Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Top-level meetings between US and European Community ( EC ) leaders at the end of April failed to resolve the disputes over agricultural exports which were blocking agreement on a " new world trade order " in the protracted Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) . |
| 2 | By virtue of socialization in the ‘ best ’ private schools they are assured access to the approved universities which stamp them as potential cadres of the ruling class ( Kellner and Crowther-Hunt , 1980 ) . |
| 3 | In some places and at different times there was some resistance , at Lincoln at the end of the fourteenth century and at Southampton , where the mayor from 1488 to 1491 made an unsuccessful attempt to preserve some semblance of democracy ( 77 , pp.259–61 ) . |
| 4 | As fighting continued , thousands of refugees fled to Zagreb to escape from Serbian fighters who were seizing territory and advancing amid the supportive bombardment of the army . |
| 5 | In windy conditions it is excellent practice in controlling the model even for the very experienced flyer . |
| 6 | You will find many old friends who are special Festival favourites . |
| 7 | While this may be acquired partly through acquiring delegated tasks it is little use choosing someone who feels totally inadequate when faced with new responsibilities . |
| 8 | In the Benedictine frescos there was good adherence of the painted strata in the dry areas , scaly separation in intermediate humidity zones , lack of colour , missing pieces and evidence of previous restoration attempts . |
| 9 | On macro-economic grounds there is little justification in exacting such a heavy toll in the form of lost local autonomy ( Jackson , 1982 ) ’ ( Newton and Karran , 1985 , p. 124 ) . |
| 10 | In England for example , unemployment in the North is twice that in the South-East , and in most European countries there are lesser employment opportunities in rural areas as opposed to urban areas resulting in depopulation of the countryside and an increase in the size of cities . |
| 11 | The Democratic Convention of Romania ( DCR ) , a centre-right 18-party coalition , performed well in urban areas , while in rural areas there was strong support for the incumbent President , ex-communist Ion Iliescu , and for the Democratic National Salvation Front ( DNSF ) which nominated him . |
| 12 | In Roman times there is little doubt that guilds and other bodies would have carried their offerings in procession behind the images of the gods . |
| 13 | On the basis of these standard skills there is enormous flexibility for the individual to develop his own identity and to express it through his specialised skills . |
| 14 | The Magistrates ' Court therefore has a dual function : to try minor cases ( summary offences ) and to consider whether on indictable offences there is sufficient evidence for a Crown Court trial ; this process is known as committal proceedings . |
| 15 | We lack general agreement on the formulation of objectives , and in many subject areas there is great dispute as to how far , if at all , we can test whether some quite crucial objectives have been achieved . |
| 16 | In most liberal democratic countries there is some measure of agreement in the news media on political facts . |
| 17 | In the early years there is extensive leisure devoted to play in which the basic manipulative and social skills are developed . |
| 18 | I do n't know whether other newly married men feel the same , but in those early days I was aware ofa calm satisfaction and fulfilment . |
| 19 | Although particulate traps can be made to work effectively for short periods under favourable conditions there is some way to go before they are reliable enough for the rough and tumble of ordinary operating conditions . |
| 20 | Within these overall figures there were significant phase differences . |
| 21 | With regard to intraepithelial lymphocytes , it should not be noted that in absolute numbers there were fewer surface than crypt intraepithelial lymphocytes , but their densities — that is , intraepithelial lymphocytes per 100 epithelial cells — were higher in surface than in crypt epithelium . |
| 22 | In the case of restrictive practices there is less contention . |
| 23 | It was the first time in two decades that a British bike was beating the Japanese and for British biking enthusiasts it was stirring stuff . |
| 24 | This was in constant use for emaciated patients who were just skin and bones and for whom a normal bed provided no comfort at all . |
| 25 | As they come to the final fence Second Schedule being pressed by Ebony Jane and Bishops Hall on the nearside and over the last Second Schedule and Bishops Hall on the nearside , Ebony Jane in third , in fourth place is Joe White and racing into the closing stages it 's Second Schedule with Bishops Hall on the nearside Graham Bradley again as they go to the line , Bishops Hall wins it for Harry , Second Schedule is second , Joe White is third , Ebony Jane four . |
| 26 | But erm my closing remarks we be these sir that the the actual reality is that North Yorkshire and some of its districts want and deserve inward investment . |
| 27 | Our President , Dick , sits on Industrial Injury Advisory Council , and does his utmost , but as Dick knows only too well , that the system is tangled up in red tape , and also Tory ministers who are busy cutting costs at the expense of injured workers . |
| 28 | The problem here is that the transhistorical account of the Oedipal crisis and the consequent focusing on the eternal problems of the shaping of sex and gender already presupposes the existence of basic drives which are outside culture . |
| 29 | Among Tory MPs there is calm trepidation . |
| 30 | It is important that private tenants who are suffering harassment or illegal eviction have access to solicitors to help them enforce their legal rights . |