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 | *1987 figures are combined totals for Finnish People 's Democratic League ( SKDL ) and Democratic Alternative ( DEVA ) . |
| 6 | They are deeply-felt songs of pioneering days ; for instance : |
| 7 | Consumption and saving are stable functions of current disposable income . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There have been conflicting reports of raised levels of neutralising , circulating antibodies to adenovirus 12 in coeliac disease patients . |
| 13 | There had been conflicting opinions by individual judges on whether injuries must be sustained by a living person before next-of-kin could sue . |
| 14 | Nos. 23 and 24 are polishing rooms for finishing panels and cabinet work , girls being mostly employed . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The lowlanders are sub-moral beings in Buid eyes , given their aggressive and domineering customs . |
| 17 | Such deaths are normal consequences of Western contact with previously isolated tribes . |
| 18 | The other group of problems are specific manifestations of immune defects caused by HIV infection . |
| 19 | Here are narrow buildings with ornate , stepped and curving gables , topped by sculptured finials standing side by side , each one different but creating a homogeneous whole . |
| 20 | Yet under this placid surface there are strong forces of demographic restructuring at work . |
| 21 | It seems that the best explanation for the survival of this kind of insider knowledge is that the knowledge is reinforced by frequent close contact with other speakers , and this is best accessed by a theory of network ties , which when they are strong function as norm-enforcement mechanisms . |
| 22 | There are strong suspicions of implicit backing for the anti-African demonstrations . |
| 23 | ‘ Scottish trades unions are strong supporters of nuclear power , ’ explained Joe , who acknowledged all the good work done by the NCNI and by delegates to the TUC . |
| 24 | Gases in the atmosphere , including carbon dioxide , methane , nitrous oxide , chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) , low-level ozone and water vapour , are virtually transparent to incoming short-wave solar radiation but are strong absorbers of outgoing long-wave terrestrial radiation . |
| 25 | The most common colour-point is now black , though in some herds the favoured colour has always been red , and the bulls are strong colour-markers of crossbred offspring . |
| 26 | Also listed are possible courses of subsequent development for each margin subtype . |
| 27 | It is , therefore , not surprising that there are possible references to pagan practice within the code , most notably to sacrificial cattle . |
| 28 | Two possible explanations for this result are that growth in nominal activity may raise the relative return on domestic assets , or alternatively , that the exchange rate ( units of foreign currency per unit of domestic currency ) appreciates following capital inflows attracted by growth in the domestic economy . |
| 29 | Partly because the words are muffled by a warm , dense wall of flesh ; partly because they are rhyming couplets of multiple hexameters , mouthed in an obscure Baltic dialect now lost . |
| 30 | So when it becomes clear that a criminal case is not proceeding as anticipated — a trial is not scuppered by lobbing something into the ring — there are discreet discussions between learned friends in chambers , many exchanges of the phrase ‘ I 'm much obliged ’ and finally the jury is summoned back . |