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

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1 According to this view , the state is a doubly important object of study , first because its institutions are a major and influential part of the political instance of capitalist society , and second because they are the key to the working of society as a whole .
2 The true vacancies are a hundred and four across thirty eight homes , we 're talking about two or three real vacancies per home .
3 But lions are a different matter .
4 Tenants on the other hand believe that the Acts are a necessary protection against the exploitation of people who do not own the freehold or long leases of their homes .
5 We also believe that bad debts are a major issue for those leasing to the small and medium-sized customers . ’
6 Motocross riders are a tough breed … no amount of fog was going to stop them from checking out the sport 's newest circuit this morning .
7 Contemporary objects are a significant part of that collection .
8 In order to ensure that the cost accounts are a proven and reliable record it is essential that the cost and financial accounts are integrated .
9 Financial accounts must be produced , cost accounts are almost essential for survival , and management accounts are a key ingredient to safe expansion .
10 And , he adds , reports and accounts are a useful publicity tool .
11 Colliery accounts are a neglected source yet they contain a mass of information on capital investment , costs of production , productivity and profits , with the most detailed of them providing information on individual colliers , output for man/shift , number of days worked , wage rates and earnings .
12 The answer might seem to be that experience tells us that nation states are a key fact of the current world and that they plainly do often behave in a self-interested way .
13 However , it is widely known that only a small proportion of such qualifying mergers are referred , and further that vertical mergers are a small proportion of the total .
14 We need greater co-operation in Europe in these matters , because immigration and asylum flows are a major political concern , as we have just noted from the exchanges about Le Pen and the way in which people are feeding upon his visit .
15 Youth unemployment has since the mid-1970s been a central fact or a central fear of many young people , and has affected many others .
16 ‘ He 's proved that he is capable of scoring goals and although he can improve on the defensive side of his game his passing skills are a tremendous asset . ’
17 Knowledge and skills are a valuable source of power that we can build on and develop .
18 Their movement rate is greater and their weapon and bow skills are a full point better than most humans .
19 ‘ The Germans are a great people , a very great people ’ , declared de Gaulle at Stalingrad .
20 The Germans are a peaceful people , but they have a right to live , and to live as Germans , and they are convinced of the fact that they have a mission for all the nations of the earth ; if one hinders them from fulfilling their mission then they have the right to use force .
21 This chapter illustrates some attractors : these static illustrations are a poor substitute for watching the trajectories approach and then wind around the attractor , and for following the sequence of bifurcations ( changes in type of attractor ) as a parameter is changed .
22 Russians are a Christian people — the millennium of the Orthodox church was celebrated in 1988 — speaking an East Slavic language , and they have represented the core of the Russian or Soviet state since early medieval times .
23 LIFE insurance endowment policies are a great way to build up a family nest egg for the future .
24 As we shall see , local economic policies are a good case in point .
25 It is clear that certain policies have a limited call upon union expenditure , while other policies are a heavy burden upon expenditure .
26 The reduction in interest broadly matched the increase in tax paid between the two years , so the net movement of funds from operations are a critical parameter for whether we 're really generating cash for new initiatives , significantly better at forty five point six million and this this excludes the proceeds of fixed asset disposals , so all in all we had pretty nearly sixty million cash free and clear .
27 Such attitudes are a striking reflection of the idealistic and libertarian aspects of the Enlightenment .
28 Management buyouts are a new and rapidly growing means of company takeover and new firm formation .
29 Like good weather , buy-outs are a desirable thing .
30 With the coins are a remarkable group of silver spoons in a variety of forms , some marked with the Christian Chi-ro symbol .
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