Example sentences of "be [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are poisoning the very sources of order and happiness and virtue ; you are tearing up root and branch all relations of families to each other ; you are annulling , as it were , the institution of domestic life decreed by Providence Himself , the wisest and kindest of earthly ordinances , the mainstay of social peace and virtue and therein of national security . |
| 2 | PS I am attaching the relevant sections of the script |
| 3 | The three are singing the last bars of a song . |
| 4 | Staff at Corin Medical in Cirencester are producing the different pieces of the artificial hip joint which like lego can be made up in 120 combinations . |
| 5 | If we are to continue the high levels of payment to those affected by restructuring , the Bill is essential . |
| 6 | Remember , you are knitting the two thicknesses of the yarn on each stitch , so allowance must be made for the stitch size . |
| 7 | Yet the large majority of our teenagers said they had not been taught the practical realities of avoiding AIDS until they were at least 15 . |
| 8 | In 1912 Eleanor Barton , a spokeswoman for the WCG ( albeit herself middle class ) , voiced the opinion that ‘ women suffer a great deal through their husbands ’ sensuality , and that is more evident amongst working people than other classes , simply because the conditions of life lend themselves to that sort of thing , and they have not been taught the proper uses of their bodies ' . |
| 9 | The main objectives of this research are to estimate the total costs of operating the tax system ; to estimate the benefits accruing to businesses as a result of the operation of the system ( particularly cash flow benefits ) ; to compare costs of operating the main taxes ; and to identify areas of high compliance costs with a view to their reduction . |
| 10 | They have the greatest reproductive success and in terms of Darwinian evolution it is Third World rapidly expanding populations which are enjoying the highest levels of reproductive success . |
| 11 | Our objectives are to secure the long-term interests of the fishing industry by ensuring effective measures to secure stocks . |
| 12 | We are ensuring that the beef that we sent to St. Petersburg and Murmansk has got through , and we are tackling the remaining problems of distribution in Moscow . |
| 13 | But Moose are weathering the cold winds of Indifference well , chiefly by releasing their best single yet ( ‘ Little Bird ’ ) and a debut album full of interesting moments . |
| 14 | They can cause structural damage and many of the construction companies are employing the specialised services of Rentokil . |
| 15 | In 1910 , all the other minorities , to which had been added the Muslim Serbo-Croats of Bosnia-Herzegovina ( annexed in 1909 ) , outnumbered Germans and Magyars combined and provided about 58 per cent of the subjects of the house of Habsburg . |
| 16 | In this case heterostracans are considered the closest relatives of gnathostome ; this is based on the speculation that heterostracans had paired nasal sacs and paired nostrils as seen in jawed vertebrates . |
| 17 | When this has been done the common problems of analysis can be dealt with . |
| 18 | The basic logic of her programme since 1979 had been to reverse the main lines of her country 's history as it had developed since the Second World War . |
| 19 | The major institutions of society are justified by the belief that they are meeting the functional prerequisites of the social system . |
| 20 | Yet the picture that all this conjures up of a thin red , white and blue line defending civilization and the British sense of ‘ fair play ’ against serried ranks of black barbarians is suddenly counterpointed by an even more arresting image — that of the police themselves who are frightening the local inhabitants of Brixton by whooping like red indians , and beating on their shields like Zulu warriors . |
| 21 | The proponents of the APU insisted that government is bound to maintain an interest in the quality of education in order to determine whether resources are being rationally deployed and whether the schools are serving the changing needs of pupils and of society . |
| 22 | ‘ We 're checking the dental records of the body from the hotel with the Army 's records , ’ McDunn says , nodding . |
| 23 | On the other side of the world they 're called the fair maids of February , but on this side they 're known as the sweet maids of September . |
| 24 | A schoolboy has been recalling the last minutes of a ski-lift crash in which his step brother died . |
| 25 | ‘ He 's a curiously authoritative figure , ’ says Tom Nairn , the political philosopher who has been pondering the various strains of British nationalism for years . |
| 26 | ‘ These are difficult times for all of us , ’ thundered the editorial , ‘ and will continue to be so until we are reaping the full benefits of North Sea oil . |
| 27 | Do n't look here for anything rousingly political — instead we are offered the everyday concerns of township life from ‘ shared beer ’ to a sister 's wedding , marital arguments to ‘ the importance of proper education ’ . |
| 28 | Whether they are jamming the bustling streets of Kowloon , elbowing their way on to ancient trams or leaping about on the terraces at the races , Hong Kong people are enthusiasts . |
| 29 | Sir : I am researching the financial workings of the shareware market and would be grateful for the use of you columns to appeal for information . |
| 30 | Actuaries have recently been considering the particular difficulties of calculating pensions valuations in divorce cases , but have also been looking at the much wider issues raised by the changing pattern of divorce and marriage . |