Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus expenditure-reducing policies are most appropriate when the problem is identified as a deteriorating current account balance , whereas tighter monetary policies may be preferable if capital outflows are the source of undesirable pressure on the exchange rate . |
| 2 | It is , therefore , more suitable for cheaper , straightforward commercials , while film may be preferable when quality , style and mood are important . |
| 3 | Often , all that is required is for individuals to feel that there is someone willing to be supportive and understanding of their feelings , willing to listen to their problems , and to discuss alternative strategies for coping with their social distress . |
| 4 | The toner replaces ink and can be dry or liquid . |
| 5 | It would be dry and acid , revealed only to a chosen few . |
| 6 | Even horses that appear to be asleep or resting , continue to change their weight from one hind foot to the other , to swish their tails , twitch an occasional muscle in their sides , and to keep their ears moving and informing them of what is happening all around . |
| 7 | The information so obtained may then have to be rearranged to show segment differences , and again this process of interpretation may be subjective or objective , depending on how statistically valid the end product must be ; * by using an analysis of attribute sets . |
| 8 | Soil should be rich and moisture retentive , but free-draining . |
| 9 | By this time , the mixture should be rich and pulpy with very little liquid . |
| 10 | Eye colours should be rich and dark with lips outlined in soft brown and filled in with nearly nude shades of coffee and cream . |
| 11 | It seems to me that these dreams were not only manifestations of hunger , but that they also evinced a desire to be normal and part of the natural world . |
| 12 | These same characteristics were found in children with functional faecal retention , a condition common in the school age child , in which physiology of the colon is believed to be normal and constipation results from retentive behaviour by a child who is afraid of painful defecation . |
| 13 | And he says while it may be understandable that Channel 4 is reluctant to see so much of their dirty linen washed in public he argues that it is in the public interest that this should happen . |
| 14 | Therefore , the only basis on which we could have a property tax and valuation would be on a national banding system because that would be understandable and objective . |
| 15 | Secondly , the past and current benefit to the employer must not merely be substantial or even valuable ; it has to be outstanding if compensation is to be awarded . |
| 16 | It can not be given to many scientists to be outstanding as experimenter , technical innovator and teacher ; Kuypers was unquestionably all of these . |
| 17 | The effect of these changes will be far-reaching and transport will , in many respects , be at the sharp end . |
| 18 | Then she must be placid and patient ’ ( p.97 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ He 'll be right as rain , pet , ’ said Gloria . |
| 20 | You settle her down now and she 'll be right as rain in the mornin' . |
| 21 | I 'll be right as rain now we 're home . |
| 22 | At first she kept insisting she would be right as rain in the morning , but after the blackbird had heralded in three more mornings , it was clear to both mother and daughter that Martha 's grip on life was weakening . |
| 23 | Sorry to lay this on you , not fair I know as I 'll probably be right as rain by the time you get this . |
| 24 | She 'll be right as rain in a couple of days . |
| 25 | However , this victory would only be short-lived because state power was not as powerful as class power due to the structural constraints embedded within the nature of capitalist society . |
| 26 | In the unconscious , money and gold are universally understood to be symbols of faeces , and it can not be accidental that analysis of individual delusions of persecution shows that the persecuting object is usually the child 's phantasied idea of the paternal phallus as the retained and hardened faecal mass in its bowel . |
| 27 | While numbers of residents available for breeding each year depends on local productivity in previous seasons , numbers of migrant birds are determined partly by circumstances and events on their wintering grounds , where food may be scarce and predation high ; the birds are also considerably at risk during their long flights . |
| 28 | Since grievous bodily harm can be committed by an omission it would be strange if assault and battery could not be . |
| 29 | The impact of computers on almost every aspect of industrial life has been most marked and it would be strange if R&D and project management had escaped . |
| 30 | The homework assignment must be specific and concrete , requiring the deliberate confrontation of anxiety ; this does not mean doing something that they are already going to do anyway . |