Example sentences of "[vb base] be [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The limitation is easy to spot : the unspoken assumption that the industrial and economic wealth of his country belongs by right to the whites ; and that any discomforts the blacks suffer are an unfortunate legacy of history . |
| 2 | What he has done , he explains , is to combine the belief of his philosophical predecessors that ‘ the things immediately perceived , are ideas which exist only in the mind ’ with the common-sense belief that ‘ those things … [ we ] immediately perceive are the real things ’ ; and these two , put together ‘ do in effect constitute the substance of what I advance ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ If by that you mean are the white ones dirty , then yes . ’ |
| 4 | The main problems they pose are the excessive patronage they confer on the politicians and officials who establish them and make appointments to them , ‘ their frustration of the implementation of public policies , their financial irresponsibility and their erosion of democratic accountability and control ’ ( Jones , 1982a , p. 924 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ The sounds I program are the natural Stick sounds with synthesised coloration for atmospherics . |
| 6 | PLUG ARE a cheerful four-piece with a singer who likes to think he looks like Morrissey but actually bears a closer resemblance to a slightly wobbly Eddie Tenpole Tudor , and reveals an easy to spot Cud fixation . |
| 7 | The appointment of McDonald , who was still an interviewer with Trinidadian TV when News At Ten first went on the air , fits in with what sources suggest is a new reliance on star names . |
| 8 | ( Thus in the current debate about the ordination of women , both sides ask what does Jesus ' message suggest is the right thing to do , what difference does it make that Jesus was a male human being , or what kind of a community was the early church ? |
| 9 | Children are swept along by waves of enthusiasm and some teachers are so expert at whipping up energy and commitment that they can even persuade children that a tables test is a great reward for good behaviour . |
| 10 | Taking away the protection which the Wages Councils provide is the latest step in the bullion offensive against the poorest in society . |
| 11 | Something that a lot of other open systems vendors propose is a big bang approach to evolving to that type of architecture away from proprietary systems . |
| 12 | some she want 's a some vegetable samosas , thank you very much . |
| 13 | Bassett said : ‘ What directors and fans sometimes forget is the good times a manager has given them . ’ |
| 14 | He said : ‘ What directors and fans sometimes forget is the good times a manager has given them . ’ |
| 15 | Church ‘ D' is a black church , now seventeen years old . |
| 16 | The group make use of Farnham 's musical facilities , including the Warehouse , which they say is a great place to rehearse in . |
| 17 | About 5,000 pink flamingos in western Kenya have died of a bacterial infection in recent weeks , which veterinarians say is a natural reaction to over-population . |
| 18 | You 're thinking more than doing and er wit you know sarcasm they say is the lowest form of wit but actually sarcasm probably is wit . |
| 19 | SMARTDRiVe is the free disk cacheing program provided with DOS 5 ( the version you should be using now ) . |
| 20 | What we want is a good mix of prisoners who come here wanting to take advantage of what we offer . |
| 21 | If all you want is a simple page of text run out in one of the standard LaserWriter fonts then any of the bureau should be able to manage that without any difficulty at all — if they ca n't then they probably wo n't last long in the business . |
| 22 | ‘ Besides , ’ she said , ‘ what you want is a decent story completed , not a good one abandoned . ’ |
| 23 | And , for the moment , all I want is a little peace and quiet although it 's not all that quiet , thanks to the gaps between the attic floorboards left by the cottage 's Victorian jerrybuilder : how Riva can snore on through all those goings-on I do not know . |
| 24 | They soon agree that what they both want is a gentle current of fresh air , without direct draughts . |
| 25 | All over the world ordinary people are marching , demonstrating , making their voices heard , letting the people in power know that what they want is a peaceful world for themselves and their children . |
| 26 | ALL I want is a fantastic time with just as crazy a female . |
| 27 | what they want is a regional dialect as well . |
| 28 | ‘ All I want is a normal life . |
| 29 | All I want is a little cottage . |
| 30 | See what you want is a little workshop out of sight do n't you ? |