Example sentences of "[noun sg] and be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Northumbrian regnal tradition gave a reign of ten years to Eardwulf , who returned from exile and was acclaimed king of Northumbria on 14 May 796 and consecrated on 26 May at York by Archbishop Eanbald and the three Northumbrian bishops of Hexham , Whithorn and Lindisfarne ( ASC D , s.a 796 ) . |
| 2 | In 1870 he was elected president of the Medico-Psychological Association and was Goulstonian lecturer to the Royal College of Physicians . |
| 3 | In one bound he had left his seat and was half way up the ladder ; I was close behind . |
| 4 | Trout tend to be in the order of half to three-quarters of a pound in weight and are great fun to catch . |
| 5 | They were around four or five kilogrammes in weight and were great sport . |
| 6 | He was a member of the team which pioneered kidney transplants in the North-East and was senior consultant general surgeon at South Ceveland Hospital . |
| 7 | All the information in my book is approved by the Princess and is common knowledge anyway . |
| 8 | The top one is Celtic in origin and is solid bronze . |
| 9 | Three youths who escaped from the wreckage ran away from the scene and were last night branded cowards by police . |
| 10 | Our house is made of wood and is dark green . |
| 11 | Our house is made of wood and is dark green , we have a four windows and four doors . |
| 12 | It 's I normally go first and then Foster comes behind me , but I think erm Simpson over hit and was far post , he knocked it back , I had a touch and then just erm slotted her home , which is erm quite erm good . |
| 13 | All of them treat the video sequence simply as another form of text and are familiar exercise types . |
| 14 | The pulpit was marvellously restored restored to its former glory and is further evidence that the powers of creation can surmount even the most destructive forces of mankind . |
| 15 | At 63 , he works at the Open University and is another member of the local council . |
| 16 | Nearby , a cart horse had just been released from its harness and was busy munching at its fodder ; the up-ended cart stood to one side . |
| 17 | Swansea 's victory kept them top of the First Division and was another display worthy of any defending champions . |
| 18 | He won a junior warrant and was top dog in 1983 . |
| 19 | He began his career as a teacher and is former Director of Friends of the Earth . |
| 20 | Answer guide : Answers should contain the following elements : fixed assets are for use in the business and are long term ; on the other hand current assets are essentially short term . |
| 21 | As a result , Kaliber retains brand leadership and is improving market share in a fluctuating market that has seen many casualties . |
| 22 | The unit of pollination is a capitulum of flowers ; of the 11 species studied , nine were bat-pollinated , the capitula with flowers opening for 1 night , secreting copious nectar and being bright red or yellow or both , with characteristic scents : they are visited by eight species of bat , some of them nectar thieves . |
| 23 | The book forms a compact paperback and is available post free from Preston Publishing , Wansbeck , Bethesda Street , Upper Basildon , Berks RG8 8NT . |
| 24 | If it is really necessary to think of mental states as having qualitative content ( and see Dennett , 1988 , for some powerful arguments that it is not ) , then it follows from functionalism that such qualia do not have causal interactions with other mental states or behaviour and are mere epiphenomena . |
| 25 | Uncle Albert had reached for pen and paper and was busy scribbling . |
| 26 | It gets light home use and was good value for money when I bought it . |
| 27 | They led by 14 points at the break only to dry up three minutes from time when they were 58–42 ahead leaving Paul Carr to hit the last ten points of the game and be top scorer on 28 points . |
| 28 | Brian Hallin , who had formerly worked for Island and been financial controller for IRS Records , was appointed as their manager . |
| 29 | The capacity of the ruling class to adapt to these haphazard destabilising phenomena is another essential element in their control and is another way in which the rational long-term approach of the elite contrasts with the more short-term sporadic characteristics of the majority . |
| 30 | He will pursue like a panther and be coy prey , present himself as rapacious subject of desire and fey object of bliss ( ‘ Anna Stesia ’ pleads ‘ praise me , ravish me ’ ) . |