Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a multinational empire such as that of the tsars , the divisions between Great Russians , Ukrainians , White Russians , Poles , Georgians , Armenians , Jews and the hundred other national minorities may at different times be of infinitely more significance than the divisions between classes . |
| 2 | Can an exchange of ideas across different languages be of any general value ? |
| 3 | Can an exchange of ideas across different languages be of any general value ? |
| 4 | He will in such cases be under an absolute duty to keep floors , stairs , passages and gangways maintained in an efficient state and in good repair ( Factories Act 1961 , s28(1) , s176(1) ; Galashiels Gas Co Ltd v O'Donnell [ 1949 ] AC 275 ) . |
| 5 | What Jane could never understand , looking back , was : if this was a successful example of British industry ( Queen 's Award for Export and all that ) , whatever could the unsuccessful ones be like ? |
| 6 | We therefore , sir , have before us today to consider these two sites , D thirty nine and D forty , in the context of the relevant and duly-made objections that have been made , and they are the simple question is , should these sites be in the within the greenbelt or within the inset . |
| 7 | The issue is straightforward , should these sites be in the greenbelt or not ? |
| 8 | Of what use would just one of these faculties be without the others ? |
| 9 | ‘ Could these letters be worth anything ? ’ |
| 10 | But knowing Father er Chris and then apart from the We everybody says the answers there it 's all thanks be to God and amen amen amen amen , I think we 're actually gon na have some copies , I do n't know , ready for you . |
| 11 | Where would the poor girls be without their pimps , who shower money on them and ask for nothing in return ? |
| 12 | Against the timescales set by the government , that contracts for all services be in place by April 1991 , it proved a stern test of general management . |
| 13 | ‘ Where will his precious words be without a pageant cart to spout them on ? ’ |
| 14 | Typical , for nationalized industries , is the requirement that accounts and other records be in ‘ a form which shall conform with the best commercial standards ’ . |
| 15 | Although the new capital is selectively marketed by the company through its issuing house ( the financial institution , usually a merchant bank , which has been employed to organize the placing ) to its clients , the Stock Exchange still requires that 25 per cent of the total shares be with the general public . |
| 16 | The type of injury/illness should be considered in conjunction with the Policyholder 's occupation and an assessment made of the likely disability period e.g. a builder 's labourer with a broken leg will in most cases be off work longer than an office worker with the same injury . |
| 17 | What will the enthusiast 's main memories be of the eighties ? |