Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Oh James no James you want some listeners I 'm sorry love .
2 The span of possibilities here is enormous : we can follow Stravinsky in adapting Medieval forms ; we can write songs which are pure melody ; or we can use a form which ignores musical values , taking the guise of a word-drama .
3 The disk is round , diameter up to 15 mm , densely covered with low granules or spinelets which are very rugose and do not form a crown .
4 He was shocked to see that this beard , unlike his hair and whiskers which were dark brown in colour , was sprouting with an atheistical tint of ginger , only a little darker than the whiskers of the free-thinking Magistrate .
5 They are centres of friendship where relationships which are light-hearted combine with the serious business of running a school on corporate lines .
6 While most of the sectors which are expanding employment in the economy are services , there is also a group of new and growing manufacturing industries .
7 Her face was set and nervous and white as a clown 's with powder , except for her lips which were bright orange .
8 This word is ‘ Readers ’ , which seems to indicate by my reckoning that 5 out of every 6 letters written on women players are sent to readers who are Steffi Graf fans .
9 As fighting continued , thousands of refugees fled to Zagreb to escape from Serbian fighters who were seizing territory and advancing amid the supportive bombardment of the army .
10 In the schools there was concerned doubt about what to do for best , whether to integrate or segregate , and in some quarters the hesitant activity seemed to be salvation through Art and Crafts .
11 The high dose of TAGH , when used in the cell culture system , did not induce DNA synthesis , but in contrast there was a substantial decrease ( by greater than 90% ) in amino acid incorporation into protein ( data not shown ) , showing that at those concentrations there was local toxicity to the whole cell .
12 Within shops there are computer-readable price tags to enable the retailer to exercise control over stock and financial transactions , and there are an increasing number of electronic point of sale ( EPOS ) terminals .
13 Every Saturday in the summer months there is open-air theatre in the gardens .
14 By virtue of socialization in the ‘ best ’ private schools they are assured access to the approved universities which stamp them as potential cadres of the ruling class ( Kellner and Crowther-Hunt , 1980 ) .
15 For many centuries it was common form for a bishop to address a presbyter as ‘ fellow-presbyter ’ .
16 Of course any rod bag will do but with the price of some of today 's rods it is false economy to make do .
17 For Seldes it was contemporary drama that had been to blame , for it had encouraged the young movie industry to take ‘ the slice of life ’ as its subject-matter .
18 So developed did the cult of personality in Northern Nigeria become that even in dealing with rude and warlike pagans it was bad form to stoop to securing their acquiescence in the will of the government by resort to force .
19 Controversy follows the rugby men around of course , but for the fans it 's carnival time , while the international team wait for England .
20 TD lorries shift everything from fish fingers to boxes of tissues and when goods do n't move in the shops it 's bad news for truckers .
21 This question is particularly important for institutions which are investing time in making their own video recordings .
22 If yous let it , cos to get the full diploma you 've got to get your two skills which is medical audio , and medical shorthand , you 've got to have them two skills to get the diploma .
23 Galleries which are essential viewing include the National Gallery of Scotland at the Mound , the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Queen Street and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Belford Road .
24 In a hypothetical life-form with both hands of amino acid it is possible that rather than no helices being created , there would be helical molecules which were true mirror images of one another .
25 Top-level meetings between US and European Community ( EC ) leaders at the end of April failed to resolve the disputes over agricultural exports which were blocking agreement on a " new world trade order " in the protracted Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) .
26 Well we 've heard what Edward has had to say and the local communities I 'm certain draw great comfort from that and we wait and see whether Brussels will exercise its powers , quite legitimately in my view , and and call this in .
27 Soviet customs regulations were to be maintained in Lithuania ( the Lithuanian government on March 17 had announced plans to curb exports from the republic , including introduction of Lithuanian-run border checkpoints ) , and guards were to be posted around nuclear power stations and " other very important sites which are all-union property " .
28 It would seem that in many areas of the city the population adjusted to the new conditions surprisingly well : ‘ thanks to ( the inhabitants ' ) capacity for adapting to a modernized economy and the conditions of life dictated by a transformed city , It was possible to maintain areas which were working class and artisanal . ’
29 There are many other more elaborate braids and edgings which are great fun to knit if you keep your machine set up at this time of year , as it is a good time to play with new ideas and perhaps to knit enough to edge that beautiful Chanel-type jacket you are going to knit later , but the simple knitted binding or a simple rouleau takes a lot of beating and always loos fashionable , elegantly simple and stylish .
30 There are eight positions up for grabs which are vice president , sports officer , entertainments officer publicity officer , welfare officer , women 's officer and minorities and overseas officer .
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