Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back in the tent there is more soup , coffee and a hunk of smoked lamb that goes down well . |
| 2 | Er we have looked to supplement national e information by our local knowledge specifically I might instance one er where we have made a survey of the institutions which is one source of er possible difference between er people looking at the situation locally and those from further afield . |
| 3 | Well we had a what , we had what they call the banquet which was fifteen pound a head . |
| 4 | ( People are now inviting me to play in all manner of matches to boost the takings which is one way of getting a game as wicky ) . |
| 5 | Anyway , when I got on the scales I 'm ten stone three . |
| 6 | Beneath the surface of the index there is much turmoil , with some shares zooming ahead . |
| 7 | With her fingers busy and her mind occupied with the story it was late afternoon before the end of a tape brought Leonora back to earth with a start . |
| 8 | In the west there is more rain ( about 800 mm per year ) , more cloud and therefore less sunshine than in the east ( 600 mm rain per year ) . |
| 9 | Within the citadel there was constant bickering between abbot , Viscount and towns-people — grown so rich that they obeyed no one , remarked Geoffrey of Vigeois ruefully — and yet also a sense of being bound together in opposition to their neighbour , the bishop 's city . |
| 10 | It 's a wonder you did n't wake the baby up with the noise you 're flipping making . |
| 11 | AT the other end of the spectrum there is further oversimplification . |
| 12 | I 'll tell you what you can do on the freezer there 's some cat food for the cat you can feed him that . |
| 13 | The markets , and the employers who are busy fuelling wage inflation , expect a depreciation . |
| 14 | Or , as the prosecuting counsel said ‘ It is not the law … that if a girl crosses the threshold of the barracks she is fair game ’ . |
| 15 | Even within the course there is exceptional flexibility . |
| 16 | What 's the term what 's another property you 've got for metals there ? |
| 17 | If nobody gets an overall majority , the candidate coming last is eliminated and his votes go to the candidates who were second preference . |
| 18 | In the schools there was concerned doubt about what to do for best , whether to integrate or segregate , and in some quarters the hesitant activity seemed to be salvation through Art and Crafts . |
| 19 | On the saturday there are seven-a-side football competitions for youngsters involving 30 or more teams who travel from as far as Newcastle in the North and Wetherby in the South to take part . |
| 20 | Controversy follows the rugby men around of course , but for the fans it 's carnival time , while the international team wait for England . |
| 21 | TD lorries shift everything from fish fingers to boxes of tissues and when goods do n't move in the shops it 's bad news for truckers . |
| 22 | Towards the end of the nineteenth-century there was general unrest in Italy , a situation brought about by a number of oddly conflicting factors . |
| 23 | ‘ Immediately after the marathon it was local election time and I was on the move constantly . |
| 24 | ‘ Beneath all the declamations there is another tone , and behind all the illusions there is another vision . ’ |
| 25 | In the data there is some support for the notion that certain matters such as child care and support for elderly people are regarded as women 's business in families , while men 's business is money ; but it would be too crude to assume that this simple division of responsibilities could explain all the gender differences which occur in kin support . |
| 26 | During the programme there is considerable emphasis on personal communication skills and assertiveness training encouraging participants to develop their self confidence which is vital in dealing with customers , businesses , financial organisations and employees . |
| 27 | One of their most useful features was the thick layer of pure white fat with which they were coated when you took it out of the tin there was this layer of fat round the edge . |
| 28 | In the North-East there are three music schools and although they do not boast as many pupils as their Japanese counterparts they are growing , with over 300 pupils enrolled . |
| 29 | While we have strong reserves to support the pound it is likely Bank of England Governor Robin Leigh Pemberton would advise a Labour Chancellor to combine firm words with firm deeds if support from the Bundesbank and our other exchange rate mechanism partners is to be assured and a drawn-out war of attrition avoided . |
| 30 | One may anticipate the conclusions of the following discussion of the fifteenth-century Muftilik by saying that while both traditions are less than satisfactory and while , in the present state of knowledge , there are questions of considerable importance which remain unresolved , on the particular point of the origins of the institution there is some evidence to support at least the broad outlines of the Mustakimzade tradition , however vexed the details may be ; whereas , on the other hand , not only is there a lack of positive evidence to support the Katib Celebi tradition , there is also a certain weight of evidence , largely of a negative nature , against it . |