Example sentences of "[vb base] be the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ The sounds I program are the natural Stick sounds with synthesised coloration for atmospherics . |
| 3 | ( 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 ? |
| 4 | Taking away the protection which the Wages Councils provide is the latest step in the bullion offensive against the poorest in society . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | SMARTDRiVe is the free disk cacheing program provided with DOS 5 ( the version you should be using now ) . |
| 7 | What I want is the best government for Rhodesia . ’ |
| 8 | The distance you want is the perpendicular distance to the line , not the distance you would travel to the line if you stayed on the same heading . |
| 9 | ‘ Statistics are all very well and good , but what I want is the human angle . |
| 10 | You may , even as a novice , care so passionately about plants that all you want is the maximum space to grow them in . |
| 11 | But despite enthusiasm and hard work , disappointment and disillusion are the main reward . |
| 12 | Then fa(N) is the smallest value of nr , for all such rows r . |
| 13 | The evidence suggests overwhelmingly that the biggest single influence on whether children smoke is the parental influence . |
| 14 | Speaking on April 24 , ANC president Nelson Mandela said : " It is evident that what they really seek is the continued incumbency of the National Party even in the event that it loses the election . " |
| 15 | The only material they receive is the syndicated material which is sent out to everyone on the mailing list , and there is little attempt at placing original and exclusive material . |
| 16 | One of the conservation groups that I wholeheartedly support is the Environmental Investigation Agency ( ETA ) , a small industrious organisation that gets effective results . |
| 17 | One of the conservation groups that I wholeheartedly support is the Environmental Investigation Agency ( ETA ) , a small industrious organisation that gets effective results . |
| 18 | For some this they hope is the first step on the road to a more stable musicl career to others it is just a bit of fun . |
| 19 | I take what I hope is the main path . |
| 20 | Also welcome was the Royal Assent to the Bill authorising the construction of spurs from the Liverpool Street-Cambridge line to serve Stansted Airport on which work is now substantially advanced . |
| 21 | How much longer moderator can we in the Welsh provence accept being the poor relationship within the denominations ? |
| 22 | The system we consider is the electrical circuit shown in Fig. 24.5 . |
| 23 | Not surprisingly , many exporters have expressed their concern at what they consider is the high value of sterling , at its mid-point entry of 2.95 DM , on international competitiveness . |
| 24 | Every time I come back from my holidays , the first thing I open is the premium bond win . |
| 25 | Provided that the rig is balanced , the point where they meet is the balanced point of the rig |
| 26 | What they confirm is the complex notion of uneven development outlined in the last section , and how the changing geography of the UK since the mid-'60s has been part and parcel of its wider transformation . |
| 27 | Krill are the principal food of the baleen whales , such as the blue whale and minke . |
| 28 | The realization of this relationship in the act of teaching ( which I maintain is the only way it can be effectively realized ) has reciprocal effects . |
| 29 | And in this particular county one has only got to look to Ryedale who s I so far as I know is the only authority to have carried out a comprehensive survey of local housing needs . |
| 30 | Late risers always exasperate early risers like myself , who hate to miss what they know is the best part of the day . |