Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the basis of current figures , Wheeler has pointed out that there are 97 species of flowering plant for every botanist , but 425 species of insect for each entomologist . |
| 2 | In truth there are liquid acrylics of varying viscosity and therefore suitable for different uses , but the one thing which they all have in common is that they open up acrylic work to the whole field of design and illustration and offer other useful techniques for the fine artist . |
| 3 | They differ from older forms of association in that they are two-way trades of complementary strengths among competitors . |
| 4 | As for the tabloids , additions to the range of publications have either been arm's-length extensions of existing publishing groups ( Today , 1986 — ) or born out of existing publishing houses ( Mail on Sunday , 1983 — , Star , 1978 ) . |
| 5 | In my village there had been historic upheaval over such questions as whether it was right that hymns should be sung in the House of God . |
| 6 | The portraits of Lady Charlotte Burgoyne ( c1771–2 ) and an anonymous woman in a pink dress ( c1772 ) are ample proof of this . |
| 7 | There are ample opportunities for those who wish to take part in music-making.There are also fine collections of keyboard and other historical musical instruments maintained by the Faculty of Music . |
| 8 | *1987 figures are combined totals for Finnish People 's Democratic League ( SKDL ) and Democratic Alternative ( DEVA ) . |
| 9 | They are deeply-felt songs of pioneering days ; for instance : |
| 10 | Consumption and saving are stable functions of current disposable income . |
| 11 | I clinically affected animals up to two years old these are usually in excess of 3.0 i.u. tyrosine ( normal levels are 1.0 i.u. in non-parasitised calves ) . |
| 12 | It seems likely that these eye movements are involuntary symptoms of neurophysiological events taking place during REM sleep , with no direct relation to the images generated during dreaming . |
| 13 | There are 300,000,000,000,000 fermis in twelve inches . |
| 14 | There has been a retirement migration to small inland towns in these regions for , as the authors of the study stress ‘ ail of these are rural areas with attractive scenery which have been largely by-passed by industrial development of any scale ’ ( Law and Warnes 1976 , p. 470 ) . |
| 15 | The second is not so easy to explain away , for it implied a fundamental incomprehension of the financial industry , many of whose 200,000 employees are Labour voters in marginal Edinburgh seats . |
| 16 | A Speaker takes charge of the Questions , so when a player lands on a Ballot Box they simply pick a number ( there are 120 questions for 50 , 216 questions for 25 ) and the Speaker asks questions ( giving clues if necessary but making sure no question is asked twice ) . |
| 17 | There have been conflicting reports about much of the 36-year-old bachelor 's background . |
| 18 | There have been conflicting reports of raised levels of neutralising , circulating antibodies to adenovirus 12 in coeliac disease patients . |
| 19 | There had been conflicting opinions by individual judges on whether injuries must be sustained by a living person before next-of-kin could sue . |
| 20 | Nos. 23 and 24 are polishing rooms for finishing panels and cabinet work , girls being mostly employed . |
| 21 | The Mersey Tunnel and the Severn Bridge are classic examples of cynical fiscal racketeering , obstacles on trunk roads for which extra cash will be extracted forever . |
| 22 | Automatically controlled gas-fired central heating rather than servant-maintained coal fires , dishwashers and automatic washing machines rather than scullery and laundry maids , and power tools and easily applied decorating materials rather than handymen and ‘ ragged trousered philanthropists ’ are classic examples of this switch . |
| 23 | The lowlanders are sub-moral beings in Buid eyes , given their aggressive and domineering customs . |
| 24 | Here again , there are many-one mappings in both directions : just as there are expressions which are different in sense , but equivalent in reference , so there are expressions which are equivalent in sense , but can differ in reference . |
| 25 | A great number of equestrian statues must have existed but there are scanty remains of these . |
| 26 | These annual ‘ credit approvals ’ are split between what are called basic credit approvals ( BCAs ) , which are total figures for each service and supplementary credit approvals ( SCAs ) which relate to particular projects . |
| 27 | There is a wealth of small-scale detail within the bands , particularly at the boundaries , and some of this detail is visible in Figure 9.3 : there are wavelike features of all sizes and colours , and there are ovals , sometimes called ‘ spots ’ , also of various sizes and colours . |
| 28 | There are dishonest traders about unfortunately , just as I suppose there are dishonest people in most walks of life but we like to think that in Nottinghamshire they are in a s small minority . |
| 29 | Such deaths are normal consequences of Western contact with previously isolated tribes . |
| 30 | The other group of problems are specific manifestations of immune defects caused by HIV infection . |