Example sentences of "be [noun] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there are reasons why the state may prefer to own rather than merely to regulate . |
| 2 | But there are reasons why an update and , consequently , a change of direction in the overall picture of ‘ women and film ’ is called for . |
| 3 | Even though the old man himself is supposed to have rebuked one of his more imaginative pupils with the phrase : ‘ There are times when a cigar is only a cigar ’ , his disciples have generally been reluctant to embrace the more prosaic and parsimonious explanations for life 's little difficulties . |
| 4 | Very often PR consultancies only give their own executives ' names , but there are times when a journalist will want to " go straight to the horse 's mouth " and a contact within the client company can be very important . |
| 5 | Of course , there are times when a car rushes straight from one call to another one , but overall these are definitely unusual except in certain very restricted areas . |
| 6 | For instance , there are times when a speaker/writer seems to be deliberately highlighting a rheme by stripping the message of its initial element , that is , the theme . |
| 7 | However , there are times when a piece of mud , or dirt , has dried on the ball . |
| 8 | But there are times when a dispute is harder to resolve , or is part of a wider problem . |
| 9 | Review : By gum , mother knew best all along There are times when a doctor 's diagnosis is no match for widely held beliefs about illness . |
| 10 | On the other hand , there are times when a snack is needed . |
| 11 | But here 's a thought for both men : there are times when a nation has to be persuaded to do something that it does not want to do because its future welfare demands it . |
| 12 | There are times when the Americans have a tendency to cut corners and push their aircraft too far . |
| 13 | I gather there are times when the mission aborts , but on the other hand he regularly sells stories to Ellery Queen 's Mystery Magazine . |
| 14 | There are times when the word unbelief is used to describe the doubts of those who are definitely believers but only when they are at a stage of doubting which is rationally inexcusable and well on the way to becoming fullgrown unbelief . |
| 15 | These are times when the suffering may be too deep for tears . |
| 16 | There are times when the way a woman uses her tears in a relationship is a barrier to her growth . |
| 17 | They are times when the behaviour of an animal is uncertain ; which is just the kind of time when other animals will want information about what it is going to do . |
| 18 | He says : ‘ There are times when the enormity of the challenge makes you want to pull a blanket over your head . |
| 19 | Managers will wish to know if the body clock means that there are times when the output of their work-force is below standard and the general public will be concerned about the possibility that safety in industrial processes , public services , transportation , etc. will be adversely affected at some times . |
| 20 | There are times when the motivations for growth seem clear and times when they are under challenge . |
| 21 | But there are times when the analogies get stretched so far that the brain starts to lose contact with the original image . |
| 22 | On the other hand there are times when the difficulties appear too great and we just throw in the towel . |
| 23 | However , there are times when the taxpayer will want to become domiciled in the United Kingdom . |
| 24 | There are times when the borderline between metaphor and underlexicalisation is difficult to establish . |
| 25 | There are times when the teacher might impose restrictions by asking , for example , for ‘ all the blue balls to be put into the basket ’ , or , ‘ all those wearing red to fetch their coats ’ , or she might ask the children to sort a collection into just two piles . |
| 26 | Patterns emerge of circles within circles as she moves around the stage but although one admires the almost casually loose-limbed nature of her dance there are times when the images begin to blur and attention is apt to wander . |
| 27 | For some reason bream will still take a redworm even when preoccupied with casters , but there are times when the preoccupation becomes so acute you simply have to use casters on the hook . |
| 28 | Vic is all in favour of backing Britain , but there are times when the Mail 's windy chauvinism gets on his tits . |
| 29 | There is no doubt that a fox could kill a ferret at will but for some reason there are times when the fox prefers to flee . |
| 30 | There are times when an item requires more thought but they should be few and far between . |