Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Thirty words in addition are phonic alternatives : most of them are reasonable attempts : |
| 32 | These particles , this particular matter is generally given the sort of generic term seston some of those particles are mineral particles some of them are colloidal aggregates as the iron tends , iron , iron , ions tend to come together to form colloids in solution and some of them are particles of biological origin . |
| 33 | Some of them are potent ganglion blocking agents and were introduced into clinical medicine , but they had grave disadvantages . |
| 34 | Both of them are rotten drivers and I 'd had enough painful experiences for one day . |
| 35 | Most of them are poor people who give their services to their neighbours and communities for little or no charge . |
| 36 | Among them are outstanding objects from the Olmec , Aztec and Maya civilisations including a turquoise Aztec mosaic mask in the form of two intertwined rattlesnakes , painted codices from pre-Hispanic times , among them the Codex Zouche , stone architectural fragments from Mayan sites and jades from the Olmec period . |
| 37 | The changes taking place are manifested in diverse forms , and have very different starting points , but underlying them are similar sets of questions and pressures . |
| 38 | They form an incomparably useful line on which to trace the gradual mastery of natural forms , and a few of them are great works of sculpture . |
| 39 | Some are caverns , but most of them are tiny pores — such as the spaces between grains of sand in a sandstone , or networks of equally fine cracks . |
| 40 | Remember , many of them are married men with families and jobs . |
| 41 | That , I mean , the , the appointments what Jane and Linda do make me , I 'll be honest , they 're quality appointments , not all of them but I would sixty , seventy percent of them are good quality appointments . |
| 42 | Although I believe they are improved as a class , many of them are rough diamonds ; at times they are light-fingered , they are not invariably sober , their education leaves much to be desired and it is impossible to allow them the run of the works after closing hours . |
| 43 | Most of them have never been involved in politics before , though all of them are Labour voters . |
| 44 | Among them are Spanish actress Angela Molina and directors Almodóvar and Geraldo Rivera . |
| 45 | And erm a lot of them are retired business men , or , or people still , people in business who give their time freely to it . |
| 46 | ‘ They have never been in that position before some of them are classic cases of Thatcher 's children . |
| 47 | There is also the option of using wild flowers , although that is only feasible if you live in or near the country , and you must be very careful about which flowers you pick — some of them are protected species . |
| 48 | ‘ Most of them are bloody wars . |
| 49 | But I 'm worried about the effects they have on society , because a high proportion of them are emotional messes whose principal driving emotion is envy . |
| 50 | Amongst them are subject pictures but in the main they are portraits , including a major group of Mary I , to whom Eworth acted as court painter , albeit without any official status . |
| 51 | The vast majority of them are non-Kuwaiti nationals leaving Kuwait , erm Bengalis , Thais , Sri Lankans , Phillipinos , erm never mind Arab nationals who have been leaving to Egypt , Sudan , Lebanon , Syria and Jordan themselves . |
| 52 | Most of them are hard man . |
| 53 | Do you think any of them are bad Claire ? |
| 54 | The Ford deal was accepted by most Aston owners ‘ with a surprising degree of sympathy , ’ says Gauntlett , ‘ largely , I suppose , because a majority of them are independent businessmen themselves , and understood the necessity . ’ |
| 55 | Granted you may be advertising to a sector of the market which does not have a university degree or even two GCSEs , you still have to recognize that few of them are illiterate morons . |
| 56 | All of them are potential sources of trouble for a beginner in Word . |
| 57 | And too many of them are deliberate re-runs of those seen in the aforementioned film . |
| 58 | Our team of judges — the majority of them are National Vegetable Society judges — report that competition standards are up . |
| 59 | Some of them are big beds and some of them are , only girl in the world who is , do you think she do that , . |
| 60 | none of them are full thoroughbred , they are all ⅞thbred so therefore a bit hardier . |