Example sentences of "be [verb] [be] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duncan realized the number he had been given was a direct line to the trade section . |
| 2 | It is thought that the mechanism whereby all the genes in the chromosome are inactivated is a chemical modification of the DNA . |
| 3 | What I am expressing is a tentative belief that it is raining , not the belief ( or awareness of the fact ) that I believe that it is raining . |
| 4 | We have tried to make it clear in the law that what we are establishing is a parallel procedure and not an exclusive procedure , so that the other law as it existed , whatever it is , still does exist today , but that here is a prescribed procedure which terminally ill patients may choose to use should they wish to do so . |
| 5 | The way that the Single European Act of 1986 has been applied is a good example . |
| 6 | The interaction of the aphid , the whitefly , the wasp and the bumble bee in a greenhouse in which tomatoes are grown is a good example of the principles of Integrated Crop Management Systems [ ICMS ] . |
| 7 | ‘ The furniture and fabrics should go together , because what you 're selling is a complete look . ’ |
| 8 | What we 're doing is a makeshift operation . |
| 9 | So effectively what you 're saying is a sizable proportion of your proposals are South of the Tees . |
| 10 | What we are observing is a late stage in the recession of formerly well-established rules . |
| 11 | In England the courts are almost certain to take the view that the way taxes are spent is a political question which the courts are not the proper bodies to consider , and that no taxpayer has sufficient interest to raise this matter in court . |
| 12 | At the time of the referendum we said to people , ‘ Do not worry — your powers will be OK ; your government is still in charge ; democracy is OK ; all that we are joining is a free-trade area . ’ |
| 13 | and interested in what other countries are doing is a great step forward . |
| 14 | I decided to apply for some help , so my daughter Lilya ( Aliki ) and I wrote a letter to Andropov and Brezhnev , and I explained in these letters that what had been stolen was a large number of works from the collection that I had intended to give to the Tretyakov Gallery . |
| 15 | How they are set is a difficult question to which I shall return , but those who decry as too narrow the scope of a Convention running to over a hundred Articles must surely embody the resuscitated spirit of Oliver Twist who will always cry for more ! |
| 16 | All I am asking is a little donation now and again . |
| 17 | The court said : " If the right to be heard is a real right which is worth anything , it must carry with it a right in the accused man to know the case which is made against him . |
| 18 | Down on the ground the first thing to be heard is a distant squeal , and a sharp-sighted man might just discern a black dot like a bird high in the sky . |
| 19 | Like all long-term coughers he had developed a noise-reducing technique , and all that could be heard was a chuck-chuck-chuck sound that would go on for long minutes at a time , gradually winding down like a clockwork drummer until every scrap of air was squeezed out of his poor concrete lungs . |
| 20 | Business cards on which company information can be added are a growing aspect of the Ravenhill Business Park operation . |
| 21 | The way in which royal messengers allegedly searched far and wide for a suitable bride ignores the likelihood that the union with Emma was motivated purely by political considerations , while the statement that they sent other sons to Normandy to be educated is a misleading reference to the exile of Emma 's offspring by Æthelred . |
| 22 | First to be built was a concrete block-house , reinforced with metal struts , which it soon became apparent was a large pill-box to protect whatever it was that was going to go up . |
| 23 | The identification of these needs and the allowance that should be made is a normative issue , but we may want to deduct items from the definition of income ( e.g. , for the expenses associated with illness or disability ) or to calculate income per equivalent person ( e.g. , allowing for differing family size or age ) . |
| 24 | One of the new technologies that will be evaluated is a catalytic extraction process developed by Molten Metal Technology , US . |
| 25 | Once a book has been selected then all that needs to be done is a simple form to be filled in and the library staff will fetch it for you or at least show you where to look . |
| 26 | In Siskina , the plaintiff 's major claim for compensation was not itself justiciable in England ; Lord Diplock pointed out that to argue in effect that it could be treated as justiciable because , if it were , an interlocutory injunction might be granted was a logical fallacy , petitio principii ( pulling oneself up by one 's own bootstraps ) . |
| 27 | By contrast , in the same case it was held that once the council had decided that the applicant was entitled to be housed , the right to be housed was a private law right which did not have to be enforced by AJR procedure , but could be enforced in a tort action for breach of statutory duty in the County Court . |
| 28 | This House was asserting that the mere existence of a mistake of law made at some earlier stage does not vitiate the actual decision made : what must be shown is a relevant error of law , i.e. , an error in the actual making of the decision which affected the decision itself . |
| 29 | Whether all of these older people will be retired is a separate point , not to be taken for granted , to be discussed below . |
| 30 | How far their goodwill can be stretched is a moot point . |