Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Application forms are preferable to c. v. s |
| 2 | There are still idiosyncratic factors which are specific to both industries and firms . |
| 3 | Although the combined crucible technique works well with copper , it was not appropriate for casting the other heads since their alloys are rich in both zinc and lead which are very volatile . |
| 4 | These are words whose meaning can only be discovered by referring to other words or to elements of the context which are clear to both sender and receiver . |
| 5 | Water and fibre in food provide no calories at all , so vegetables and salad foods which are high in both water and fibre are low in calories . |
| 6 | Instead , people crave foods which are high in both sugar and fat , such as cakes biscuits , ice cream and chocolate . |
| 7 | Self regulation relies heavily upon the expertise and experience of market practitioners who can formulate rules and regulations that are acceptable to both players and regulators . |
| 8 | However , it must be remembered that red and orange are conspicuous to neither insects , nor , probably monkeys , and bats are colourblind . |
| 9 | The birds and animals housed in Pittville Park in Cheltenham have been popular with both adults and children for more than 50 years . |
| 10 | If this is not the case , split off into a separate relation those attributes that are dependent on only part of the key . |
| 11 | Following this expressivist logic , if a group is unable to objectify its interests in certain domains it may attempt to create its own cultural forms in some other field , although some groups without any resources are bereft of both power and prospects in virtually all spheres . |
| 12 | These three publications are different in both character and ( one imagines ) specific purposes . |
| 13 | These markets are subject to both expansion and contraction . |
| 14 | Now , late on Sunday afternoon , people were saying that the weather had been perfect for both days of the two-day Show . |
| 15 | question , issue three C two and three er we say that in relation to two as a matter of have categorize this as a question of law we say it probably categories a question of fact because if they 're right in there analysis of law and article eighty directive , all it means is , is that there is no market outside and that the restriction is insignificant if that being so one would answer the question , is not capable as a matter of pure law of infringing article eighty five , but in the light of the discussion yesterday afternoon of course when my learned friend comes to apply for this strike out , we may have difficulty in contesting that provision it 's not , not er , a , a major part of our case that we , we would have to re-consider it and , and I did ask your Lordship erm if your Lordship would minded to find otherwise not to block out at least the possibility of application for leave to amend and of course we 'd have to make , have to consider whether we could make a proper case out of it on what we do |
| 16 | But before you know it , you 're right in there hammer and tongs , defending yourself against an onslaught of outrage and invective . |
| 17 | The dorsal arm spines are smooth to finely rugose with large secondary points along the shaft , the ventralmost spines are highly rugose . |
| 18 | As far as we knew every previous expedition had ferried the sheep by dinghy , a tedious operation which must have been hard on both men and sheep , to say nothing of the dinghy . |
| 19 | Transfers to charities are exempt from both inheritance tax and from stamp duty . |
| 20 | The Niuas , as the trio are called , are closer to both Samoa and Fiji than to the main Tongan group , and it remains one of the odder quirks of Polynesian history that the islands belong to Tonga at all . |
| 21 | It has been good for both business and charity : since its launch in late 1988 , more than 300,000 cardholders have been recruited , and an estimated £2 million has been donated to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund , the British Heart Foundation and Mencap . |
| 22 | Akitas are majestic in both appearance and outlook — an adult weighing over eight stone is not a breed to be taken on lightly . |
| 23 | Many people own a share of this gold badge with me , my wife and family , who have helped and supported me in whatever I have been involved in especially Betty . |
| 24 | However , if raising of /a/ is so well established in BV velar environments , the tendency to front-raising may formerly have been present in both BV and EModE in other environments also , receding from these environments before receding from the velars . |
| 25 | When repetitive steps are present in either activities or resources a copy command performs these with minimum effort . |
| 26 | Though individually translucent and almost invisible , euphausiids have enough pigment and are present in sufficiently density to tint the water red or orange . |
| 27 | Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice , the third Special Rapporteur , thought that previous analysis of treaties and third parties had been unsatisfactory in both theory and doctrine , and that the subject had received no systematic treatment . |
| 28 | The fact that OFIs are responsible for over 50% of equity finance means that share prices will be predominantly affected by the portfolio preferences of these institutions . |
| 29 | In June 1991 he dismissed Kalpokas , who had been responsible for both Education and Foreign Affairs , and three others , including the Home Affairs Minister Iolu Abil . |
| 30 | In addition , it seems likely that some , at least , of those who choose to opt out of the state or their employer 's scheme may end up dependant on state benefits at a later date , as the benefits from the money purchase schemes are unpredictable for both employee and dependants . |