Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] be [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ah are , the best , you provide being in charge of this or being the deputy or being being a mistress . |
| 2 | The hand-loom weaver on the eve of his long decline was much more likely to have been a Methodist than was the mule spinner of the new generation proletariat . |
| 3 | It seems that being married is less stressful and more exciting than being a bachelor but both think doing something tough and physical such as white water canoeing would ease stresses and strains . |
| 4 | She says : ‘ People think I 'm brave and on the outside I am brave that 's the message I 've put across since Donald 's funeral . |
| 5 | These courses would be much more cross-disciplinary than is the case now . |
| 6 | There 's some that are a bit , you know |
| 7 | well do you want some that are a bit hard ? |
| 8 | Could Theo lay his hands on some that was the colour of unbleached muslin or linen ? |
| 9 | Consequently , it may be used more easily and fine tuning in earlier stages of design is much easier than is the case with an optimization technique . |
| 10 | " I appreciate your position , Mr Grout , but I 'm afraid that is the way things are set up . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm afraid that 's the kind of detail it 's impossible for me to remember . |
| 12 | The point is that if these things have to be revealed so that I can find my sister then I 'm afraid that 's the way it 's going to be . |
| 13 | I 'm afraid that 's the story of Baldersdale today … the place they abandoned … the dale they left to die . |
| 14 | But it 's only doable , I 'm afraid that 's an Americanism that 's crept into our language , doable , erm only if you listen to the people who 've been doing it . |
| 15 | " in a school such as ours where the teaching has distinct literary and mathematical pretensions and in which school hours are shorter than is the case in some parts of the country there is not , under present conditions , sufficient time for the proper development of both subjects : and experts are nearly unanimous in the opinion that Physics affords a better intellectual training than Chemistry , and the expense and risk in maintaining a Physical Laboratory is also distinctly less . " |
| 16 | He was in his 30s and was a member of the Royal Irish Regiment . |
| 17 | In public life , Holford served as Conservative MP for East Gloucestershire from 1854 to 1872 and was a JP , but he took little interest in politics . |
| 18 | The adjacent campanile is also interesting and is a combination of Norman and Byzantine work . |
| 19 | The presence of symptomatic gall stones in eight patients is interesting and is the subject of a more thorough investigation . |
| 20 | This last alloy is the cheapest and is the material that most vexes suppliers . |
| 21 | The Bell 's food is always fresh and is a lot nicer . |
| 22 | Today the business holds its head high and is a world leader in its specialized fields . |
| 23 | The oldest rock of all is 4600 Ma old and is a silicate type called dunite . |
| 24 | Lloyd , who was born in Essex , emigrated to South Africa as an 11-year-old and is a graduate from the same riding academy as Roberts . |
| 25 | He has been chairman of the cereals committee since 1985 and is a member of the Yorkshire ( East Riding ) branch . |
| 26 | Manoon had organized the abortive " Young Turk " coups of 1981 and 1985 and was the leader of the Class 7 graduates of Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy . |
| 27 | An acidified lake looks very still and clear but is an animal and plant graveyard . |
| 28 | Erm and without s sounding too pretentious about it I mean there are I can see this as being a sort of mission if you like . |
| 29 | If we have 2 or 3 good results now I can see this as being a watershed for Leeds , and we can build on the renewed confidence and self belief to challenge again . |
| 30 | I began to see the key to this as being the fullness of the Holy Spirit . |