Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun] and [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the wild they are opportunist feeders and at times of plenty they gorge themselves and then may fast for several weeks . |
| 2 | He did not think that a state in which a rich majority governed could be properly called a democracy : " suppose a total of one thousand three hundred ; one thousand of these are rich , they give no share in government to the three hundred poor , who also are free men and in other respects like them ; no one would say that these thirteen hundred lived under a democracy . " |
| 3 | Those of you who are still concerned about our results should take comfort in the fact that these are early days and with the season barely three-quarters over we still have ten games remaining in which to pull away from the bottom . |
| 4 | In spite of this , there has been serious developments and in this year , and they 'll be fully in place next year . |
| 5 | Thus while it is important to always play you 're best side AND in our case this must involve finishing high enough up the table to get a place in europe , we must keep players like Rocky and continue to play them in the first team . |
| 6 | Since that time there has been an uneasy peace in the world the price of which has been constant vigilance and in keeping that peace our two countries have continued together as the witness of young American Airforce men currently stationed in this country . |
| 7 | For this purpose the existence of the multiple varieties of communication media , and the emergence of professionals skilled in the application of these media to particular problems and occasions , are major advantages and despite persistent grass.roots suspicion there is plenty of evidence that teachers at some stage or other in their careers are ready to experiment and take advice . |
| 8 | Of these L. terrestris , A. longa , and A. nocturna are deep burrowers and of the greatest significance in maintaining soil structure . |
| 9 | The universities side are all students and in this case they seem to know their place . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , it 's harder to be entrepreneurial in the public sector than in the private one and there are more rules , but they are good rules and in fact there are more similarities between the two sectors than differences . ’ |
| 11 | It must be awful thing and of course you tend if , if you have n't got it to tend to think for god sake , you know it 's a , it 's a nice day |
| 12 | 2 An additional may be added to the above areas to allow for circulation , ducts , services cupboards and internal wall thicknesses. 3 Since the accommodation will normally be free standing and at ground level , no further space is likely to be necessary for access and escape , ie communications . |
| 13 | Finding your feet can be thirsty work and after all , being the centre of attention so early in life requires a lot of bottle . |
| 14 | Although this turned out be the quietest piece of the whole site , at the far extreme a very small hammered coin came to light which looks to be 16th/17th century and of Italian or Papal States origin . |
| 15 | Er , in a number of ways I think everybody will agree that it 's been improved by er the er demolition of the terrace blocks , rather than refurbishment and the opportunity has been taken to create erm perhaps a a more comfortable relationship between bungalows that are about to be refurbished and the new houses , because the new houses are designed in such a way as to keep the scale down so whereas the terraced blocks were anything up to four storey , the new houses will only be two storey and in a number of cases they will they will be a relatively low two storey so that erm I will just point out on the front elevations that the roof comes down fairly low relative to the first floor windows so that it 's not too much above the , the roofs on the bungalows , we 're not talking about compromising people 's heads on the internal though ! |
| 16 | For the dialogue needed to reveal character there must be two people and in many scenes on the journey through Europe two questers are needed to enhance tension and to shape events plausibly . |
| 17 | SAD Sandy Millington used to be 19 stone and without a date , but now she 's the happiest heavyweight in the world . |
| 18 | Both are naked eel-shaped and without paired fins . |
| 19 | The overwhelming causes of poverty in rural areas were low pay and to a lesser extent old age and widowhood . |
| 20 | There were few strikes and in Parliament Labour 's opposition was usually focused more on the ‘ giveaway ’ price at which shares were sold rather than on the principle of privatization . |
| 21 | Almost all who died were Iraqi soldiers and in any war the soldier is not innocent . |
| 22 | Clearly , there were some changes and in some industries , most notably coal mining , national wage negotiations disappeared in November 1926 after the collapse of the miners ' resistance to the coal lock-out , to be replaced by district agreements . |
| 23 | One side of the road there were three brothels and on the other side there were four . |
| 24 | There were three attics and through the open door of one he could see Fox sorting the contents of a huge cabin-trunk while his assistant was foraging in a cupboard beside the chimney breast . |
| 25 | The fire which had started early that morning must have been very fierce as only the walls were left standing and from the ruins there was that horrible fire-damp smell which pervades the site for weeks after such an occurrence . |
| 26 | Terry and I were worst hit and for a couple of days I was left off the chain so that I could use the toilet whenever I needed . |
| 27 | The Etruscans were great builders and in this respect they occupy a similar relationship to the Romans in the development of architecture as do the Pelasgic and Minoan peoples to the Greek . |
| 28 | Both were great stylists and for them history was the ultimate tribunal before which the actions of rulers and others can be judged , ‘ but where Thucydides was a magistrate , Tacitus was an advocate — the most brilliant , perhaps , who ever sought to determine the judgement of Time , but an advocate all the same ’ . |
| 29 | There were Cistercian bishops and by 1145 there was a Cistercian pope , Eugenius III . |
| 30 | Yet letters by themselves were inadequate instruments and of limited effect without the advocacy of royal ambassadors : from 1305 to 1334 at least twenty-five royal delegates were sent to the pope . |