Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Presumably , the closer the referents of the familiar terms in a domain are to the potential referent of an unfamiliar word , the more specific are the inferences that children can legitimately make .
2 More subtle are the changes embodied in his own self-representation .
3 The technical are the lifeblood of palaeoanthropology , but seldom make a thrilling read .
4 But the very things that make the hay rich are the things that now make it poor .
5 The areas in which we are weak are the specialist indexes , where we provide library users with analytical indexes to biographical , taxonomic , current awareness , illustrative , and other scanned literature related to their current work .
6 Particularly pleasant are the harbour front bars .
7 How closely guarded are the children 's wards during the night ?
8 So strong are the memories of the Girls that whenever they announce a reunion , photographers and journalists are eager to record the event .
9 Clearly there are numerous technical and conceptual problems involved in such studies , and the general applicability of the findings of such studies ‘ will depend on how far these numerous factors have been incorporated in the original economic theory and how representative are the data used ’ .
10 Mountain sorrel Oxyria digyna and tufted saxifrage Saxifraga caespitosa typify highly variable species ; the colder and more exposed the site , the darker , more heavily pigmented are the stems and leaves ( Savile , 1972 ) .
11 One of the most exciting are the Monoplacophora .
12 How informed are the electorate about policies and programmes , and do they vote for parties on the basis of their programmes ?
13 Only experience of such an exercise can reveal how different are the views of individuals about the situation in which they are working together .
14 WHILE WATCHING the recent World Cup on television , I was struck , even more than I have been before , by how different are the demands on players in this form of cricket compared with the five-day game .
15 How accurate and reliable are the management accounts ?
16 How reliable are the decisions you make ?
17 How reliable are the Tests ?
18 Remember Proverbs 27:6 , which says , ‘ The kisses of an enemy may be profuse , but faithful are the wounds of a friend . ’
19 Particularly clear are the sector colours for the various lighthouses .
20 Not sauntering but fanatically rooted to their hallowed places at the end of the ‘ Up ’ main platform in most big stations are to be found the train-spotters , living proof of George Orwell 's observation that the English are a nation of collectors , in this case of train numbers .
21 No , not grammar but but basically , maths and English are the tools that the other subjects
22 He insists on this : ( A433 ) ‘ For the ENGLISH are the seed of Abraham ’ ; ( B225 ) ‘ St. Paul is the Agent for England ’ .
23 The Song of Roland does not have much local colour in it , except of a perfunctory ‘ high are the mountains and dark the valleys ’ kind , so there is no particular call to read the poem before visiting the scene , in hopes of recognizing the poet 's descriptions .
24 Essentially , you will be looking for the fullest possible information , not only about how fantastic the colour is , but about all the other factors we have been discussing , and how candid are the comments on the shortcomings .
25 The British are the ones interested in theory .
26 In between and by far the most popular are the range of 245–275 cm ( 8–9 ft ) swept-wing Delta shapes , and in some cases the 3/4 scaled down variants .
27 Although many antibiotics are used to treat non-gonococcal urethritis , the most popular are the tetracyclines , which seem to have the best therapeutic effect and have the most powerful activity against chlamydia in the laboratory .
28 Equally unrealistic are the demands made by syllabuses on teachers .
29 That 's been er er a matter which has been erm discussed er at some length by Stragg as has the topic of er house building and the the problems of er capacity for er new house instruction and other development within the , the Council but a number of erm matters er not least of which has been er the departure of two key members of staff during the period er there has er I 'm afraid been a degree of slippage and the original programme that we have put to you and which you agreed which we said at the time was ambitious er is already er showing signs of stress and it looks now I 'm afraid that it will not be er in the early part of the summer that the structure plan in draft form will be available and ready to be approved for consultation purposes , but towards the end of the summer and er er into the early autumn .
30 Untold are the reaches of his barbarities , uncounted the number of his treacheries , beyond belief the depravity of his practices .
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