Example sentences of "[be] [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are sorry the bid was not successful but I am sure that , given the great community spirit here , the fund-raisers will not give up , ’ said Miss Gilroy . |
| 2 | We are sorry the photograph conflicted with the advice on our Solutions page . |
| 3 | Items are posted to the individual ledger accounts in the usual way but when the postings are complete the total is posted to the control account . |
| 4 | Once restoration and cleaning are complete the windows will go back inside new ventilated clear glass cases and non-corroding magnesium bronze frames . |
| 5 | he said he 'd been through recently , oh every time I 've been through Wolverhampton that ring road 's been awful the traffic like |
| 6 | It must also be said of Poland that its society has been most resistant to Communist influence and , that of all East European countries , the gap between the state and its society has been greatest The LWP has not gone out of its way to act as the arbiter of events ; rather , it has had this role thrust upon it by Party factionalism and weakness . |
| 7 | When on 5 September the Lords Lieutenant of the four most northerly counties were ordered to make their respective militias ready for immediate service , it emerged that neither Northumberland nor Durham had been reimbursed by central government for the money they had previously spent in keeping the force mustered , while the authorities in Cumberland admitted candidly : ‘ T is so long since the militia was raised that we are apprehensive the arms are either lost or in bad order . ’ |
| 8 | Although the revs are low the blades are still turning so he has it tilted back on the iron roller . |
| 9 | If the systems are weak the sample size may need to be increased . |
| 10 | I can only conclude by saying that I am sorry the situation has developed the way it has . |
| 11 | It is difficult for us to see what Polybius added to his history after 146 , but where the additions are clear the anxiety and the warning are equally clear . |
| 12 | There will be a single budget which we 've always argued for in the management committee the head of centre will and this is very important and I hope members are clear the head of centre which is the head of the Moat Centre which is the proposed under the amendment will be appointed within this financial year , will be appointed out of the existing budget . |
| 13 | A man 's appetites are half the man , and must be known if you would understand him . ’ |
| 14 | In the Barton pavement this is not so : in sensitive areas , e.g. the face of Orpheus , the tesserae are well selected and are half the size of those in a comparable position in the former . |
| 15 | Autobacs ' batteries are half the price of those sold in an ordinary garage . |
| 16 | They can be used on Sega hardware but are half the price . |
| 17 | Fruit and vegetables are half the price of home and sacks of oranges and lemons are virtually given away . |
| 18 | The technology requires less capital investment and about half the production time , and the panels are half the price , the company claims . |
| 19 | Karrimor is promoting its Adventure Travel range , which includes the excellent Tinamou trousers ( £33 ) , and Rohan has just brought out the tracksuit-style Gobi pants ( £35 ) , which are half the weight of their original Bags . |
| 20 | At only 12″ ( 30cm ) in size the plants are half the height of those from over 100 years ago . |
| 21 | When the lessons from the pilot survey have been fully learned alterations can be made where necessary , but if the work done prior to the pilot has been adequate the alterations consequent upon it should not be great . |
| 22 | Still , he was young and she had been afraid the house would be full of only old people . |
| 23 | But the long term aim is to make it all dual carriageway … hopes are high the government will announce this in a couple of years . |
| 24 | Squeeze packs therefore have a great deal to commend them but where quantities of wash water requiring dosing are high the amount of detergent thus available is too low . |
| 25 | LISTREL will supply default responses to most or all of the prompts on the pages ; if the defaults are acceptable the user can just press RETURN after viewing the page , but if changes are required to the defaults the user must TAB to each prompt to edit the response . |
| 26 | As long as there is an abundant supply of water high temperatures tend to be associated with high rates of weathering , although this does not necessarily result in deep weathering profiles for , as we have already noted , where slope gradients are steep the products of weathering may be removed almost as soon as they are created . |
| 27 | I am afraid the cutting or the great Toxicodendron [ poison ivy ] is perished ; for it lay at the bottom of the box , where there had been wet . |
| 28 | ‘ You got in my way , ’ Kopyion stated in a cold , humourless manner , ‘ and I am afraid the consequences will be grave . ’ |
| 29 | I am afraid the blame lies with the saboteurs . |
| 30 | I readily acknowledge that this is a very difficult request but I am afraid the timescale has to he met . |