Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nitric oxide levels in Moscow are five times above the national average , and levels of ammonia and methylene oxides one and half times the national average . |
| 2 | Ireland and Germany are two examples among many of this type . |
| 3 | The authors of Collecting Lustreware are eminent figures in the field of pottery and porcelain research and have each published books which advance the subject considerably . |
| 4 | The uncertainty of the fat child or the onset of puberty which can make swimming baths one of the first circles of hell for the adolescent , so vividly evoked by Kathryn Ensall 's ‘ Girls in Line at the Swimming Baths ’ ( 1988 ) , or the terrifying prospect of the first day at school captured by Shanti Panchal are all expressions of modern sensibility and above all , of childhood and adolescent anxiety , constructed out of an acute embarrassment with themselves and their situation . |
| 5 | Ps. livingstonii and Ps. elegans are both members of the Maylandia subgenus which also includes the rock dwelling Ps. zebra and its close relatives , and Ps. elegans is thought to be close to the ancestor of the ‘ Ps. zebra complex ’ ( Konings 1989 ) . |
| 6 | Right : Clownfish are omnivorous snappers-up of unconsidered trifles . |
| 7 | Aside from the eclipses , January , February and March are key months for professional matters and your personal aspirations . |
| 8 | ‘ But Cyril and Colin are both expert at holding pullers , ’ he added . |
| 9 | Augmenting Britain 's direct contributions to the EEC are numerous ways in which specific British resources are made available for common EEC exploitation . |
| 10 | The captain , Igor Mironov , is a versatile back of remarkable ability , and the No.8 Alexander Tikhonov , the centre Igor Necheaev and the wing Vladimir Varapaev are all players of considerable class . |
| 11 | THE Teesside Union are joint leaders of the Yorkshire InterUnion League championship after recording their third successive win when they defeated Bradford Union at West Bowling on Sunday . |
| 12 | There would be no sense in trying to use plants , as Uaru are voracious consumers of vegetation ; and I would follow my usual practice of painting the outside of the back and ends of the tank black — I normally use blackboard paint . |
| 13 | The dangers for Indonesia are further reductions in the OPEC oil quota and swiftly rising domestic consumption — increasing at some 10% per year . |
| 14 | Also promised from Abbeville are two books on Californian art movements , Art of Light and Space by Jan Butterfield ( $65 ) and Arts and Crafts Movement in California , the latter to accompany a travelling exhibition originating at the Oakland Museum ( $55 ) . |
| 15 | Mediaeval literature has frequent references to insanity , in sermons and saints ' lives , where holy men struggle with the insane and usually cure them , by the power of God , or where the violent against Christians ultimately become mad ; in homiletic literature , where the figures of Nebuchadnezzar and Herod present fearful lessons ; and in Arthurian romances , where Tristram and Lancelot are interesting figures to the modern psychologist . |
| 16 | Stephen and Millie are touching bows to strings , then screwing up their faces as they force pegs another fraction of an inch tighter , waiting for a string to break … |
| 17 | N-monomethyl-L-arginine and N-nitro-L-arginine are synthetic analogues of L-arginine , and competive antagonists of NO synthase . |
| 18 | James , who 's cousins Fergal and Damian McCusker are key players in the Derry team , was so inspired by his native county 's success in the semi-final that he sat down and wrote ‘ Ooh Aah G-A-A . ’ |
| 19 | Some of these were admittedly men with a local following , but others , like Baudinus at Tours , Flavius at Chalon , Badegisel at Le Mans , Licerius at Arles and Charimer at Verdun were royal servants with no known connection with their sees . |
| 20 | Patronizing Pat Farrel , knowing , surely , that he and the Ryans were close relatives on both sides . |
| 21 | Gary player and Henry Cotton were two strokes behind us and the boss and I decided we were among the right sort of company . |
| 22 | Arsenal were three points behind Everton . |
| 23 | Aeneas is the pater , the ancestor , the proto-Roman ; Tullus and Ancus were early kings of Rome . |
| 24 | Both Piers and Jochen were close friends of our children , as well as of ours . |
| 25 | Belebey , Aksakovo , and Develekanovo were important stations for grain exports ; Osharovka and Kryazh for cattle and animal products ; Samara for grain , cattle , and tallow . |
| 26 | The lead group approaching Old Windsor were Horak , Rasmussen , Selvick and Paul Wells plus 3 K2s , Blyth being well back in the next group of four although he pulled up to join the leading group at the lock portage . |
| 27 | Borg is big loser in court |
| 28 | Mrs. S. is 30 years of age . |
| 29 | Julie Hill is Parliamentary Officer for the Green Alliance . |
| 30 | Independent travel : Bruges is four hours from Victoria by train via Dover and the 90 minute jetfoil to Ostend . |