Example sentences of "be [noun] and [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inlays are mother-of-pearl and perhaps a trifle unusual in how they diminish in size up the neck … |
| 2 | Although much of the mapping is relatively straightforward to automate because it is rule based , there are exceptions and therefore the mapping in a real database application is not quite so straightforward as implied here . |
| 3 | The it must be part and only a part of an integrated transport system , not only for the South East but the Country as a whole . |
| 4 | This restraint was held by the court to be an indirect one and on the facts of the case it was found to be unreasoanble and therefore the plaintiff was not entitled to his pension . |
| 5 | It meant that the keynote had to be informality and so the idea of a planned suburbia was almost a contradiction in terms . |
| 6 | Because there are children and therefore the woman has obviously been part of a couple at some point , there is an assumption that in her single state she is critical , cynical and undermining of couples around her . |
| 7 | They were selected on the basis of their general knowledge of the drug scene ( several were dealers and thus the centre of specific networks ) and their ability to communicate that knowledge . |
| 8 | There is ambiguity and therefore a choice of readings , or at least spaces where irony may be inserted . |
| 9 | It 's been fairly blustery the odd day but there 's frost and especially the snow that they 've had down further south it seems to be helping us up here I would say and it 's with the with the land work especially got the slurry and stuff of that kind . |
| 10 | The exception , perhaps , where statistical data are still essential to policy , is employment and so the Department of Employment will remain in charge of the unemployment figures . |
| 11 | In chaos there was one god , Ptah-tenen , who was creator and also the land rising out of chaos . |
| 12 | There was Mr and then a bit further up on the right hand side was a fella who used to have the contract for making the bread for the |
| 13 | The music ended , there was applause and then the door opened . |
| 14 | Of these the most important was Abydos and either the pilgrimage to Abydos was depicted on the walls of the tomb or the deceased erected a stele along the great processional way at Abydos which led to the tomb of Osiris . |
| 15 | There was silence and then a click and the line went dead . |