Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] be [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For an international business like ICI this is particularly the case . |
| 2 | The British were dismayed but a further memorandum from the Americans in January 1943 was virtually a declaration of dissociation . |
| 3 | The Americans and their allies have always made it plain that January 15th was merely the point after which war would become authorised , not necessarily the date for attack . |
| 4 | Surprisingly perhaps , January 1993 was generally a degree or two milder than normal . |
| 5 | This being so , the famous final and belated discussion of the problem at Rockingham in February 1095 was largely a display of shadow-boxing . |
| 6 | The ‘ lights out ’ issue in December 1984 was just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 7 | May 9 was certainly a day for rallying to the cause . |
| 8 | With a new rabbit and a short-haired piebald guinea pig in a box , Victoria arrived at a once-grand Queen Anne house in Wiltshire that was now a school devoted to raising the daughters of the gentry . |
| 9 | The situation was almost the same at Exeter , but 48 per cent of the subsidy assessments were at £1 , mostly on wages , while in Coventry these were only a handful out of a total of some 700 taxpayers , meaning that almost half the population literally ‘ possessed absolutely nothing but the rags they stood up in , a few sticks and boards for ‘ furniture ’ , and the tools of their trade , if any' , Exeter clearly enjoyed full employment — as full , that is , as was attainable in the conditions of the time — while Coventry languished in the grip of severe unemployment , and indeed in the early 1520s was undergoing a series of acute economic crises . |
| 10 | But his appointment as steward of the royal household in November 1318 was both a snub to Lancaster , who claimed the right of appointment , and a mark of his growing association with Hugh le Despenser the younger [ q.v. ] , the chamberlain of the household and the rising star at court . |
| 11 | N. That 's usually an excuse for being crap on ramps . |
| 12 | For Jay that was only a start . |
| 13 | One shot near Jury 's Gap on 1 August 1916 was possibly an escape . |
| 14 | But in Arab eyes , Western action over the Gulf crisis since August 1990 is merely a renewal of US and British imperialism . |
| 15 | but Manchester that 's probably the hive |
| 16 | As she 'd returned everything he 'd given her before he 'd left for Japan this was quite a surprise . |
| 17 | SunSoft Inc is also a backer . |
| 18 | Clough jnr was generally an irrelevance ; once more , it seems that he struggles when faced by defenders who can react faster than he thinks . |
| 19 | For April 6 is also the day when the over 60s will be eligible for tax relief on the premiums they pay for private medical insurance . |
| 20 | Fighting went on in New France for another twelve months , but after the fall of Quebec this was more a matter of moving forces over long distances than of confronting threats that the French might retrieve their position . |
| 21 | BS 5750 is simply a method of formalizing the approach to manufacturing so that casual and ad hoc practices are outlawed . |