Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because a commitment to representative government and loyalty to democratic institutions are themselves fundamental constituents of our collective political morality . |
| 2 | This is not a marsupial , but a member of the group of egg-laying mammals , the monotremes , so remote from us that marsupials are our close cousins by comparison . |
| 3 | ‘ And my reasons are my own affair . ’ |
| 4 | The waste and boredom typified by my early schooldays are what liberal educationalists have aimed to eradicate . |
| 5 | Now fear and horror are my only companions . |
| 6 | The organisers of the pools believe that huge jackpots are their best weapon in fighting the threat posed by a national lottery . |
| 7 | Land birds are constantly visiting the ship and the pretty Stormy Petrels are our constant companions while the ocean itself contains an abundance to amuse and gratify one . |
| 8 | Hereford are our only side playing this weekend … team news … player manager Greg Downs is fit again and is likely to be back in defence … centre half Kevan Smith who had a spell with the club last season has been signed up again and is in the squad … |
| 9 | Well , I do n't know if tubular bells are what most music shops carry standard . |
| 10 | Distinctive features of the course are its professional emphasis , the considerable element of computing laboratory work and the year spent in industry . |
| 11 | But the fact that dominant classes can throw off liberal democracy when they do not wish to abide by the rules does not prove that those rules are themselves capitalist instruments . |
| 12 | Relatively small head and less well marked facial disc than other owls are its best field marks , together with distinctive habit of flicking tail . |
| 13 | The soaps are our modern myths , hyped up versions of morality tales subtly conveying their own standards ’ — Dr John Habgood , Archbishop of York . |
| 14 | Health Optimism and positive thinking are your greatest assets in keeping fit and well . |
| 15 | Collinson had been told by John Bartram of his son 's artistic talent : ‘ Botany and drawing are his darling delight … |
| 16 | Great halls are his dim playgrounds : his fields are quadrangles : his trees are pillars ( 4 ) . |
| 17 | Great halls are his dim playgrounds : his fields Are quadrangles : his trees are pillars . |
| 18 | Mondays and Thursdays are my regular nights . |
| 19 | She met me in London wearing a wide-brimmed hat , khaki shorts and a loose white top ; she says she loves showing off , feels her legs are her best feature and that short skirts suit her . |
| 20 | ‘ I know Kettering reads , of course , ’ Signor Fixit said , ‘ but pictures are his great love . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Surely my personal relationships are my own affair , ’ she countered lightly . |
| 22 | His best-remembered books are his Scots novels : — The Ayrshire Legatees — the story of an Ayrshire Minister and his family in London ; The Annals of the Parish and The Provost — novels depicting social life in 18th century Ayrshire ; The Entail ; Sir Andrew Wylie ; and Lawrie Todd . |
| 23 | Companies House raised no objections ; the first two words were his own name and the other two words of the title described his business . |
| 24 | Soon afterwards , he commenced practice as a conveyancer , one of his clients being his old teacher , Dr. Watson . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Miss Siham and Rain Splash were his latest successes , winning the Stonefield Selling Handicap and P & O Containers Scottish Handicap at Hamilton Park . |
| 28 | In 1936 , the poet W H Auden proudly and fashionably recalled that , during his childhood , ‘ Those at the gasworks were my favourite men ’ ; ‘ And from my sixth until my 16th year/I thought myself a mining engineer . ’ |
| 29 | This gave them potential political leverage were their sectional interests to be threatened . |
| 30 | For the ‘ highly-sexy ’ pictures were her first inkling that her lover Woody Allen was having an affair with the 21-year-old beauty . |