Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Easily Accessible : Here , you are right in the depths of the Devon countryside , surrounded by woods , farmland and gentle hills . |
| 2 | One of those who had attended the initial meeting in September 1967 , an independent radical Matt O'Leary , had been dissatisfied with the aims of NICRA . |
| 3 | In Emor he had been rich beyond the dreams of avarice . |
| 4 | If lesion A affects function X but not function Y while lesion B affects function Y but not function N , it is reasonable to assume that the effects observed are specific to the loci of lesions A and B rather than to the general effects of brain damage . |
| 5 | These activities also provide an opportunity for developing effective working relationships with departments and for facilitating the means by which staff can develop skills that are specific to the needs of particular departments . |
| 6 | In large measure , these differences are due to the criticisms of the Aristotelian scheme made by some of those who are treated in this book , and in its companion , The Rationalists . |
| 7 | Some of the most spectacular herbivory , besides the outbreaks of caterpillars mentioned in Chapter 4 , and other ‘ outbreak ’ insects of the last chapter , are due to the activities of leaf-cutting ants , the Attini , which occur between 25° north and south of the equator in the Neotropics . |
| 8 | In particular , thanks are due to the directors of the four productions Julie for Ali Baba John for Thriller of the Year Joan for Tea for Two and May for Wuthering Heights . |
| 9 | The scale-invariant components of the Weyl tensor are given by ( 10.41 ) For the sake of later discussion , it is found to be appropriate to choose the scale functions A and B defined by ( 6.2 ) and ( 6.14 ) to be ( 10.42 ) The negative signs are due to the signs of f' and g' . |
| 10 | We are grateful for the contributions of the German Government , the Japan Festival and Belfast 1991 . |
| 11 | We have also been grateful for the messages of sympathy from people who did not know Paul but were moved by the manner of his death . |
| 12 | We might believe we are helpless in the arms of fate/God/luck , or that we have control of our own destiny . |
| 13 | As an alternative to the last submission it was argued that the money was paid to and received by the revenue under an implied agreement that it would be held as a deposit against tax that might be held to have been due at the dates of payment and that it would be repaid if and when it turned out that no tax was due . |
| 14 | B. Most of the spoliation of our landscapes , coastlines and rivers has been due to the activities of business people during the last 100 years or so . |
| 15 | In this formulation , while working-class struggle and political action may allow the state to act in ways which are inimical to the interests of specific sectors of capital , it is unlikely that any policies pursued will be inimical to capital in general . |
| 16 | The liberationists are alive to the implications of these sentiments for the cause of animals . |
| 17 | Some of the material used here has appeared in print before , and I am grateful to the editors of the American Philosophical Quarterly and of Analysis for permission to reprint it . |
| 18 | I am grateful for the comments of my hon. Friend , who is the distinguished Chairman of the Committee . |
| 19 | These may have been possible in the days of full staffing and adequate resources . |
| 20 | This poses what is potentially a serious problem for the DUP : the ‘ Christian principles ’ which are dear to the leaders of the party may cost them popular support . |
| 21 | I have heard it denied that the candles — different candles — glimmer for every child when he or she reaches the age of three or four , but of course that denial is nonsense ; simply , most children are asleep in the depths of the night when the candles shine out . |
| 22 | ‘ I am proud to die for my ideals ; and I am sorry for the sons of Britain who have died without knowing why . ’ |
| 23 | That His Majesty , understanding that the Forest Laws are grievous to the Subjects of this Kingdom … out of his Grace and Goodness to his people , is willing to lay down all the new Bounds of his Forests … reduced to the same Condition as they were before the late justices Seat held . |
| 24 | The men march with their warders and when they are clear of the confines of the fences for those few steps they are hemmed in by the soldiers and the dogs . |
| 25 | Here there are few of the excesses of cautioning seen in some other areas , even though prosecution is considered very much the last resort . |
| 26 | A petition to them might bring assistance for a particular project , but their schools received little attention : salaries were simply noted in the accounts and no one stopped to consider whether £10 which had been generous by the standards of earlier centuries might now be inadequate . |
| 27 | In general , chloride concentrations are high at the edges of the woodland and low in the centre . |
| 28 | ‘ I am top of the averages of the England bowlers selected and I think I am bowling as well as anyone in the side at the moment . |
| 29 | ( 5 ) Because of the interdependence of process and content , the curriculum developments to be favoured are those which synchronise changes in focus with changes in activities and are responsive to the effects of the interplay between them . |
| 30 | SCOTVEC is currently undertaking work , financed by the Training Agency , to develop the existing national certificate catalogue unto a portfolio of catalogues which will classify modules in a variety of ways which are responsive to the needs of individual user groups . |