Example sentences of "[be] [pron] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ralph Waldo Emerson 's remark stands as a typical example : ‘ As men 's prayers are a disease of the will , so are their creeds a disease of the intellect . ’ |
| 2 | Had it not been his solicitors the Inland Revenue would have got him yesterday for unpaid tax bills , but its petition was dismissed automatically once the High Court heard that a bankruptcy order had already been made . |
| 3 | There is encouraging evidence to suggest that the ‘ young old ’ today are generally both more affluent and in better physical and mental shape than were their counterparts a generation ago at the same age ( ibid : 141 ) . |
| 4 | Nor were his warnings a fluke ; his ability to provide such foresight was based upon his theory of equilibrium . |
| 5 | Here in Cheshire business men are nervously waiting to meet the business angels is whom hands the future of their company might rest . |
| 6 | But are our relationships a shade cold-blooded from their point of view ? |