Example sentences of "[noun] be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to this view , the state is a doubly important object of study , first because its institutions are a major and influential part of the political instance of capitalist society , and second because they are the key to the working of society as a whole . |
| 2 | The true vacancies are a hundred and four across thirty eight homes , we 're talking about two or three real vacancies per home . |
| 3 | But lions are a different matter . |
| 4 | Tenants on the other hand believe that the Acts are a necessary protection against the exploitation of people who do not own the freehold or long leases of their homes . |
| 5 | We also believe that bad debts are a major issue for those leasing to the small and medium-sized customers . ’ |
| 6 | Motocross riders are a tough breed … no amount of fog was going to stop them from checking out the sport 's newest circuit this morning . |
| 7 | Contemporary objects are a significant part of that collection . |
| 8 | In order to ensure that the cost accounts are a proven and reliable record it is essential that the cost and financial accounts are integrated . |
| 9 | Financial accounts must be produced , cost accounts are almost essential for survival , and management accounts are a key ingredient to safe expansion . |
| 10 | And , he adds , reports and accounts are a useful publicity tool . |
| 11 | Colliery accounts are a neglected source yet they contain a mass of information on capital investment , costs of production , productivity and profits , with the most detailed of them providing information on individual colliers , output for man/shift , number of days worked , wage rates and earnings . |
| 12 | The answer might seem to be that experience tells us that nation states are a key fact of the current world and that they plainly do often behave in a self-interested way . |
| 13 | Wedding rituals in either case are a classic example of how the statements made by participants in a particular context should not be taken literally or at face value but must be interpreted as standing for something else , rich in ambiguity and figures of speech . |
| 14 | However , it is widely known that only a small proportion of such qualifying mergers are referred , and further that vertical mergers are a small proportion of the total . |
| 15 | David , just looking at your situation , I know you 're er , a young chap and you have a young family , and we 've er , discussing your existing circumstances and I can see that at the moment er , funds in the family budget are a little bit tight . |
| 16 | The Bugis ' prahus are a magnificent hybrid between the original island boats and the seventeenth-century Portuguese spice-trading galleons . |
| 17 | The symptoms of angina are a heavy cramp-like pain across the chest which can spread to the neck , shoulder , arm and even the jaw . |
| 18 | We need greater co-operation in Europe in these matters , because immigration and asylum flows are a major political concern , as we have just noted from the exchanges about Le Pen and the way in which people are feeding upon his visit . |
| 19 | Youth unemployment has since the mid-1970s been a central fact or a central fear of many young people , and has affected many others . |
| 20 | ‘ He 's proved that he is capable of scoring goals and although he can improve on the defensive side of his game his passing skills are a tremendous asset . ’ |
| 21 | Knowledge and skills are a valuable source of power that we can build on and develop . |
| 22 | Their movement rate is greater and their weapon and bow skills are a full point better than most humans . |
| 23 | Swindon are a good side and they think they have a right to win as do Leicester … |
| 24 | ‘ Swindon are a good side , but we would have beaten them at Ayresome Park but for a crazy final ten minutes . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The Germans are a great people , a very great people ’ , declared de Gaulle at Stalingrad . |
| 26 | The Germans are a peaceful people , but they have a right to live , and to live as Germans , and they are convinced of the fact that they have a mission for all the nations of the earth ; if one hinders them from fulfilling their mission then they have the right to use force . |
| 27 | This chapter illustrates some attractors : these static illustrations are a poor substitute for watching the trajectories approach and then wind around the attractor , and for following the sequence of bifurcations ( changes in type of attractor ) as a parameter is changed . |
| 28 | Russians are a Christian people — the millennium of the Orthodox church was celebrated in 1988 — speaking an East Slavic language , and they have represented the core of the Russian or Soviet state since early medieval times . |
| 29 | LIFE insurance endowment policies are a great way to build up a family nest egg for the future . |
| 30 | As we shall see , local economic policies are a good case in point . |