Example sentences of "[det] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over and above that are the various assurance schemes designed to offer as near as possible a guarantee of quality , safety , wholesomeness and implied animal welfare in the whole process in much the same way as the lion 's stamp once guaranteed eggs in the pre-Edwina Currie days . |
| 2 | There you go , only flaw is that s the only bit of the tune I can get into my head right now … that does nt matter though — any tune is extravagant these days ! ! |
| 3 | That s the worst possible thing to do . |
| 4 | Still it was appreciated and that s the main thing . |
| 5 | Had that been the giant eel ? |
| 6 | Among the reasons for this are the continued creation of neologisms , the introduction of foreign words and the vast array of proper nouns that exist . |
| 7 | Examples of this are the phonetic information and the etymological descriptions of words . |
| 8 | Examples of this are the combined 1993 Dairy Range due for launch this summer and a strategic review of the business ' I.T . |
| 9 | One might alternatively suggest that a single standard driving schema exists and deviations from this are the appropriate measure rather than deviations from junction specific expectations . |
| 10 | There are times when understated architectural solutions like this are the right ones . |
| 11 | Examples of this are the brief discussion of Free Indirect Speech , and the extensive investigation of turn-taking in popfiction in a vein similar to that of Conversation Analysis . |
| 12 | Exceptions to this are the Linguistic String Project ( Sager , 1981 ) which had a lexical coverage of about 10,000 words ( although many of these are specialist medical terms ) ; the CLAWS system ( Leech et al , 1983 ) ( Atwell , 1983 ) ( Atwell et al 1984 ) used to tag the LOB corpus had a lexicon of approximately 7,200 words plus a 670 SUFFIXLIST which added word-tags to most other words ; IBM 's CRITIQUE ( formerly EPISTLE ) system ( Heidorn et al , 1982 ) with a lexicon of approximately 100,000 words and the Alvey Natural Language Tools ( ANLT ) ( Carroll & Grover , 1989 ) , an early version of which contained a lexicon of nearly 7,000 morphemes ( probably about 20,000 words ) . |
| 13 | The only people who really benefit from this are the larger companies that enjoy the benefits of both an informal workforce and government grants , loans and subsidies . |
| 14 | Added to this are the high repetition and drop-out rates . |
| 15 | In English , the most obvious examples of this are the cliched openings of jokes like ‘ Have you heard the one about the … ? ’ or personal anecdotes : ‘ Listen ! |
| 16 | Witness to this are the large numbers worldwide who came to Glasgow to work with him and who are now distinguished practitioners in their own right . |
| 17 | Had this been the only evidence of any religious aspect of Chedworth , one could have considered the nymphaeum merely as an unusual feature . |
| 18 | Had this been the only ground of complaint , their Lordships might have reached a different conclusion on the appeal . |
| 19 | Some are the familiar ones that we have all seen many times , but most will be new to the majority of readers . |
| 20 | Side-effects can sometimes be difficult to distinguish , as some are the same as symptoms of Aids , and steroids may exacerbate some symptoms and mask others , covering important clinical information . |
| 21 | Funny how cartoons ‘ aimed ’ at kids but clearly made by adults to amuse one another are the best . |
| 22 | A tiny alarm bell rang at the back of my head : could this be the classic distraction trick that comes just before a robbery ? |
| 23 | Why should the working-class housewife say she ‘ likes ’ or ‘ does n't mind ’ housework — why should this be the typical response ? |
| 24 | ‘ Will this be the first time you 've worked in theatre ? ’ |
| 25 | Would this be the local General Commissioners , or those responsible for the area in which the property is situated ? |
| 26 | Would this be the worst case scenario or the best case scenario ? |
| 27 | Would this be the top hard seam ? |
| 28 | Can this be the same tragic Lady Rothermere at whose inquest it was revealed had a stash of 2,000 pills lying round her French villa , who refused to travel abroad unless accompanied by massive quantities of prescribed drugs and who was so exhilarated by her fast-moving lifestyle she could only survive the small hours by swallowing incautious numbers of sleeping tablets ? |
| 29 | Can this be the same company whose scientist 's opinion was only 2 years ago that ‘ … native structure is required for an HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein to be a successful vaccine antigen ’ ? |
| 30 | Could this be the same Conservative Celebrity Cookbook that is being remaindered some would say almost given away in Dresser 's ? |