Example sentences of "[noun pl] be a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The society has 400 members from all over Britain and some from Europe — though the concensus seems to be that follies are an English speciality . |
| 2 | A : Not at all ; it could be done even here — merely increase the supply of money until it becomes something of little value , as plentiful as grass : let it grow on every street corner , pour from the high street banks : see how little by little it is of less and less value : soon it is only stuff fit to engage the attention of those who love to indulge in the act of recycling : we will probably find that , pulped , bank notes are an excellent media for growing acorns into oaks . |
| 3 | But lions are a different matter . |
| 4 | Tenants on the other hand believe that the Acts are a necessary protection against the exploitation of people who do not own the freehold or long leases of their homes . |
| 5 | We also believe that bad debts are a major issue for those leasing to the small and medium-sized customers . ’ |
| 6 | Since paraprofessional social welfare personnel are an important resource for meeting people 's needs , one would assume that policy makers , social service administrators and professional social workers would view them in this light and would do what they could to support and develop this valuable resource . |
| 7 | Motocross riders are a tough breed … no amount of fog was going to stop them from checking out the sport 's newest circuit this morning . |
| 8 | Committee meetings and discussions are an essential part of many jobs . |
| 9 | Contemporary objects are a significant part of that collection . |
| 10 | The Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , has adopted the same position as his predecessors , Sir Geoffrey Howe and Mr John Major , insisting that the deportations are an essential deterrent against a fresh influx of Vietnamese next year . |
| 11 | Financial accounts must be produced , cost accounts are almost essential for survival , and management accounts are a key ingredient to safe expansion . |
| 12 | And , he adds , reports and accounts are a useful publicity tool . |
| 13 | Colliery accounts are a neglected source yet they contain a mass of information on capital investment , costs of production , productivity and profits , with the most detailed of them providing information on individual colliers , output for man/shift , number of days worked , wage rates and earnings . |
| 14 | The Statistical Accounts are an important source . |
| 15 | The Statistical Accounts are an important source . |
| 16 | The answer might seem to be that experience tells us that nation states are a key fact of the current world and that they plainly do often behave in a self-interested way . |
| 17 | However , it is widely known that only a small proportion of such qualifying mergers are referred , and further that vertical mergers are a small proportion of the total . |
| 18 | Youth unemployment has since the mid-1970s been a central fact or a central fear of many young people , and has affected many others . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's proved that he is capable of scoring goals and although he can improve on the defensive side of his game his passing skills are a tremendous asset . ’ |
| 20 | Knowledge and skills are a valuable source of power that we can build on and develop . |
| 21 | Their movement rate is greater and their weapon and bow skills are a full point better than most humans . |
| 22 | Problems and progress in the evolution of teaching skills are an important agenda item for such meetings . |
| 23 | The MEP Project is largely concerned with information technology , but the fact that information skills are an important section of this £9 million project indicates how importantly such skills are regarded . |
| 24 | ‘ The Germans are a great people , a very great people ’ , declared de Gaulle at Stalingrad . |
| 25 | The Germans are a peaceful people , but they have a right to live , and to live as Germans , and they are convinced of the fact that they have a mission for all the nations of the earth ; if one hinders them from fulfilling their mission then they have the right to use force . |
| 26 | This chapter illustrates some attractors : these static illustrations are a poor substitute for watching the trajectories approach and then wind around the attractor , and for following the sequence of bifurcations ( changes in type of attractor ) as a parameter is changed . |
| 27 | Russians are a Christian people — the millennium of the Orthodox church was celebrated in 1988 — speaking an East Slavic language , and they have represented the core of the Russian or Soviet state since early medieval times . |
| 28 | LIFE insurance endowment policies are a great way to build up a family nest egg for the future . |
| 29 | As we shall see , local economic policies are a good case in point . |
| 30 | It is clear that certain policies have a limited call upon union expenditure , while other policies are a heavy burden upon expenditure . |