Example sentences of "[verb] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The limitation is easy to spot : the unspoken assumption that the industrial and economic wealth of his country belongs by right to the whites ; and that any discomforts the blacks suffer are an unfortunate legacy of history . |
| 2 | You could 've been a real trendsetter , you could 've put Ghostbuster stripes on it |
| 3 | In particular Donal Lunny 's assured production allows for moments of rain-washed clarity in what could 've been a groggy hotchpotch . |
| 4 | Er where would with er would 've been a front room that was another house . |
| 5 | There must 've been a little bit of snow |
| 6 | Would that 've been a full time then or would she have done other |
| 7 | Yeah , but if they 'd have , if they 'd have said look , we 're onto erm a job now which would 've been a big job and it looks like it finishing up in Yorkshire , finishing up in Lancashire , be ready if we give a call out . |
| 8 | You 'd 've been alright if it 'd 've been a mass murderer slept for years . |
| 9 | Got the ball away when it might 've been a fourth Pisa corner . |
| 10 | ‘ It would 've been a bad time for t'road between t'two farms ti be blocked wi' snow . ’ |
| 11 | Er it , it does seem to me it would 've been an enormous problem for the Chinese Communist Party had absolute egalitarianism worked . |
| 12 | It may be for everyone who comes to buy a ticket , but those who do choose to go are a small minority of the population . |
| 13 | When applications being developed are an integrated part of a total system , these techniques prove inadequate . |
| 14 | The most common experiences in the two years before a cancer is diagnosed are a significant loss or a sense of meaninglessness in the whole process of living . |
| 15 | Techniques of consumer targeting are an important additional input to market analysis , segmentation and planning . |
| 16 | And they point out that the applications being checked are a tiny percentage of the 340,000 dealt with this year . |
| 17 | Included are a Georgian manor with swimming pool near Cambridge , a 17th Century inn with solarium at Chelmarsh , Shropshire , and a former 19th Century vicarage in Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland . |
| 18 | Also included are a large green enamelled blue-ground saucer dish , Kangxi marks and of the period ( est. £25–35,000 ; $45–60,000 ) and a pair of yellow and blue dragon bowls of the same period ( est. £15–25,000 ; $25–45,000 ) . |
| 19 | Tools included are a lightweight folding ladder that goes in a car boot ; a 1.3m ladder-frame , easy-climb alloy tower ; a lightweight vibrating plate for settling concrete paving blocks , that will fit into the smallest of cars ; a copper tube T-end joiner ; a skip loader ; a 10m two-man hydraulic lift ; Alligator saw ; a tree stump chipper ; and even a bouncy castle ! |
| 20 | There has been a parallel argument about the lax stock-taking procedures for plutonium . |
| 21 | Rather it points to the fact that there has been a subtle change in the composition of the teaching force . |
| 22 | Since then ‘ Charity Golf ’ has been a consistent element in the Ladies ' calendar . |
| 23 | There has been a consistent failure to direct the fruits of growth to the areas , industries , and groups that need it most . |
| 24 | Late-night scheduling has been a consistent feature of lesbian and gay programming , exploiting the gay audience 's motivation to watch these programmes while keeping them on the edges of broadcasting . |
| 25 | There has been a consistent pattern of uninvestigated deaths in custody in Malawi , usually resulting from torture , harsh conditions or denial of medical treatment . |
| 26 | Yet there still remains Peter Golding 's interesting finding : in the past ten years ( through such surveys as have been carried out , which are not many and with no great scientific basis ) , there has been a consistent public appreciation of social work , even though the public has equally consistently held social workers in low esteem , below teachers , doctors , and nurses . |
| 27 | More generally , MITI has been a consistent promoter of recession cartels which would facilitate an ‘ orderly ’ reduction in excess capacity . |
| 28 | As Table 8 shows , there has been a consistent gap between the earnings of the two groups . |
| 29 | There has been a consistent increase in the number of well qualified applicants of about 30% to the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine , and we are able to admit only one in 18 applicants . |
| 30 | In the USA , in national opinion polls conducted since Chernobyl , there has been a consistent two-to-one margin of opposition over support for new construction of nuclear power stations . |