Example sentences of "be [pron] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Everyone has the right to happiness , and should you have the chance to find happiness , whether you are someone young starting life again , or a grandmother , why not ?
2 The computer part of the study has been my personal research interest , but it has also over the years provided stimulating final-year projects for students in the Engineering Mathematics Department .
3 MICHAEL Parkinson has never been my favourite TV presenter — I 've always found his brusque , man-of-the-people style somewhat contrived .
4 Are their present localities relicts of this wider distribution ?
5 BRITISH sub-aqua divers are being warned not to desecrate what the Japanese say are their biggest war graves in the South Pacific .
6 The major units of say Marks and Spencer , or Boots are their High Street stores .
7 Has proportionately the longest bill of any bird in the region , which together with its zigzag flight and loud harsh ‘ creech ’ when flushed and remarkable ‘ drumming ’ or ‘ bleating ’ display flight , diving at an angle of 45 , are its best field marks .
8 Relatively small head and less well marked facial disc than other owls are its best field marks , together with distinctive habit of flicking tail .
9 The tiger 's front paws are its main hunting weapon .
10 The Labour party should be pleased about that , but , because those industries are its old power base , it naturally regrets that it no longer has trade union members coming from that source .
11 The special characteristics of today 's Jersey are its extreme dairy conformation , the wedge shape accentuated by a characteristic sunken area before the hip bones and a natural tendency to show the lie of the ribs .
12 The advantages of hydro-electric power are its high conversion efficiency — more than 80% as compared with efficiency rates of 30% or so in thermal power stations .
13 In general , it has been accepted that people can take on part-time work in this way if it has not been their usual employment pattern .
14 In general , it has been accepted that people can take on part-time work in this way if it has not been their usual employment pattern .
15 In general , it has been accepted that people can take on part-time work in this way if it has not been their usual employment pattern .
16 might have been their own company life before they
17 He could have been her phantom bridegroom sleeping and , overwhelmed , she slept .
18 Michelle 's starring role opposite Jack Nicholson , Cher and Susan Sarandon in The Witches Of Eastwick is the one that first brought her to the attention of British audiences , however This month we 'll see her as saucy , sexy restaurant manageress Jo Ann Vallenari alongside Mel Gibson in Tequila Sunrise , and in Dangerous Liaisons- But it has been her straight lead role in the comedy Married To The Mob that has ignited the American critics ' praise .
19 She glanced repeatedly at her daughter in the long white linen gown which had been her own wedding dress .
20 The main reason has been its long standing commitment ( still evident in some quarters ) to the idea that each of the different forms of functional psychosis is really a distinct type of brain disease , equivalent to those studied in neurology .
21 george Best said ‘ You 're my best mate pal so you are , hic , you and me against the f**cking world , hic , f**cking best mate a bloke ever had , hic , do you want a fight or what , hic ’ George then vomited and began coughing up blood so I grabbed hold of Dennis Law who said ‘ Younaaaa theeeerm Maanchessterr Uuuniitedd younaanarr ’ .
22 You 're my favourite TVS weathercaster of the early '80s , you know .
23 The trouble is , ’ she went on , ‘ Mr Simkin would n't believe it when they tried to tell him — as you said yourself , you 're his right hand man .
24 ‘ Here is Mr Bailey 's version : ‘ Oh Marjie , we always read your column Marjie , For Forty years , you 're our favourite Agony Aunt , You 've given thousands good advice , that 's what we want , Oh Marjie , long may your column greet our eyes each waking day , Count your job a task well done , now go out and have some fun .
25 " Are you sure Mr Farnon is n't available ? "
26 Are you all doing Q at on your night school course ?
27 How are you this morning Mrs ?
28 What , are yous open Easter Monday and Tuesday down there ?
29 Are there accessible toilet facilities ?
30 Are there many sheep dogs on the moor ? ’ asked Holmes .
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