Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] be [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , she would die very quickly if she were not to receive intensive and expensive round-the-clock treatment from the staff of the nursing home where she is now a patient . |
| 2 | Mrs Thatcher rejected a personal campaign , preferring to emphasise her stature by carrying out her normal official duties which included a visit to Ulster and attendance at the Security and Cooperation summit in Paris ( where she was when the result of the first ballot was announced ) . |
| 3 | I love you , and I ca n't imagine a life where you are n't the centre of it . ’ |
| 4 | Or again , in textbook families , where there is invariably a mother , father , boy , and girl ( notwithstanding the fact that now over 30% of families in this country are now single-parent ) , the turns are taken regularly and predictably , with an order and courtesy that I fail to recognise from conversations in my own 4-member household , on those rare occasions when everyone is present . |
| 5 | Some , like this , are provincial , but there is a beautiful head from Athens ( where there is also a parallel in vase-painting , below p. 79 ) , and one can not really apply the word to the masterpiece in this manner , the ‘ Ludovisi Throne ’ ( fig. 83 ) , though one can fairly say that it is outside the main stream . |
| 6 | Lately George has been doing quite a lot of libel , where there is also a jury to persuade and headlines to be had . |
| 7 | Families where there is both a record of schizophrenia and where the index child was born after a particularly long or difficult labour would be particularly suitable targets . |
| 8 | In Lincolnshire there are a large number of small schools where there is not a deputy head , and it is inappropriate to transfer a teacher from another school on a temporary basis . |
| 9 | Where there is not a collection , I think that 's perfectly reasonable . |
| 10 | The focus on popular political strategy , on the one hand , and on changes in political representation , on the other , may reveal democratic advance even where there is not the kind of regime change called a ‘ transition to democracy ’ ; so that systems undergoing such complete ( Spain ) or partial ( Brazil ) transitions may be compared to others ( Mexico ) where none have taken place . |
| 11 | But where there is n't a branch near a Tesco 's how can we make sure that the collections are still carried out ? |
| 12 | They are ideal for repairs and smaller building jobs , and where there is n't the storage space to keep separate ingredients . |
| 13 | Where there is normally a lipstick stain on the filter tip , there is now blood . |
| 14 | The organist 's life is probably easier , however , where there is either a choir school or an arrangement with just one school from which choristers are recruited . |
| 15 | It is probably correct , nevertheless , to accept a dominant religious function for those sites where there is either a multiplicity of temples or a religious precinct with associated facilities . |
| 16 | Obviously , there will be difficult cases , especially where there is perhaps a house or capital to be considered . |
| 17 | Consider a multicellular organism in which randomly chosen cells dedifferentiate and divide to produce germ cells until the organism has completely turned into gametes , and where there is therefore no distinction between soma and germ line . |
| 18 | Through these and other exploits , such as hiding in the House of Commons broom cupboard ( where there is now a memorial to her ) on census night in 1911 , she became a key militant figure . |
| 19 | Where there is often a weakness is in the drawing retrieval system . |
| 20 | Where there is possibly a meeting of minds between him and the government is in the desire not to release him into a political vacuum . |
| 21 | It has often provided dates where there was previously no method of dating available at all , and for many periods , accuracy to the nearest century or so is far better than produced by previous dating methods . |
| 22 | After another couple of hair-raising bends , they entered the tiny village of Ham , where there was not a light to be seen . |
| 23 | This did not take on , but from the time of the Pioneers some red-figure artists sometimes draw in outline on a white slip , most often on the interior of a cup where there was not the problem of the receding surface . |
| 24 | This year we 've restricted it to primary , partly because we felt that 's where the enthusiasm was , and partly , if people wo n't mind me saying so , to keep out the computer science specialists — we felt that , you know , we did n't want a club for boffins or for the experts , we wanted a club and we felt that if we started at the primary end , where there was n't a lot of expertise , we would probably be of more use . |
| 25 | Some children saw an ending where the aggressive adult was called a ‘ champion ’ , some saw the aggressor being berated , and others saw an ending where there was neither a reward nor a punishment . |
| 26 | It was obvious that Matthew would have been more at home at the little desk by the window , where there was only a kitchen chair to sit on . |
| 27 | When he moved his head I caught sight of minute areas along his hairline where there was apparently no colour at all , as though the bistre shade of his face were a mask . |
| 28 | In Kisling 's studio , where there was always a bottle or two open , Modigliani wrote on one of the preparatory pencil sketches that he made : ‘ I , the undersigned , author of the drawing , swear never to get drunk again for the duration of the war ’ . |
| 29 | For many centuries it remained in the hands mainly of the monastic houses , where there was always a physic garden containing the herbs required by the prevailing medical incumbent . |
| 30 | Although behind them was a six-foot-high beer-bottle , with the red-lettered statement ‘ A Man 's Drink ! ’ across it , they superimposed upon it a silent and rocky country where there was always a wind blowing with a touch of rain on it and few birds sang . |