Example sentences of "[vb base] are [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 facts that cause the beliefs those observations yield are the very facts which make those beliefs true . |
| 8 | But despite enthusiasm and hard work , disappointment and disillusion are the main reward . |
| 9 | Stress and worry are the main causes , but fear of oversleeping in the morning , late-night eating and snoring partners can lead to restless nights , says a survey for the Royal Society of Medicine . |
| 10 | The only thing we await are the official photos , which may be ready this week-end . |
| 11 | The distances doctors cover are a great waste of time … some spend up to four hours a day walking from department to department . |
| 12 | On the American lakes and swamps , waterfowl are an important resource , and over the summer months , the vulnerable chicks and eggs are a boon to a mother mink raising a demanding litter of kits . |
| 13 | Our our figures we maintain are the correct ones . |
| 14 | Not only that , the recordings were made on the very instrument for which most of it had been written , so there 's no doubt that the sounds we hear are the very sounds he had in mind when setting out his very registration . |
| 15 | At a distance , the leafy forest drowns the higher-pitched calls and all you hear are the rapid drum-beats . |
| 16 | These scum are the foremost trouble-makers . |
| 17 | Krill are the principal food of the baleen whales , such as the blue whale and minke . |
| 18 | The people that we fall in love with , form an emotional bond with or marry are an integral part of our destiny . |
| 19 | The cases reported to Hoffman-La Roche I believe are a tiny fraction of all reactions . |
| 20 | Newforge are the only Spam makers in Britain . |
| 21 | And the words we use are a small part of the process . |
| 22 | Warrant are the definitive MTV rock act . |
| 23 | Warrant are the definitive MTV rock act . |
| 24 | The problem is that pluralist writings have also shown that there are continuous and time-consuming battles over budget decisions and expenditure allocations , even amongst those whom elite theorists argue are the conspiratorial elite . |
| 25 | DESPITE RECENTLY making a rather fine album , confounding widespread suspicions that frontman Jack Dangers ' forte was only as a producer ( Consolidated , Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy ) , Meat Beat Manifesto live are a dull experience . |
| 26 | I am sure that , as parliamentarians , we are all greatly influenced in our views by different levels of loyalties — to our constituents , to our party , to our region , whatever part of the United Kingdom we come from , to the United Kingdom and , if we believe in an evolving European Community , to what we think are the best interests of the Community as a whole . |
| 27 | So our achievements are significant , but they are fragile , and I want to conclude by outlining what I think are the principal features of our work that have bought some success . |
| 28 | Only in the case of skills do they actually list what they think are the appropriate elements of learning . |
| 29 | For instance , if people have n't exhibited management ability in what they think are the worthwhile things they 've done over the past 30 years or so , the chance of them ever being good managers is remote . |
| 30 | Later in the book , I shall describe different manoeuvres , explaining what I think are the important factors . |