Example sentences of "[vb -s] be the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the injunction to directors is that they must act bona fide in what they , and not the court , thinks are the best interests of the company . |
| 2 | What really matters are the personal relationships within the structure . |
| 3 | Another interesting aspect has been the two bridges which span approximately 24 metres . |
| 4 | ‘ Germany , ’ he said , ‘ has been the spiritus agens of the whole development of Middle-Europe — from Hitler to the collapse of the Berlin Wall , which encouraged and prompted our own transformation . |
| 5 | An added burden throughout this period has been the additional costs of routing the bulk of Zambian exports and imports through South Africa . |
| 6 | Also it has been the larger institutions that have benefited from low dealing commissions since the ‘ big bang ’ in October 1987 . |
| 7 | But not four months , which has been the German authorities ' second-thought suggestion , arrived at without the benefit of further evidence — which , indeed , on the general admission of all parties , does not exist . |
| 8 | By contrast , what has characterized the concept of social representations has been the intellectual ambitions of its adherents . |
| 9 | He has been the national drivers ' champion , the first national driver to exceed a hundred miles an hour with a five hundred C C hydroplane on Lake Windermere , won the B class championships seven times , the C class champion six times , the D class three times and the F class once . |
| 10 | The prime mover of contemporary organizational innovation has been the changed conditions of international competition , specifically the decline and fragmentation of previously stable mass markets . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , as some might say , the main objective of most of these excavations has been the military sites , and it is only in comparatively recent years that the civil site has gained its just recognition . |
| 12 | perhaps a final factor has been the differing styles of the individual consultants , so that the firm appeals to a wider spread of clients . |
| 13 | It has been the para-military organisations , notably the IRA , who have murdered and maimed innocent men , women , and children . |
| 14 | Another strength of the initiative has been the sophisticated analyses it has been able to produce . |
| 15 | He wrote : ‘ To judge by a lot of the stuff written about bands like U2 , you 'd be forgiven for thinking that rock starts are the new Messiahs . |
| 16 | ( In none of this do the geographical or military details matter , which is why the background has not here been explained : what matters is the constitutional issues raised . ) |
| 17 | But the city has also revealed something about the American voter , something that belies the conventional wisdom that all that counts is the big-buck campaigns with their television adverts and ‘ issues ’ tailored to every fractured constituency . |
| 18 | ’ Posi , ’ I said carefully , ’ give me a list of what the old data packages you found says are the special powers of the Ardakkeans . |
| 19 | The final component which this paper describes are the Professional Studies Courses in Language work . |
| 20 | Woosnam 's chances look more remote , though he is undoubtedly happier now that Phil Ritson , a South African coach , spotted a technical fault in his swing and has put him back on what he feels are the right lines . |
| 21 | The final items indicating Athenian warlike preparations rather earlier than Thucydides implies are the Athenian decrees moved by Kallias ( ML 58 ) which show that temple treasures in some demes were moved from exposed positions in Attica to the Athenian Acropolis ; the decree is as early as 434 . |
| 22 | What that means is the extra numbers who die in winter rather than summer months . |
| 23 | What are now her Remains were the First fruits of her Studies … |
| 24 | There 's been the reasonably-priced reissues of the Tele , Strat , Precision , Jazz Bass , Jag and Jazzmaster , but fans of the Bass VI ( of whom there are plenty ) have to search out old examples and pay the earth for them : witness an asking price of £1295 for a post-CBS ‘ blockmarker ’ model . |