colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis if there was objective evidence of slow transit constipation . |
| 29 | ‘ No more sleep for this child until I 'm safe back at Maggie 's . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll take the blame if there 's any trouble , ’ said Zach . |