Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And here it seems to me that music education is one of the most neglected things in our culture today . |
| 2 | Reason should have told me that instant acceptance was too much to ask , but I was overwhelmed by my emotional need for an endorsement , however small , of my situation . |
| 3 | And see ye that sumpter beasts be laden with all that there is in Valencia , so that nothing which can profit may be left . |
| 4 | This approach however is not without problems and to cope with them sophisticated administration systems are needed exercising controls in five main areas : |
| 5 | Well yes , of course it would , I submit to you that building rates are in that context are are an irrelevance because erm all that building rates tell you is what 's been built in the past . |
| 6 | I have tried to convince you that problem solving is important and that it can be taught and learned by means of guided problem solving . |
| 7 | It reminds you that part strings are acceptable but , as is usual , the more complete the entry the less ambiguous the search . |
| 8 | However , it does warn you that vine weevils are about , and that you should take a close look at potted plants . |
| 9 | When you first choice hotel is full you will be offered an alternative . |
| 10 | Me poor oul garden is in a sorry state for the want of it . ’ |
| 11 | We mere peasant members are asked , in practice if not in theory , merely to murmur reverentially a few names of a few decent people into a few of the proper ears , who will then look after everything for us . |
| 12 | At twelve or so , we all thought marriage was more |
| 13 | For them increasing material exchange was seen , as it was by other economists of their time , as arising from improved technology and greater specialization . |
| 14 | I wrote to the Earl personally and told him that Brownie Guides are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks , but received a reply saying that my letter had been passed on to the agent , Mr. Bishop , who handled all such matters . |
| 15 | He gave vent to his anger and lambasted the shipping manager for not having alerted him that Clarion Call was overdue . |
| 16 | Until she was approaching her half century Hannah was probably the least travelled person anywhere in the northern counties . |
| 17 | To me , the content was so uninteresting that I stopped opening the cover , so that the numerous approaches offering me overpriced advertising space were always rejected . |
| 18 | I despise the idea and practice of blood sports , but this violent reaction threw up a profile of wildly inconsistent attitudes which puzzles me ; how is it that fox hunting is legal and fishing is the most popular outdoor recreational activity in Britain , yet badger killing invokes a desire for public retribution — lynch mob fever , almost — over and above the punishment of the courts ? |
| 19 | Woosnam , Torrance , Paul Broadhurst and Sweden 's Johan Rystrom tied on 278 , but despite he last-gasp agony Woosnam was delighted by his form . |
| 20 | Today 's move means though that he German discount rate is below our base rate for the first time in a year . |
| 21 | I 've actually read it three timesThe idea was born in an Oxford workshop where David Pollard and Susan Nelson have been knocking out printed copies and computer discs since April . |
| 22 | I he exact commission figure is a matter for negotiation between the artist 's manager and the agent . |
| 23 | Is it any wonder McDougall is now on loan to Mitchley Infirmary ? |
| 24 | The EADT has been at the forefront of the campaign , believing it vital grant aid is injected quickly into Clacton , with the third highest unemployment rate in the country , and Harwich , which offers a wealth of opportunities as the gateway to Europe . |
| 25 | The continuous recording of electrocardiogram and from it instantaneous heart rate was particularly valuable during events . |
| 26 | But yeah , but the pure orange I would n't dare to touch Cos they 're some of them canned orange drinks are |
| 27 | Mrs Thatcher and Mr Lawson tell us that government policy is the last of these : Britain will become a full member of the EMS when France and Italy abolish exchange controls and when our inflation rate is similar to that of other EMS members . |
| 28 | Historical and sociological studies of the curriculum have shown us that school subjects are not simply rationally selected for explicit educational aims but are reflections of larger social and political forces . |
| 29 | John Boys in his Agriculture of the County of Kent 1794 , tells us that hop poles are the chief article which make woods valuable in this part of the country , there being not only local demand but the poles are carried as far as Maidstone and beyond , the planters preferring the poles grown on the hills to those of quicker growth . |
| 30 | Jimmy Dale Gilmore is wild and wiggly , Nanci Griffith is captured in her old folksy form and Percy Sledge sings a Hank Williams tune — just to remind us that country music is n't simply a WASP-y preserve . |