Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may well be defensible , but the nature of the arguments required to sustain such a defence are themselves controversial . |
| 2 | Questions of privilege are themselves justiciable and have , on occasion , been referred by the Crown at the instance of the House in question to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ; what approach would be proper in such a circumstance ? |
| 3 | Now fear and horror are my only companions . |
| 4 | You had to lie on a board , his doctor said , oh it 's lumbago which , all the signs are the same , where that pain goes all down your leg effecting the or mia , sciatica and have to lie on a board , and we were in the prefab then and you actually er not , like some people put the board are you interested ? |
| 5 | The question commonly asked at interviews , ‘ What specialty are you interested in ? ’ becomes largely irrelevant . |
| 6 | Distinctive features of the course are its professional emphasis , the considerable element of computing laboratory work and the year spent in industry . |
| 7 | Extract 2 oh listen I wanted to tell you one of the girls in my supply class we 'll hoover when we come back wo n't we she said to me she looked at my shoes and she said you 've got flashy shoes or something I said I got them in Spain she said Miss are you Spanish I thought it was really funny |
| 8 | 14 MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY TEACHING Are you interested in teaching Medau within a one week multi-movement holiday organised by Leisure Plan in Tunisia , Malta , Majorca ? ? ? |
| 9 | Despite your English accent are you Lithuanian ? |
| 10 | Health Optimism and positive thinking are your greatest assets in keeping fit and well . |
| 11 | Whose side are we supposed to be on ? |
| 12 | The objectivity of inductivist science derives from the fact that both observation and inductive reasoning are themselves objective . |
| 13 | Collinson had been told by John Bartram of his son 's artistic talent : ‘ Botany and drawing are his darling delight … |
| 14 | Only by painstaking research are we able to paint an accurate picture of what is really happening . |
| 15 | The problems of social research are themselves difficult enough and ought to be approached in the spirit of treating them as sociological and methodological problems rather than philosophical problems . |
| 16 | She said fucking machine out there not paying me out and your cancel my money on the fucking card am I supposed to eat today ? |
| 17 | Reading this book has confirmed what I have always believed and that is that certain concepts in carp fishing are nothing more than the results of misread scientific papers and wishful thinking ! |
| 18 | And they did every room cos his er sister used to work in Homebase be it rich |
| 19 | Afterwards , Souness admitted his side were their own worst enemies . |
| 20 | On the other side were his own worn clothes , loose , light-coloured . |
| 21 | The overt and crudest manifestations of Irish misogyny were our first target and we vented our rage and flexed our lesbian muscles in a myriad of dangerous and daring ways . |
| 22 | Such land could , in theory , be used to produce up to 30 million tonnes of fuel , with further advantages of biodiesel being its sulphur-free composition , its " extremely positive " energy balance , and its price competitiveness provided it is tax-free . |
| 23 | Miss Siham and Rain Splash were his latest successes , winning the Stonefield Selling Handicap and P & O Containers Scottish Handicap at Hamilton Park . |
| 24 | But the Church Fathers who compiled the present New Testament were themselves aware of , and had access to , other , earlier and more historically reliable versions . |
| 25 | This gave them potential political leverage were their sectional interests to be threatened . |
| 26 | The raw materials which the Marines used for their scrimshandering were none other than the mighty , ceramically strengthened finger bones — the metacarpals and phalanges — of Imperial Fists who had died in battle or , surviving to old age , been permitted honourable euthanasia . |
| 27 | Long hours of toil were nothing new , but the mills brought a discipline that at best was irksome and in many places was harsh . |
| 28 | The millions who would soon be looking for somewhere to spend their hard-earned break were his natural customers . |
| 29 | Erm Superintendent were you involved in the decision to forcibly enter the flat we know about ? |
| 30 | Until Summum 's arrival , burial or cremation were its two main products . |