Example sentences of "be [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | MICHAEL Parkinson has never been my favourite TV presenter — I 've always found his brusque , man-of-the-people style somewhat contrived . |
| 3 | BRITISH sub-aqua divers are being warned not to desecrate what the Japanese say are their biggest war graves in the South Pacific . |
| 4 | The major units of say Marks and Spencer , or Boots are their High Street stores . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Relatively small head and less well marked facial disc than other owls are its best field marks , together with distinctive habit of flicking tail . |
| 7 | The tiger 's front paws are its main hunting weapon . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 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 | might have been their own company life before they |
| 15 | He could have been her phantom bridegroom sleeping and , overwhelmed , she slept . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She glanced repeatedly at her daughter in the long white linen gown which had been her own wedding dress . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | I would go to Rome ; Rome , where I had spent so many happy days in the past , would be my final resting place . |
| 23 | My effective vote could be my first preference vote , in which case all my other preferences are null and void . |
| 24 | ‘ You still want to be my chief fuel technician ? ’ he teased , but she gave a mock pout . |
| 25 | I am still friends with my ex-husband who takes it on himself to be my personal agony aunt . |
| 26 | Must be my lucky day Ange . |
| 27 | This is a worthy guide which I will take care to read before alighting from the train at Aldershot station to begin what will be my tenth election campaign . |
| 28 | Then I discovered a section on sailing vessels and decided that travelling the world by schooner was going to be my main occupation post-release . |
| 29 | So this will have to be my last letter rill then … . |
| 30 | Sainsbury won much publicity when it appointed former Friends of the Earth director Jonathan Porritt to be its environmental policy adviser . |