Example sentences of "[be] [pron] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Q WHY are my self-sown lupins covered with a grey mould , and what should I do about it ? |
2 | ‘ And how are my little chickens behaving themselves ? ’ |
3 | Congress it has been my sad misfortune to encounter some of the most hostile employers over the past year that would make the grey hairs that I 've got fall out . |
4 | Over the past twelve months it has been my great privilege to become more closely involved with those with disabilities , I have seen the enormous efforts being made to encourage participation at a very high competitive level as well as tremendous strides being made at many clubs to bring disabled people into sailing at all levels . |
5 | It was grown now , and a good bit taller than me , but when I was young and we were the same size it had been my static catapult defending the southerly approaches to the island . |
6 | It had not been my direct responsibility to purchase it and I was operating in a field where everyone else — the companies from which I might buy , those from which we now bought , and the management of the division — was an expert . |
7 | Adelaide and I were never blessed with children , but it has always been my dearest wish to have a family . ’ |
8 | Or are their blunt heads dipping to the bottom and sucking food from the sand or gravel ? |
9 | Bearing in mind that Egon Zehnder 's London office was established almost ten years later than Spencer Stuart , they do not face the same regeneration problem ; only now are their oldest consultants coming up to retirement . |
10 | Development costs are its largest outlay totalling $11.7m in 1991 , down from $22.4m in 1989 . |
11 | No longer are her anxious snorts heard in the still of the night . |
12 | IT IS arguable that successive British Governments , although paying lip service from time to time to the notion of being able to change the institutions of the EEC ‘ from within ’ , have never in reality held out much hope of doing so ; rather , perhaps , has it been their true intent to use the institutions of the EEC to shape the policy of Europe in their own image . |
13 | Somehow , she knew it had been her one chance to reproduce , and that it had passed . |
14 | Could she not say that it had been her own choice to leave the Longhills , that they were not suited to one another ? |
15 | If Cornhill could influence the outcome of Test Cricket , it would have been its patriotic duty to have done so by now . |
16 | ‘ Are you sure mum did n't ask after me ? ’ |
17 | ‘ Are you sure Taczek does n't want you dead as well ? ’ |
18 | ‘ Are you certain Dana did n't drop a hint about my dress ? ’ she asked . |
19 | What are you due left to take ? |
20 | ‘ Are you another phantom sent to plague me ? |
21 | And are you this morning applying for a protection in respect of the Vigitalle |
22 | And are you this morning applying for the protection order in respect of the Edisford Bridge Hotel ? |
23 | She said where 's that fucking Tara she gone for a fucking blow again and they 're all laughing and she said what are you fucking bastards laughing at and there 's Tara there with tears down her face Tara tried to tell her she fell off the chair well that was it . |
24 | Are there good reasons to believe it ? |
25 | Are there many students studying science at Sussex , and in particular , is Chemistry a popular subject ? |
26 | Are there general principles to appeal to ? |
27 | So are there two boats going every day then ? |
28 | So , are there particular ballads sung and sung , and tunes played at Christmas that , that are n't played at other times of the year ? |
29 | Not only are there fewer titles published today but the process of decline has also led to monopolies within large cities . |
30 | Are there high Germans trying to get through ? |