Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Thermai is only 80 metres from the centre of town and both Old Rhodes Town and the nightlife are within a few minutes walk . |
| 2 | Most of the remainder are in the 40–70 range , with the highest grades reaching almost average mental ability . |
| 3 | … The proceedings in the present case are for the direct purpose of handing the appellant over so that he may be dealt with on these charges . |
| 4 | The 275 acres of pasture are of the best and surround the house on all sides , undulating towards distant hills — and to Dublin airport only half-an-hour away . |
| 5 | Turn-taking and interaction are among the first communicative skills . |
| 6 | However , if the two are integrated , those running the body-making division are in a weaker position if asked to make changes , since they have no independent control rights over the assets they manage . |
| 7 | People with high levels of blood cholesterol are at an increased risk of a heart attack . |
| 8 | Beck 's analysis of this complex project and of the various influences at play are among the finest pages in the book . |
| 9 | Many of the matters which are discussed within this framework are of the greatest importance for social anthropology . |
| 10 | Movements of base level are of the utmost importance in understanding landforms in most parts of the world , for the earth 's surface is in an unstable period of its history . |
| 11 | But the books a writer fails to write in his adolescence are of a different nature from the books he fails to write once he has announced his profession . |
| 12 | The differences studied in the quantitative paradigm are of a particular and limited kind : they are socially , but not linguistically , meaningful . |
| 13 | But although there are hundreds of freshwater lochs in Shetland , the majority are on the acidic peatlands and do not produce enough underwater vegetation to satisfy the needs of big grazing birds like swans . |
| 14 | Accounts survive from over 50 collieries within this period , the earliest series dates from the mid-fifteenth century but the great majority are from the seventeenth century . |
| 15 | The majority are from the surrounding small towns and villages , but some exhibitors come from as far afield as Lincolnshire . |
| 16 | For many young blacks , the only jobs that offer a secure future and steady income are in the armed forces . |
| 17 | Three Polish medics based at Krakow University are on a three-week fact-finding trip to Teesside . |
| 18 | The parents of otaku are from the Sixties generation , very democratic and tolerant . |
| 19 | The Jamaican and British varieties of Jamaican Creole are in a dynamic relationship . |
| 20 | Readers with even rudimentary medical knowledge will be aware that swollen joints , clenching hands and itching or scaling skin are among the baleful symptoms of advanced psoriatic arthropophy . |
| 21 | McDonough is now likely to team up with McGavin in attack on the long run in with Hopkins filling Martin 's role on the right , but the Layer Road worries at present are of a defensive nature . |
| 22 | An emerging key group of provides in this field are from the private sector . |
| 23 | trustees comprise persons for the purposes of income tax ; 2. they comprise a separate entity liable to tax on monies they receive or which they are entitled to receive ; 3. the main inroads into that separateness and liability are of a restricted nature as explained in the Reid 's Trustees case ; these inroads are : ( a ) in certain cases ( but not all ) where a trustee mandates income direct to a beneficiary the trustee will not be liable to tax ( Williams v Singer ) ; ( b ) in the case of a life interest trust a see-through or conduit approach is adopted for identification of source purposes so that the origin and parentage of the income is not changed by virtue of its journey through the trust ( Archer-Shee v Baker ) ; ( c ) if income arises to the trustees of a life interest trust ( subject to deductions for expenses ) it is taxable upon the life tenant whether or not he actually takes the money ( Spen 's case ) . |
| 24 | The most prospective areas for Pennine-style mineralisation are in the concealed carbonate shelf adjacent to listric faults such as the area to the north-east of the Gainsborough Basin . |
| 25 | Those very nice men from the Automobile Association are among the top Yuletide earners — their average £30 a day will quadruple to £120 . |
| 26 | The Lanarkshire side are on a tidy run that has seen them lose only one of their last ten matches and they now have a strong squad to choose from after the massive injury problems of earlier in the season . |
| 27 | Mountain Crash has been off the course since his Cottenham run , but may reappear in the Ladies ' Open , in which recent winners Easy Over , Royal Sting , Shedid and Takeover Bid are among a good entry . |
| 28 | United have the smallest squad in professional football … just 16 players … they 're all free transfers … but the good news is that the club are in the black … they 've money in the bank and rarin to go |
| 29 | I suspect that the Opposition are in the same muddle on this as on every other issue — including taxation , over the past three weeks . |
| 30 | He borrowed a guitar half-way through the band 's set at Leeds ' Astoria Centre and announced to the audience : ‘ This one might sound a bit strange , the dots on the neck are in a different place . ’ |