Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The use of better measures of ( housing ) deprivation , such as the Census-based ACORN ( A Classification of Residential Neighbourhoods ) or PINPOINT schemes would undoubtedly be preferable to the current indicators . |
2 | Guns like these could be devastating in the wrong hands . |
3 | Ramsey never failed to be grateful to the young pilots who won the Battle of Britain , and always afterwards remembered Battle of Britain Sunday . |
4 | For organisations like the Runnymede Trust , it is crucial to be alert to the various fronts upon which racism appears , and offer whatever support we can to those who want to challenge it . |
5 | With both , it is important to keep an open mind and to be alert to the various clues and pointers to meaning that appear as the communication unfolds . |
6 | On the major question of the legal basis for pension schemes in the future , Mr. Murphy said ‘ The Working Party consider that the principles of trust law appropriately updated , continue to be valid , but we think it would be right for the central principles of trust law to be re-stated and put into the context of pension schemes . |
7 | The Court of Appeal on 9 August 1989 found that a trial judge has no power to empanel a multiracial jury , even if he believes to do so would be right in the particular circumstances of the case . |
8 | In fact , libertarian ideologists seem to be scarce in the Young Conservatives over the whole West Midland region . |
9 | He was not the first , or the last , Home Secretary to be apprehensive of the clamourous demands he was likely to face . |
10 | He said , trades council delegates can hardly be deemed to be representative of the broad interests of our movement . |
11 | Kelly chose not to be specific over the precise areas for concern other than to point to bad results . |
12 | Although there was a trend for mortality to be lower in the older children , the differences between age groups were not significant ( χ 2 test for trend=3.32 , p=0.07 ) . |
13 | Senior civil servants , the privileged connoisseurs of prime-ministerial style and procedure , tend not to be purist about the operational implications of Cabinet conventions , except when routinely deploying them in the occasional public lecture or dismissing requests for the early declassification of harmless material . |
14 | The best guess at the truth may be that of the sceptical experts whose answer to the question ‘ What can be done ? ’ was , from the start : precious little . |
15 | In July the YBC and the LYSG organised a joint Garden Party in the Inner Temple which was successful ( and to a small extent profitable ) despite the ‘ Garden ’ having to be Inner Temple Hall owing to rain , and it may be possible for the two groups to cooperate further in the future . |
16 | Meanwhile Home with great determination had been to the hospital in London and obtained Macmillan 's written resignation , which was read to the Conference on Thursday afternoon : ‘ I hope that it will soon be possible for the customary processes of consultation to be carried on within the party about its future leadership . ’ |
17 | I hope that it will soon be possible for the customary consultations to be carried out within the Party about the leadership . ’ |
18 | After all , TI 's prospective members are companies and governments that may well be guilty of the very misdeeds the group is pledged to fight — including the bribe-assisted export contracts financed by some rich-country governments . |
19 | Carbon dioxide emissions per head of population may be low in the developing countries , but they are high when measured against units of GDP . |
20 | There is plenty of opportunity for practice , and summer sketching parties beckon those who prefer not to be studio-bound in the warmer months . |
21 | The inhabitants , having colonised naturally , would be well-adapted to the local conditions ; no two commons would be alike ; and garden escapes , which are often very colourful and have a long flowering period , would be welcome . |
22 | Despite launching those 40 new ValuePoint models , IBM Corp says that it is still supply-constrained on the earlier models of ValuePoint but that supply will be strong for the new models : ‘ Demand continues to outstrip supply with the models we currently have on the market , ’ said Angelica Horaitis , director of value brands at the IBM Personal Computer Co ; she says IBM has learned and is ready with the new ones . |
23 | Ian was not over-bright , but he happened to be popular with the other boys as he was a good footballer and did quite well at sports generally . |
24 | Danny the youngest had settled down in his job as a lighterman and seemed to be popular with the local girls . |
25 | It must , of course , be responsive to the strategic imperatives of both purchasers and central government , and this is reflected in the annual business plan submitted to purchasers for approval and funding . |
26 | Liberal democratic theory would answer that , of course , the bureaucracy should be responsive to the elected politicians and , through them , to the people . |
27 | However it may appear to modern man , the measure of ruthless cruelty that may be manifest in the evolutionary processes , can not be labelled ‘ evil ’ . |
28 | What might be some of the possible triggers ? |
29 | Because some of the time the candidate has to be some of the other things as well . |
30 | This article only sets out what we consider to be some of the major problems which any socialist feminist analysis of housing must confront , and raises more questions than answers . |