Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great many young doctors do enter research , but few are reaching the stage where they are qualified for the senior jobs . |
| 2 | The mere fact that the British are debating the pound 's place in the EMS is enough to worry holders of sterling : perhaps the debate will end with the pound being devalued . |
| 3 | Young and old are enjoying the novelty of living in a ‘ proper ’ house for the first time in their lives . |
| 4 | It does not have to be that he has conceived what the French are calling the coup de force for Miss Jonathan . ’ |
| 5 | The village youths had taken to roaring round and round of an evening on highly powered Japanese motorcycles from which the silencers had been removed ; those distressed by this were invoking the law , the youths laughed , their friends and relations pointed out that they 'd paid their road-tax , had n't they , like anyone else ? |
| 6 | If this were to occur the pricing efficiency of the market would worsen . |
| 7 | Perhaps she had been closer to the truth than she had at first suspected with her taunts about Theo Quinn ; and , although she no longer wanted Ben , she felt that , if this were to prove the case , it would be a great waste of promising material . |
| 8 | And it was of no help to the Scottish Protestants that on 8 August , in the instructions given to that experienced diplomat of the 1540s , Sir Ralph Sadler , now sent north to make a comeback in the Scottish political scene , the English were encouraging the idea of being anti-French and anticipating their outspoken memorandum of the 31st by warbling about the need for government by someone of the blood of Scotland . |
| 9 | This was a game which two could play , and the English were to raid the coast of Normandy several times between 1400 and 1410 . |
| 10 | Altern-8 were sharing the bill with the Prodigy . |
| 11 | ‘ We can never re-create Australia but if the French were calling the side the Lions it would have been an appropriate thank-you to the players . ’ |
| 12 | Already , then , it might be seen that the French were digging the pit into which the US would eventually fall . |
| 13 | By this time it was becoming obvious that in spite of the fact that the French were conveying the impression of a limited operation ‘ to restore order ’ ( which might be at least six months to a year ) they were hoping for more moderate Vietnamese leaders to emerge and , in the meantime , they would not after all negotiate with Ho Chi Minh . |
| 14 | In the meantime , the US Joint Chiefs of Staff were giving their professional opinion how the French were to win the war and what the US would and would not do . |
| 15 | Some were repairing the fence . |
| 16 | Thus the British were denied the chance of a monarch who would have been more cultivated than any of the other Hanoverians , while Sophia , born in exile , died without ever visiting the country to whose throne she was heir . |
| 17 | A study published by Age Concern Scotland asserts , that , ‘ to be dependent is to face the danger of being less than fully human because to be dependent is to live with the prospect of having our bodies cared for but our personal and social lives neglected or even dismissed as irrelevant . ’ |
| 18 | This is to undervalue the grief work , which could be assisted by listening to the stories of the person , the events of the death , and the pain of the loss being experienced . |
| 19 | This is to mistake the will for the deed . |
| 20 | Basically , this is getting the trainee bird used to strangers and strange surroundings . |
| 21 | ‘ This is taking the idea one step further , ’ Raff said . |
| 22 | This is taking the form of a structured public consultation leading up to the publication of a new strategy in September 1992 . |
| 23 | The secret of this is to open the end of the matchbox and , when closing it , pinch a little skin in between the base and the outside . |
| 24 | Opposition politicians argue that this is deepening the country 's involvement in peacekeeping . |
| 25 | Where this is done the funding of a visiting speaker can be shared . |
| 26 | But before this is done the Home Secretary must expressly authorize the granting of the warrant which must be endorsed with a statement of that fact . |
| 27 | When this is done the procedure rarely fails , though the choice of illumination can be delicate in some environments , particularly growth cupboards . |
| 28 | If an order of these types does not fulfil these requirements , a supplementary order should be obtained fixing the time , and until this is done the order can not be enforced . |
| 29 | This is to allow the host and hostess to take their places with the minimum of complication . |
| 30 | But this is to allow the opponent to set the terms for debate , accepting assumptions that feminists ought perhaps to question ( for example , that women should be treated equally only to the extent that they resemble men ) and thus conceding a vital part of the argument . |