Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] [noun] be [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Going to the States this summer was never a consideration . |
| 2 | But experts warned computer users that Friday 13th viruses are only a tiny proportion of the 30 or so known types of virus which exist , and that they would be wise to keep taking precautions . |
| 3 | PEUGEOT cordless drills are obviously an attractive prize as our wordsearch competition ( WW/Nov.91/p.1143 ) brought a pile of correct answers into the Woodworker office . |
| 4 | None of this is to deny that the February 1960 agreement was partly a result of Khrushchev 's ‘ allowing Mikoian to make trouble for the Americans in Cuba ’ ( Bonsal : 1971 , p. 156 ) , but it is important to recognise that , whatever political considerations were involved , they were firmly backed up by a favourable set of economic circumstances . |
| 5 | The welcoming party for Ali Bacher , first off the plane , and the 94-strong South African party was only a small one , comprising Jamaican and West Indian Board officials and assorted media , but all present knew they had witnessed a piece of history that only recently seemed destined for the next century . |
| 6 | The current South African team is still a long way from emulating the 1960s side which could well have claimed World Championship status if they had been able to test their strength against Garry Sobers ' West Indies . |
| 7 | The magistrates investigating the corruption involving all the major parties and business must feel rather like the apprentice : the arrest of the president of a Milan old people 's home a year ago , charged with accepting bribes , opened the flood-gates and precipitated the most far-reaching corruption investigations leading to the highest levels of politics and business . |
| 8 | Yet it seems that according to Lord Diplock such reasoning is merely the invention of a fancied ambiguity , which is no reason for denying the ‘ plain ’ meaning of a statute . |
| 9 | The wireless local network product that NCR Corp exhibited at the Unix Fair in Yokohama last year is now the subject of an agreement between NCR and NEC Corp , which will sell the local network under its own name , as will NCR Japan ; WaveLAN operates in the 2.4GHz frequency band , and a new related product , NCR WavePoint , designed to connect wireless local networks to cabled ones , will also be available from June , priced at about $4,000 . |
| 10 | Sanduka Midnite Manifesto is also a Best in Show winner , as are Ch. |
| 11 | The East Anglian side were also the culprits the last time Atkinson hit an all-time low , when Ipswich beat his West Brom side in the 1978 FA Cup semi-finals . |
| 12 | K. The East Anglian Heights are only a low ridge of chalk hills which dip gently to the east . |
| 13 | The deadline for the surrender of the Securitate secret police was only a few hours ago . |
| 14 | Gelada sexual dimorphism is only a part of a larger adaptive complex based on the fact that these baboons live in small groups in savanna grasslands subsisting on a diet of vegetable matter , presumably much as our hominid ancestors did . |
| 15 | As I observed on Saturday when I visited Southampton that site is now the scene of development building work . |
| 16 | It is possible from the village , without too much effort , to survey the great wilderness of Fisherfield Forest from the east by taking the private road to the little huddle of buildings known as the Heights of Kinlochewe and thence following a rising track to the left until the vast amphitheatre is revealed in a surround of formidable mountains of which Slioch and Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair are now the most prominent . |
| 17 | The National Exhibition Centre and Birmingham International Airport are only a few miles away whilst the new International Convention Centre is only a short walk away . |
| 18 | 's Medau Rhythmic Movement is still a bargain at £1.50 a copy — PLEASE — take some copies to your classes to sell . |
| 19 | While the Midland main line is now a fully fledged HST route , it does not have its own depot . |
| 20 | Snowdonia National Park is just a short drive away . |
| 21 | The cruise and Pershing 11 weapons are also a visible symbol of the United States ' commitment to the defence of Europe . |
| 22 | ‘ The match in Genoa last season was probably the best night of my football life , with the atmosphere there . |
| 23 | ‘ The match in Genoa last season was probably the best night of my football life , with the atmosphere there . |