Example sentences of "be [pers pn] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Are you sure Mr Farnon is n't available ? " |
| 2 | Are you all doing Q at on your night school course ? |
| 3 | How are you this morning Mrs ? |
| 4 | What , are yous open Easter Monday and Tuesday down there ? |
| 5 | New legislation , which comes into force on May 18 , insists that all money-changers — be they high street banks , travel agents , hotels or specialist bureaux de change — display clearly their exchange rates and sometimes outrageous commission charges . |
| 6 | Whatever the age group we 're working with ( be it five year olds or fifty year olds ) the basic elements of drama remain the same : |
| 7 | Are they faceless heartless bureaucrats , or are they overworked caring administrators ? |
| 8 | Are they all dishwasher/oven/ freezer/microwave proof ? |
| 9 | Are they all history questions ? |
| 10 | ‘ Where were you last Sunday night ? ’ |
| 11 | And where would the All that the families you mentioned there were they all port families ? |
| 12 | Little more than a year ago you could n't give away shares in the small computer company sector — so friendless were they that Star Computer Group Plc found it necessary to get into bed with a purveyor of pizzas to improve its visibility and rating : after Tadpole Technology Plc and now Division Group Plc — which soared to 107 pence on its first day of trading from the 40 pence placing price before settling at 96 pence — the rest of the sector looks set for a re-rating as investors seek to discern hidden charms that others have overlooked . |
| 13 | Not only were they prolific breeding stock , but some very useful dogs were to appear from their matings . |
| 14 | Be they shimmering Aegean jewels , or blue , mist-shrouded moments in the Outer Hebrides , they all induce in me an overwhelming urge just to drop everything and be gone . |
| 15 | The position on Euro Cities also is that we , and unfortunately are the leading European cities that are involved in promoting good initiatives on the expertise of what exists within , be it economic development , be it equal opportunities policies , we are promoting this city and the benefit of getting those grants and having those foresight of putting officers into Brussels means that is being invited by other cities within Europe and Eastern Europe to develop links based on what our expertise is . |
| 16 | Demos are an excellent way for amateur programmers to hone their skills as they can set themselves any task they wish to perfect , be it exciting text scrollies , explosive FX , multiple sprite animation ( mention sprite masking and you 're a dead man ! — Ed ) , rotation , scaling or just about any other facet that makes Commodore games so wild ‘ n ’ wonderful . |
| 17 | and the tray , that 's it though , that is it actual Christmas drink that goes round the room and then the presents come out I look out the window and the snow blow |
| 18 | Is it possible Geoffrey Hoskin to have some sort of sort out , where people could be encouraged , compensated perhaps to leave their villages and towns and go back to the Republic from which their parents or grandparents originally came ? |
| 19 | Is it hot cross bun day today ? |
| 20 | Is it real crocodile skin , by the way ? ’ |
| 21 | Is it still Easter break for you ? |
| 22 | Is it still labour policy that erm sixth forms should be abolished and replaced by tertiary colleges ? |
| 23 | Is it still fishing season like ? |
| 24 | Is it still fishing season ? |
| 25 | The is it eleven pound load I think it is ? |
| 26 | WHY is it that hotel owners and operators put so much emphasis on recruiting professional ‘ hotel designers ’ to create the right hotel , but , when it comes to the inclusion of leisure facilities , then they appear to approach any designer , with the impression that it can be addressed from a design viewpoint just like any other area ? |
| 27 | But finally , why is it that game show contestants are never UNEMPLOYED ? |
| 28 | Why is it that hearing loss can play havoc with self-confidence ? |
| 29 | I despise the idea and practice of blood sports , but this violent reaction threw up a profile of wildly inconsistent attitudes which puzzles me ; how is it that fox hunting is legal and fishing is the most popular outdoor recreational activity in Britain , yet badger killing invokes a desire for public retribution — lynch mob fever , almost — over and above the punishment of the courts ? |
| 30 | But why is it that AIDS victims suffer from such obscure infections ? |