Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun sg] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few rams heads are visible decorating the tops of some of the countless columns in the building , but they seem more pastoral than sinister . |
| 2 | If in doubt , do n't buy and if you are suspicious ring the police and give them as many details as you can . |
| 3 | CHILDREN at Ayresome infants school in Middlesbrough have been busy painting the painters . |
| 4 | The team of nine volunteers are busy packing the gifts of food , clothes , toiletries and medical supplies , but David says they still need more . |
| 5 | There would then be complete agreement-consensus-on the rules of behaviour governing people as they occupy different social positions . |
| 6 | ‘ It can be difficult handling the residents at times , but it is nice to know that without CATH , they would otherwise be sleeping in the car parks or shop doorways ’ . |
| 7 | The smithies were busy beating the rivets of armour into place , fashioning sallets , lances , swords and all the necessary equipment for killing . |
| 8 | ‘ Why , it was well dark then , and raining , and they were busy shifting the logs in the Longner cart down to the tail , to be easy to heft out and carry across . |
| 9 | Both tow line and tug line are wire encased in nylon ; if they were just nylon the dogs would chew through them . |
| 10 | Even though it seems only to have been conditional independence the terms were so alarming to General Valluy that he flew back to Paris to warn the French Government and the outcome was a special cabinet meeting at which hardly anyone supported the Bollaert initiative . |
| 11 | Where there is private property the actions of individuals can not be ‘ shaped at will by another ’ because the individual is able to form a coherent plan of action in the knowledge either that he has control , through ownership , of the material objects necessary to implement it , or that he can enter into enforceable contracts with a range of other people enabling him to have access to those objects . |
| 12 | It 's high time the scales fell from our eyes , and our bathrooms . |
| 13 | As how researchers access information evolves it is likely that where the ‘ object ’ is electronic information the distinctions between the three providers will decrease . |
| 14 | The promotors say their video is a work of art that should n't be judged on how much trade it generates , but some argue unless Oxford breaks away from it 's traditional image the tourists fantasy will never be a heaven for those who live and work there . |
| 15 | Or there 's anybody in your own organization who is responsible name the PCs and the files etcetera may want to know , is this your file . |
| 16 | If analysis at the EM is necessary transfer the cells in sucrose to a plastic-coated slide ( see Section 4.2.2 ) and carefully spread over an area 1 — 1.5 cm2 without touching the coating . |
| 17 | On X 's order and with Y 's tacit consent the defendants dispatched some of the barley to Kuwait . |
| 18 | Oh it 's lovely cause the girls in there wear the kimon |
| 19 | There was no sign of Carrie and although it was milking time the cows were still in the field . |
| 20 | They said there was evil walking the hills in many guises — that there are witches in the high places , and warlocks who seek the fellowship of men . ’ |