Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] be [det] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Casts between 50 and 100 yards are all it takes when fishing at high water for the best sport and most baits can be used . |
| 2 | What Schumpeter called the ‘ classical doctrine ’ of democracy differs in several respects from the theories I have just outlined , one of the crucial differences being that it conceives democracy as a historical movement which aims constantly to extend the area within which the members of a society can govern themselves by participating fully and freely in the regulation of their collective life . |
| 3 | Today the tone of so many of these adverts is so unashamedly boastful — full of triumphs in beauty competitions , prizes won and degrees achieved — that I often wondered whether these perfect matches are all they claim to be . |
| 4 | Since both Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders accepted that a new Cyprus republic would have a federal and bizonal character , the essence of the pre-conference negotiations concerned the proportion of territory the Turkish authorities in occupied Cyprus were willing to cede to what would effectively become the Greek area in a federal republic ( early indications being that they were prepared to concede no more than 9 per cent of the occupied area ) , and precisely how many refugees could return , out of some 180,000 Greeks Cypriots who fled following the Turkish invasion . |
| 5 | Amsterdam is such a lovely and compact city that if two or three days is all you have you will be able to get around the city and all the major sights without difficulty — but you will have gained only a glimpse of all the attractions on offer . |
| 6 | A single gain pot and bass , middle and treble pots are all it needs to deliver some superb clean tones , but if these sounds are too clean and a slight amount of edge is preferred , then a push switch adds in some crunch . |
| 7 | Ten minutes is all it takes . |
| 8 | Eight or ten minutes is all you usually wait though if you |
| 9 | A few Chinese sparrows and Chinese magpies is all I 've seen . |
| 10 | Although he dressed as they did and walked among them , sullen glances were all he got . |
| 11 | Open learning courses can be immensely rewarding as you succeed totally through your own effort and commitment and the only deadlines are those you impose on yourself . |
| 12 | But her busiest years were those she spent in Tyre from 1947 to 1965 . |
| 13 | A few unpublished annual reports and fragmentary descriptions are all we have to weigh against the claims made by Heber and those who cite him . |