Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the former often outperform the latter ; consumer magazines commonly suggest specific mutual companies as providing the best deal and there is some evidence that they are superior in performance more generally ( see , for example , Finsinger , 1983 ) . |
| 2 | However , when the control is disturbed and the lumen of many arterioles are simultaneously vasodilated , the volume of blood is insufficient to maintain effective circulation and there is some degree of shock . |
| 3 | ‘ But they were a small club and it was hard work . |
| 4 | Then we were staggering into a hospital casualty department and I was grateful Bunny was there — they can be dangerous places on a Friday night . |
| 5 | There are more courses planned for the future and there 's little doubt that there 'll be plenty of demand from women who 'd rather be safe than sorry . |
| 6 | Well all right then it 's er a red Escort Laser with blue graphics and it 's bright rosso red in colour and it 's C and there 's some slight rust on the driver 's from wing and there 's red paint on the exhaust and it 's grey inside . |
| 7 | They wilt readily learn to distinguish light from dark and there is some evidence that they can also distinguish patterns and colours , although it must be said that this capacity is extremely limited compared with the normal capacities of the animals concerned ( Pasik and Pasik 1982 ) . |
| 8 | There 's this man I know and he 's that quick yeah , he 's he erm my uncle yeah , he 's at college and there 's this man at his college yeah and listen yeah because they 've got t v's and they 're allowed to stay up as long as they want . |
| 9 | Heather 's film would have led him there even if intuition had not , for the next picture on it was of some kind of school or college and there was one member of the Tyrrell Society 's inner circle , the circle in which Heather had been vitally interested whatever Cunningham might believe to the contrary , still unaccounted for . |
| 10 | Four years later , however , a science programme on Australian radio accused McBride of scientific fraud and it was this accusation that eventually led local health authorities in New South Wales to begin the medical tribunal proceedings . |
| 11 | and we 'd been up all night serving troops and er , you see , and then the Manager said , well look er now and have some breakfast before we get th another telegram and we were next door to the Telegram Office , you see , and when , when the erm war , during the war , you see , the man would come out of the Telegraph Office and he would say er and er , you see , all the lights went out except a few lights along the back of the counter . |
| 12 | Whilst a patent will be refused for a computer program simpliciter ( or any of the other exceptions in section 1(2) for that matter ) it will be allowed if the purpose of the program is to bring about some practical effect and it is that effect which is the subject matter of the patent application . |
| 13 | He was taking an unholy delight in her discomfiture and it was high time that he was taken down a peg . |
| 14 | Geriatric units are particularly vulnerable because treatment of UTIs tends to be long term and there is extensive use of indwelling urinary tract catheters . |
| 15 | Surely the proof of any pudding , however , is in the eating and there is little doubt that acupuncture has gained credence and acceptance in the past decade or so . |
| 16 | Its absorption is virtually complete in the proximal small intestine and there is minimal residue , so that the distal small intestine and colon are ‘ medically by passed ’ . |
| 17 | We have already seen how naturally the need to fit a certain number of half wavelengths into an interval leads to discreteness and it is some way of introducing a radical discreteness into mechanics which we are looking for . |
| 18 | Er , well I 'm , I 'm just in the middle of , I 'm sign writing a vehicle and I 'm half way through the letters and I 've got a , I 've got ta finish that off before I can get into my stock . |
| 19 | He put his next in the sand and there was this photographer taking shots of Tom . |
| 20 | Both men and women must migrate in search of work and there is little need to secure inheritance through marriage . |
| 21 | The compiler has an industry standard COFF T9000 assembler and COFF linkage editor and there is integrated debug support for source level and assembly level debugging . |
| 22 | The compiler has an industry standard COFF T9000 assembler and COFF linkage editor and there is integrated debug support for source level and assembly level debugging . |
| 23 | With it 's regency architecture and it 's floral splendor cheltenham has all the looks of an affluent town : but the signs in the prestigious Imperial square tell a different tale . |
| 24 | With it 's regency architecture and it 's floral splendor cheltenham has all the looks of an affluent town : but the signs in the prestigious Imperial square tell a different tale . |
| 25 | Leading Liberals , including Asquith , frequently asserted their desire for radical reform of the Poor Law and there is little reason to doubt their sincerity . |
| 26 | I lent him my air rifle and aimed it out the window and there was this car going by and he went and he smashed the back windscreen I was saying , You fucking dick . |
| 27 | During the carnival , an open air Pierrot Show was in operation in front of the Shady Bower Pavilion and there were numerous side shows around the field . |
| 28 | One purpose of Edward I 's Recogniciones feodorum of 1274–5 was to ascertain the number and nature of allodial tenures in the duchy and there is some evidence for the ‘ feudaliz-ation ’ of allods by the king-duke after that date . |
| 29 | But unlike those Marxists who conceive of the mass media as no more than relay systems working on behalf of the dominant classes , some have forcefully argued that systems of maintenance and reproduction do not necessarily operate smoothly ; there are contradictions , there is social and political dissent and there is political struggle . |
| 30 | ‘ This is all very interestin' , ’ said the Mayor , ‘ but I ca n't say one way or t' other , it 'll have to be discussed in council and there 's yon bridge to be seen to now . |